In the  1990's, on behalf of CLCV, I personally researched and conducted interviews of Green Party candidates for some Assembly races in Southern California. While I have no memory of the names of the candidates, it is clear in my memory that the candidates were only interviewed after suspending our viability requirements (having resources adequate to reach enough voters to run a legitimate campaign). None of these candidates had a clear understanding of the role of the legislature and little or no understanding of the environmental issues they would be dealing with in the legislature. Nor did they have the slightest idea of what it takes to put together a political campaign or how to run one. CLCV did not endorse them.The last time I participated in an interview with a Green Party candidate was during the recall election in 2003. The Green Party candidate, Peter Comejo, was a nice enough gentleman, a committed leftist, but demonstrated no particular knowledge of the environmental issues facing California, the duties of the Governor or any knowledge of the Governor's environmental responsibilities. In short, he was not the best environmental candidate in the race and CLCV did not endorse him. I have no idea of what the Green Party stands for, or what Green Party candidates stand for, because the party and the candidates have consistently failed to put together the resources to run a functioning campaign, that is, communicate with me as a voter. As an environmentalist, I should be your prime audience. Despite having Green Party candidates on my Assembly ballot, I have never talked to a canvasser, received a phone call, or opened a piece of mail from one of your candidates.  Although vastly better informed than most voters, no Green candidate in my district ever offered me much information about themselves. Hence none ever got my vote.Your party, any party, this goes for candidates as well, has the affirmative obligation to tell voters what your ideas are and what your agenda will be if elected. This means organizing enough volunteers knock the doors, make the calls, get out the mail (assuming you've raised the money to pay for it), identify persuadable voters and, you know, actually campaign. The time you spend complaining that no one is paying attention does nothing to get your ideas before the voters. It is not CLCV's responsibility to campaign for your party or your candidates, it is yours. We have neither the resources  nor the inclination to advance a party or candidate we know nothing about. We certainly don't have the resources run the campaign for your party.Your voluminous correspondence with us has advanced nothing beyond the thesis of your party's victimhood. You blame us, you blame the media, you blame other parties. Perhaps you should reflect on how you spend your time and energy. You could have been calling voters, you could have been organizing volunteers, you could have been registering new Green Party members, you could have been raising money. Instead you do this. I would remind you that the Green Party has lost a quarter of its tiny membership in the last 10 years. The Green Party has just .66% of the registered voters in California. That is just over 100,000 voters out of almost 17,000,000.So I ask you, do you want to spend time complaining of your victimhood or do you want to build your party and advance its ideas in the political process? You don't need to answer me  you need to answer yourself.I have had enough of this conversation. Feel free to use the GreenGov2010 website to tell us what your party stands for and what your gubernatorial candidates stand for. Let us know what you want to hear from other candidates if you like. Asking again about why we ignore your party will get no further response. CLCV will be devoting its time and resources to researching candidates and issues as well as educating voters and the media as to which candidate we think is best able to deal with the many environmental challenges facing California. Everything else is a distraction.