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For immediate release: October 7, 2004

Contact: Blair Bobier, Media Director 541.929.5755 or 414.364.1596

Marc Sanson, Contact in St. Louis on Friday, 217.415.7641



COBB TO BE ARRESTED AT ST. LOUIS DEBATE


Using non-violent civil disobedience to protest his exclusion from the St. Louis presidential debate, Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb expects to be arrested by St. Louis County police officers when he attempts to walk around the barricades cordoning off the Washington University debate site at 8:15 p.m., Friday, October 8.

At 8 p.m., when the restricted debate is scheduled to begin, Cobb and protesters assembled at Northmoor Park will proceed from the park north on N. Big Bend to the corner of Forsyth where they will come face to face with police and barricades. The protesters, joined by Mr. Cobb, will reach the N. Big Bend and Forsyth intersection where Cobb will make a brief statement about his exclusion and his campaign's attempts to have him included in the debate. At 8:15, Cobb will walk around the barricades and be arrested. It is expected that he will be taken to a near-by facility for processing.

Cobb will be flying into St. Louis direct from his appearance on the PBS program, NOW with Bill Moyers. He has participated in a series of debates with other presidential candidates in Florida, New York and Texas. For more information about the Cobb-LaMarche campaign, see http://www.votecobb.org. Information about the Green Party can be found at http://www.gp.org.

Big love to Knappster for pointing me toward the St. Louis October 8 Coalition.