Tuesday, April 06, 2004  Voting Deadline : Noon - April 21, 2004
Questions and Answers About the Sierra Club Elections An
Interview with Sierra Club Director Paul Watson Interviewer:
Pedro Monteiro - Florida Chapter ExecComm Director  1. Are you
leading a hostile take-over of the Sierra Club, as some have
accused?  The answer is no. The pro-establishment Sierra group
Groundswell funded by unknown sources is implying that I am
leading some sort of conspiracy to take over the Sierra Club.
This conspiracy theory has been embellished to the point that
now some people are accusing me of leading some sort of sinister
animal rights and anti-immigration group of right-wingers.  Now
aside from the fact that I have never met a right wing animal
rights advocate, there is nothing but fabricated implications
propping up these allegations.  The situation is this. There is
a majority group of directors 9-10 and a minority group of
directors 5-6 (depending on the issue). The only remotely right
wing director that I know of