A message from Gloria Mattera, Green Party candidate for Brooklyn Borough President.


With just 5 weeks to go before election day on November 8, our campaign is having a real impact. We’ve brought Cindy Sheehan to Brooklyn and had her speak in front of 500 cheering supporters; today (Oct. 1) we protested outside Chuck E. Cheese’s on Flatbush Avenue for its showing of Department of Defense videotape to small children, and last week I had fun blasting Marty Markowitz on the Ratner project in a public debate.

Equally exciting, we’re just $15,000 short of the $50,000 we need to qualify for city matching funds of $200,000. A few weeks ago this target seemed unattainable, but now it’s within our grasp.

I can not emphasize enough what reaching matching funds will mean for this campaign. If we succeed, we will achieve a level of visibility not enjoyed by an independent progressive candidate in this city for decades. In fact, we are already scheduling television and radio spots, and plans are being made for an election day mobilization that will shock the incumbent with its scope and energy. If we fail…well, that’s simply not an option.

You are the key to our success. Matching funds will only happen with your help.

Please make a donation today and be part of this historic effort. Up to $250 per person is matchable by the city, but even a small contribution will bring us one step closer to our goal.

Call a friend, get she or he to donate too.

You can donate online at: www.electgloria.org/donate.php. Or you can mail a check (made out to Committee to Elect Gloria Mattera) to 437 2nd St., Brooklyn, 11215. If you mail the check, you will need to print and fill out the attached form. This is critically important!

Matching funds will allow us to reach hundreds of thousands of Brooklyn residents with our message:

* No to Ratner and other land grabs
* Stop Eminent Domain Abuse
* For Community Control of Land Use
* End Military Recruitment in Brooklyn’s Schools – Troops Home Now!
* For more green space
* Enforce “no idling” laws
* Make Brooklyn a leader in energy conservation
* For a Sustainable Brooklyn grounded in racial and economic justice

Together we can do this.

In hope and solidarity,

Gloria Mattera