> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > Contact: Jerry Rubin > 310-399-1000 > [email protected] > JerryPeaceActivistRubin.com > > LONGTIME PEACE ACTIVIST JERRY RUBIN > ANNOUNCES HIS 2012 CANDIDACY FOR > SANTA MONICA CITY COUNCIL, AND HOPES > FOR A "CHAIN REACTION" OF SUPPORT > > Santa Monica, CA- Longtime peace, environmental, > and community activist Jerry Rubin announced today > that he is again going to be a candidate for Santa Monica > City Council in the November 6, 2012 general election, > and is hoping for a "Chain Reaction" of support. > > Rubin says he will not be soliciting any personal > campaign contributions, but instead is urging supporters, > and even non-supporters, to donate funds to help save > and restore the 26-foot tall "Chain Reaction" nuclear > mushroom cloud public art peace sculpture that has been > standing in the Santa Monica Civic Center since 1991. > The iconic sculpture was created by Paul Conrad, the > 3-time Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist, who gifted > the unique art piece to Santa Monica through an anonymous > $250,000 donation. Mr. Conrad passed away on September > 4, 2010 of natural causes at the age of 86. The inscription > he inscribed at the base of "Chain Reaction" reads: "This is > a statement of peace. May it never become an epitaph." > > Rubin says he is supporting efforts by the Conrad family and > community through the website conradprojects.com to raise the > needed funds to repair and strengthen "Chain Reaction". Rubin > says he will campaign for increased funding for all the arts, > including public art, as well as for peace education and other > peace-related community endeavors. > > Rubin says he thanks the more than 5,000 Santa Monica > residents who voted for him in 2010. He says he knows there > will be those who say he has run many times before and is > not really a serious candidate. Rubin says he understands > that criticism in a traditional political sense, but says he > considers all his varied activist endeavors for the past > 30+ years to be very serious, including the numerous times > he's run for Santa Monica City Council since 2000. > > Rubin is 68 years old and a longtime Santa Monica resident. > He resides in the Ocean Park area with his wife Marissa and > their two cat children Sunny and Polly. > > Rubin says he will again pledge to run a completely clean > campaign, absent of any personal attacks. He will encourage > > all candidates to do the same. > > Rubin says he will be listed once again on the election ballot > with his full legal name: Jerry Peace Activist Rubin. However, > his job description- Peace Activist - will once again not be > permitted on the election ballot. > > Rubin says he wants to hear from the community and encourages > people to call or e-mail him and visit his campaign 2012 website as > he starts to amend and build his 2012 campaign platform. > > Rubin also strongly encourages people to register to vote, attend > candidate and ballot issue forums, and to please vote in this crucial > November 6 local, state and national election. > > For further information on Jerry Rubin's campaign: > Call: 310-399-1000 > E-mail: [email protected] > Visit: www.JerryPeaceActivistRubin.com > > #### > > > > > > >
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