OPINION/COMMENTARY

Sierra Club Election Hijack Alert (Again)

Meet Christine Garcia, a "vegan animal-rights attorney" who could help Paul Watson turn the Sierra Club into an animal rights group that would dwarf even the gargantuan Humane Society of the United States. In addition to Watson's "Sea Shepherd" group, her candidacy has attracted the support of a radical California group named In Defense of Animals. Garcia set up a personal website less than two weeks ago to tell Sierra Club members that she "work[s] full-time doing environmental and public interest free speech advocacy." She neglected to mention her "Animal Law Office" or "Vegan Attorneys" websites -- where you can find her contradictory statement that she has "been doing 100% Animal Welfare related cases since August of 2001," and a list of her active caseload (consisting entirely of animal-rights matters). Garcia's statement to potential Sierra Club voters says that she is an "environmental attorney."....

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