Welcome back, sort of!

Hello everyone! Thank you for your patience while DarylNorthrop.com was constructed and the content from the old blog migrated over. Much thanks to the hard working coder folks at SquareSpace for making it easy enough for even ME to accomplish with a minimum of cursing and heartache.

While this blog will be where I post my thoughts and ideas about all things Green Party, it will be a work in progress. This will also be the site where I start my work as a political consultant for Green Party candidates in the DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia regions. One of the main goals when I started grad school at George Washington University in their Political Management program was to bring an effective, professional level of political consultancy to Green Party efforts. The goals being to increase organizational strength, coordinate and streamline messaging/outreach, and most importantly - help Green Party candidates win at the ballot box.

Because that's where the rubber hits the road.

So in the near future, check back to the site often for blog updates - (you can subscribe to them via RSS on the left side of the screen above my Twitter feed), and new content as I get the consulting side of this venture up and running. Also, if you are a fellow political hack and are reading this, unsolicited advice is not only graciously accepted, but certainly needed.

Thanks again for stopping by.

Washington DC: A two-party town

While the winner-take-all voting system helps perpetuate two large political parties that are far too similar, there is one area where the two party system works in the Green Party's favor.

That is our nations capital, Washington DC. The city government is dominated by Democrats, with Green Party members serving on several neighborhood advisory councils.

Greens in DC support full democratic representation in Congress.

"Self-Determination and Statehood - Our party's central goal and the condition upon which all other achievements must be made. Total and permanent control over our own government is an essential right."

Greens stand for democracy in our nations capital. It is not acceptable that the population of DC live disenfranchised by our national government.

Greens stand for citizen empowerment and citizen control over government. Shouldn't DC citizens have a voting voice in Congress?

--
Daryl Northrop