Save the Date! On September 18th from 4:20 pm – 2 am at Classics Sports Bar in Ripon, Wisconsin, please plan to attend a  fundraising concert to benefit the campaign of Jay Selthofner.  Enjoy 10 hours of music, drink specials, and more. Reserve your wristband now, limited number available. You must be 21 to attend. ID will be checked at the door.

For more information and to reserve your wristband:  www.JaySelthofner.com/concert/

Don’t miss this historic event.

Donate to the campaign of Jay Selthofner via the concert page (JaySelthofner.com/concert) to reserve your wristband.

Approved by the Friends of Jay Selthofner, Jessica Franke, Treasurer

I would like to introduce you to my friend, Jay Selthofner, who is running for Wisconsin State Assembly in District 41 as an Independent candidate.   He is passionate about improving our local economy and our environment, is a respected member of the local business community, and he understands very well the problems facing the farmers, businesses, families, and other citizens who make up the Wisconsin economy.

Jay Selthofner, attending a Free Fishing Weekend event in Green Lake, Wisconsin, which he organized. Photo provided by the DNR.

In the interest of full disclosure, I would like to state up front that I am the volunteer webmaster for Friends of Jay Selthofner. However, no one asked me to write this, I am not being compensated for it in any way, and it is solely my personal opinion as a citizen who is concerned about the state of the economy, our environment, and the many other urgent issues facing us today.  I didn’t start a company called “Green Web Design” for no reason, after all – I was taking Environmental Science courses at my local technical college when I first decided to start my web design business.

I have spent a lot of time learning about what Jay thinks on the issues that are most important to me in the past few weeks, and I really believe that his plans and ideas will work.  He’s a really nice guy who cares about his community. Vote for Jay Selthofner for Wisconsin State Assembly in November!

Original Wisconsin Marihuana Tax Stamp from Markesan, Wisconsin offers a glimpse of our state's history, and possible future! Jay's campaign slogan is "Let's Get Growing".

Jay’s proposal to legalize Industrial hemp in Wisconsin once again would not only create many different types of jobs and generate revenue for our state, it would also help the environment in the process at no additional cost, making things cleaner and safer for ourselves and for future generations.

Industrial Hemp Farmer and John Deere Tractor

• Industrial Hemp can yield 3-8 dry tons of fiber per acre. This is four times what an average forest can yield.
• Industrial Hemp can displace cotton –  50% of all the world’s pesticides are sprayed on cotton.
• Industrial Hemp can displace wood fiber and save forests for watershed, wildlife habitat, recreation and oxygen production, carbon sequestration (reduces global warming), and other values.

bird covered in oil

With the BP oil spill and other environmental disasters that are going on all over the world at the moment, now more than ever I hope that people will realize we can’t go on using endless natural resources and wantonly polluting forever as though there are no consequences.  We are killing ourselves, and our world economy is in shambles. How much do you think  this oil spill going to cost us to clean up when it’s all said and done? At what cost to the environment? How many lives changed by health problems as a result of the cleanup efforts and how much of the fishing industry harmed?  If you’re not alarmed, you’re not paying attention. Want to know what you can do to help in Wisconsin?  For starters, vote for Jay Selthofner for Wisconsin State Assembly in District 41, and vote for Industrial Hemp in Wisconsin. We can  create biofuel from Industrial Hemp, as well as many diverse and beneficial products including textiles, medicines, and foods.

oil spill cleanup

No amount of money can buy clean water, air, and soil if there is none left anywhere in the world.  It’s only going to cost us more in the long run if we destroy the scarce natural resources contained in this tiny planet that we all must live on, while foolishly refusing to use cleaner, better resources whenever they are available to us.  We must develop cheaper, safer technologies for the future. Industrial Hemp can be a valuable asset, as it was for over 12,000 years around the world. Hemp can actually clean up toxins from the ground. This process is called phytoremediation. A good example of this is when hemp was used to help clean up the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site to remove radioactive elements from the ground. Why couldn’t we use it to try and help clean up the oil spill? If we have to wait months for a fix that works anyways, why not get growing now so we have one more option to help clean up this disaster!

What will we do when every last inch of the land, air, and sea has been polluted?

The bottom line is that we need to work towards boosting the economy and trying to save our global water supply from massive scale pollution. We also need to spend our tax dollars to fight violent drug cartels and other ACTUAL criminals, rather than farmers, cancer and other types of sick or dying patients, as well as decent, taxpaying citizens who aren’t hurting anyone, even themselves.

Putting patients and other responsible, law-abiding taxpayers in prison is not the answer. Our current laws are cruel and unusual.

Rather than bailing out the mega corporations that cumulatively contributed towards the whole sorry mess to begin with, we need to bail out our farmers, as well as patients and citizens who need jobs. We need to introduce and vote on compassionate laws which heal our economy and our environment while respecting human rights. The penalties for breaking a law should never be more harmful than the crime. Especially when it’s an unjust law to begin with. Refusing to hear any of the facts before rushing in with guns blazing is NOT acceptable anymore. We need effect an actual change, one which benefits us all.  We need jobs, we need for our economy to recover, and we need to start working towards a cleaner, safer environment for all. Visit Jay’s website: www.JaySelthofner.com You can also follow him on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JaySelthofnerForWIStateAssembly *If you click “like” on facebook, you can keep up with his campaign between now and November!

Wisconsin State Assembly District 41

Please come to the polls and vote for Jay if you live in the following areas: Wisconsin District 41 covers parts of Waushara County, Green Lake County, Marquette County, and Fond du Lac County. Cities in District 41 include: Springwater, Saxeville, Bloomfield, Wild Rose, Wautoma, Mount Morris, Leon, Poysippi, Coloma, Richford, Dakota, Marion, Redgranite, Warren, Aurora, Newton, Crystal Lake, Neshkoro, Seneca, St. Marie, Berlin, Mecan, Princeton, Brooklyn, Green Lake, Ripon, Metomen, Alto, Marquette, Kingston, Manchestor, Mackford, Markesan, Fairwater, Brandon, Omro, Fremont, and more!

HoozDooz.com

My buddy Matt in New York is, among other things, a fellow website designer who also owns a classifieds website.  HoozDooz.com is a great resource for those in the garment industry looking to buy, sell, barter, rent, lease, employ, and more.  It’s easy to get signed up, and easy to post ads.  Sign up for a free user account and check it out!

Also, check out what RUEBENMARLEY from  toptenwholesale.com had to say about them:

Hoozdooz.com has been getting a lot of attention lately, even though they are just a budding enterprise. HBO has featured them in a recent documentary called Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags, giving perspective on how much the New York Garment District has lost its hold as the leader for American apparel manufacturing. By building a community backing, the company has great potential to make a remarkably large positive impact on the fashion and creative industries.

what are you waiting for?

HoozDooz.com

Starting today (Monday, May 17th, 2010) we will be running 2 digital billboards featuring AdvertiseWisconsin.com.  Get your Wisconsin ads posted for free at AdvertiseWisconsin.com now and benefit from the billboard traffic the site will be receiving all month!

The billboards will be running in Oshkosh, WI and Fond du Lac, WI at the following locations:

Highway 41 near Highway 45 North of Oshkosh

Highway 41 near Winnebago St. in Fond du Lac

If you are a registered user who lives in the area and you manage to get me a picture for the site, I will give you a free ad upgrade of your choice on any 1 of your posted ads.

In the meantime, here’s a preview of what the billboard is going to look like:

New AdvertiseWisconsin.com Billboard

50StatesClassifieds.com

This post is regarding our free classifieds website, 50 States Classifieds.  We thought it was worth cross-posting, since so many Green Web Design blog readers also use the site.

Some users may not be aware that there is an easier way to reach their ads.  This is just a quick note to let you know about some of the other ways you can find us.

We use these different website addresses when advertising, so that shoppers can easily find local ads in their state without remembering a  long, complicated URL.

For example: Telling people to go to AdvertiseWisconsin.com is so much easier than telling them to go to “http://www.50statesclassifieds.com/category.php?cid=87”   and expecting them to remember it!

50 States Free Classifieds

Use this easy reference list to find our free classifieds site quickly and easily according to which state you’re in: