By Betsey Stone May 31, 2021
Militant/Betsey StoneDennis Richter, right, Socialist Workers Party candidate for governor of California, and campaign supporter Alyson Kennedy talk to Long Beach port worker Javier Marquez May 16. Marquez got Teamster Rebellion to learn how revolutionary-minded unionists fought in 1930s.
LOS ANGELES The Socialist Workers Party in California announced May 15 that it will run Dennis Richter, a Walmart worker and party leader, for governor in a special election to decide who might replace Democratic Party governor Gavin Newsom if he is recalled in an upcoming election.
“Dissatisfaction with the capitalist parties is growing,” Richter told the meeting here where the campaign was announced. “Over 2 million people signed petitions for the recall election, initiated by Republicans. It got wide support because of opposition to Newsom’s arbitrary implementation of COVID shutdown rules, the
Blue Hill thefts under investigation
ELLSWORTH Hancock County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating two thefts at Blue Hill residences. One occurred on April 27 and the other on May 6. Multiple items were taken from an apartment in the May 6 theft, Deputy Mariza Gionfriddo reported.
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Overdose
A Stonington man called for help for his friend, 37, of Ellsworth, who had overdosed and needed an ambulance May 1. “I responded and assisted until an ambulance crew arrived and took him to the hospital,” said Sgt. Dan Harlan.
Arrests
A man who allegedly took a pickup truck from his Stonington mother without permission on May 1 was located by the Veazie Police Department and arrested on Saturday, Harlan reported.