whose stopping you from running?

I'm sorry, but the local Greens are a closed organization and only want their own to run. If I ran, they would probably denounce me. That doesn't mean they can't come up with someone worth voting for, it just means they don't want folks like me messing with their "internal" affairs. Kinda like the other parties, just leftward. So I'm leaving it up to them. I would run if they welcomed outsiders.