SJVGreens Minutes
Minutes of St. Joe Valley Greens
April 8, 2002
Dave Vollrath, Secretary
Present
Rob A., Tom B., Don B., Lance H., Kathleen K., Dave V., and Tony Z.
Opening and call to order
Don Brubaker called the meeting to order.
Reading and approval of minutes
Minutes of the March 11, 2002, meeting were read and approved.
Reading of Applications for Membership
None.
Reports of Delegates and Officers
Treasurer – Rob reported current balances in the electoral, fund-raising, and checking accounts.
Committee Reports
Environmental Committee - Don informed us of the need to contact legislators re the transportation of nuclear waste. He also discussed opportunities re sustainable development, land use planning, and Combined-Sewer-Overflow event notification for schools.
Old Business
We plan to table at the April 20 Earth Day celebration in Potawatomi Park, 11-4, and attend a speech by Germany’s Counsel General on environmental policy afterwards at IUSB. We also plan to table at the April 27 Earth Day fair at U. of Notre Dame, 12-5.
New Business
Tony Zirkle, Republican candidate for St. Joseph County Prosecutor, meet with us to discuss his views and to seek our support in the upcoming primary election. Re drug policies, he supports the Drug Court, treatment of addiction, and education. On the topic of domestic violence, he would appoint a senior prosecutor and emphasize education and diversion of low-risk offenders. Regarding Internet child pornography, he proposes seizing offenders’ civil assets to fund additional prosecutors. He favors using RICO to prosecute adult businesses. We also discussed renter-landlord relations, racial profiling, white-collar crime, and the death penalty.
We decided against a collective endorsement of Tony Zirkle. We encouraged our members to vote in the primary as Republicans or Democrats then vote independently in the fall elections.
Announcements
Tom also reported that supporters of LaSalle H.S. are organizing to oppose the school board and keep LaSalle open. Tom asked for a volunteer to attend the LaSalle Group meetings. Kathleen said she was interested.
Tom plans to attend his neighborhood’s safety committee meetings.
Next meeting
May 13, 2002
St. Joe Valley Greens, South Bend, IN