“I know and respect Nik Kovac. He is a good friend and a true progressive.” –Vel Phillips
That’s what Vel Phillips says about Nik, who calls her one of his civic heroes. She said, “A few weeks ago, Nik asked me if he could refer to me as one of his heroes in his campaign literature. I was honored by the request. I have seen the brochure in which Nik uses my name and picture. I approve.”
I am writing this because Dominique Paul Noth, the editor of the Labor Press, got a few things wrong about Nik in a recent article. No surprise, since the Labor Council is endorsing Patrick.
But let’s get a few things straight.
Noth implies that Nik didn’t get Vel’s permission to use her name. This is untrue. As you can see from the quotes above and her hand-signed letter on Nik’s website it’s clear that Vel Phillips gave her permission, and that she is one of Nik’s supporters.
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28 Mar 2008 | 11:06 am | 3rd District | No comments yet - Add your comments
Change the Margins is a website my friend Wendy told me about. I’ve been doing it for years, but never thought to share the idea. I’m glad someone did. One other suggestion I’ll make is to use the column feature for easier reading or for drafts. There’s a reason newspapers and magazines use columns–it’s easier on the eyes.
14 Oct 2007 | 3:37 pm | Environmental Sustainability | No comments yet - Add your comments
Here’s an incredibly inspiring video of Majora Carter on Greening the Ghetto. A bit long but worth it. This is an empowering story of a community that organized to effect big environmental and development changes. She talks about finding commonalities and bridging divides between different communities, from her two worlds. “I have come from so far, to meet you like this. Please don’t waste me. By working together, we can become one of those small, rapidly growing groups of individuals, who actually have the audacity and courage to believe that we actually can change the world. We might have come to this conference from very, very different stations in life, but believe me, we all share one incredibly powerful thing—we have nothing to lose and everything to gain.”
17 Sep 2007 | 5:10 pm | Environmental Sustainability | Read 1 comment - Add your comments
