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                     THE ENVIRONMENTALIST PARTY

                       Office of the Secretary

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for immediate release                                       May 9, 1995

The Environmentalist Party Headquarters
James Ogle, Secretary
Post Office Box 2415
Monterey, California 93942
joogle@netcom.com
(408) 644-0448


         The (New) History of The Environmentalist Party
                          By James Ogle


      The Environmentalist Party was founded in 1983 by Misha
Bogatirev in Pacific Grove California for the purpose of saving the
environment.    It was in Pacific Grove where the anti-environmentalists
were destroying the environment that inspired Bogatirev to found the party.
The commercial developers were cutting down the trees and fumigating the 
wildlife habitats with the defoliant called _Round-up_ (a derivative of
agent orange) onto the vegetation so that the areas zoned for wildlife
habitat would indeed look proper once re-zoned for commercial development.

      The "Progressive Democrats" on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors,
whose elections were financed by developers, voted to rezone land that was
designated state park, into zoning for commercial development.
      After that, once re-zoned by the "Progressive Democrats" for develop-
ment, in a vote by the Monterey Board of Supervisors, lawsuits were filed by
the adjacent cities of Carmel and Pacific Grove, California in which the
re-zoning of the wildlife habitat to commercial development was opposed.
These lawsuits were later dropped once the developers' puppets were re-
elected.

      Misha Bogatirev undertook the initiative to empower environmentalists
with political power by beginning the new Environmentalist Party.
It was at a frog pond located at 450 Asilimar Drive in Pacific Grove
where Misha made his stand that will go down in history as the turning
point for environmentalism, where the developers were stopped and a 
frog pond was saved, at least for now.

      A graduate from the prominent _Monterey Institute of International
Studies_, Misha began his first campaign for elective office, by running
for the office of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors in 1984.
This was also the first campaign for elective office by any member of
the Environmentalist Party in the history of the earth.

      One of the Environmentalist Party's (EP) historical markers was the
campaign against the famous developer and associate of MGM Corp -- the
company responsible for developing Spanish Bay which had been re-zoned
from wildlife habitat to hotel/commercial complex -- Clint Eastwood.
Mayor Clint Eastwood's legacy, is the dead Monterey Cypress Groves at
the base of the village of Carmel-by-the-Sea -- Carmel beach.
 
      Clint Eastwood continues his developments in the Monterey area
and Japanese banks have bought into the corruption of our democracy.
Not only do the Japanese banks own Eastwood's parent company MGM,
but the Japanese parliamentarians also own the city of Pebble Beach
and the Pebble Beach Company.      So now, if you wish to
enter the once-jewel, now-deforested city of Pebble Beach from the
adjacent city of Carmel, one must pay $9. to drive into it and view
the thinning Del Monte National Forest.      Once an enclave of wealthy
Americans, the Del Monte Forest is presently being developed by the
Pebble Beach Company.      Many small rich countries such as Japan,
Germany and Switzerland, through their fairer parliamentary elections,
have become so wealthy that they've begun to buy businesses located at 
desirable sites such as Heavenly Valley, Yosemite and geothermal-power
sites around the United States.      Most US Congressmen have accepted
outsider PAC monies from these foreign business associations.      The
Environmentalist Party has never taken outsider PAC money, and is counting
on fair elections to win representation in any level of government.
These are reasons why the Environmentalist Party wants to use and
implement proportional representation, to make election fair and free
from the corrupting influence of outsider PACs' money.

      Just before Clint Eastwood challenged a member of the Environmentalist
Party for Mayor of Carmel in 1986 (which is a marker for the party),
four members of the Environmentalist Party had run for office.
      In 1985, Environmentalist Party member Harry Snell ran for the
office of Monterey Water Board.   Members John Fox and Steve Grabinsky
ran in 1985 for Mayor and City Council Member of Monterey, California.
As mentioned earlier, Misha Bogatirev ran in 1984 for the position of
County Supervisor, making a total of four campaigns before 1986.

      In 1986, Clint Eastwood and Environmentalist Party member Tim "Irish"
Grady went face-to-face for the position of Mayor of Carmel.
Every newspaper, magazine and television network from Tokyo to London
suddenly knew that the Environmentalist Party was not fighting just another
battle, but a Holy War.      With complete backing from Misha Bogatirev,
Tim "Irish" Grady outdebated Clint Eastwood in debate after debate.
I was there at every debate as Tim named the crimes and owners of MGM,
taking Clint by surprise and causing embarrassments.      In positioning 
himself against the Environmentalist Party Clint said; "I won't be
kissing any dogs." as quoted by the local newspaper _The Carmel Pine Cone_.

      Finally, through Clint Eastwood's popularity as an actor, with
the experience of President Ronald Reagan's personal campaign strategist
Ms. Sue Hutchinson, and expenditures of over $20,000., Clint was able
to defeat the handsome, young, articulate and intelligent Tim "Irish"
Grady, and Clint won the position of mayor of Carmel.

      Environmentalist Party members have run in many other elections
in both Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Banito Counties in California since
the Party was formed.      Including a race for the California United
States Congressional District #17 in 1993 by me, James Ogle.
      People are supporting the Environmentalist Party and the
candidates of the Environmentalist Party with votes.    Every day,
we hear about the accomplishments of the Environmentalists in the news
media as they (the news) have begun to realize the power of environmentalism.
More and more Environmentalist Party members are running for office, to
promote environmentalism, with full support from the regional committee.
There have been Environmentalist Party candidates for Water Board Commissions,
Airport Boards, City Councils and US Congress.

      There is a set of bylaws for the Environmentalist Party, which
guides them to operate as a direct democracy through membership
voting.      All members that are registered to vote with the party
and that express a desire to be on the Central Committee of the
Environmentalist Party, are welcomed.      To get
a copy of the bylaws, contact e-p@netcom.com, an Environmentalist
Party listserver that some Central Committee members subscribe to.
You can also subscribe to the list-server "e-p@netcom.com" by sending
an email message to e-p@netcom.com with the word "subscribe" as the
subject, and observe some EP internal discussions.
      In addition, you can contact the Party's secretary, at Post
Office Box 2415, Monterey, California - 93942.      EP Central
Committee voting takes place through a postal vote.
      
      The purposes of the Environmentalist Party, as stated
in the bylaws which are now registered with the Federal Elections
Commission in Washington DC are: 

-- To save the environment
-- To implement proportional representation
-- To mandate passive solar energy

      To accomplish these goals through sound environmental policies,
consistent with:

-- Protection of human liberty
-- Sustainable robust general economic prosperity
-- Advancement of civilization transcending the nation-state

      To be a member of the Environmentalist Party, simply write in the
words "Environmentalist Party" on your voter registration form.
Welcome, to the Party!
                                        James Ogle
                                        The Environmentalist Party
                                        Secretary of
                                        Archives and Records
                                        Post Office Box 2415
                                        Monterey, CA 93942
                                        (408) 644-0448


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