Progressive Democrat Issue 98: NYC FOCUS
Here are some issues and events coming up around town:
Voting Machines: City Council to Vote on Res. 131 Wed. Dec. 6, Call Your Councilmember
Resolution 131, which is currently pending before the New York City Council, would call for Paper Ballots/Optical Scanners, aka "PB/OS" as our new voting technology, as opposed to electronic touchscreen machines. This is important especially given the recent development where the National Institute of Standards and Technology seems poised to call for decertification of the electronic voting (DRE) machines. Resolution 131 will very likely be voted out of committee on Wednesday, December 6. Please call your city councilmember today, even if you have called before, to encourage him or her to support Resolution 131 for PB/OS.
To find out who is your city councilmember and their contact information, CLICK HERE.
To see the list of councilmembers that have still not signed on to Resolution 131, CLICK HERE.
DEMOCRACY FOR NYC CITYWIDE MEETING:
Greg Palast Joins DFNYC at R Bar, Wed. Dec. 6, 7pm
- all Linkups to be consolidated into one Linkup in the Bowery
For December's Linkup, we will consolidate all the venues to one big venue and author Greg Palast will join us to discuss voting machines, class warfare in elections, and how we can help solve the problem of voting machine manipulation and strengthen the Democratic momentum going forward. We have previously consolidated Linkups/Meetups into one big venue during the Republican Convention in New York City in September of 2004, and after the November 2004 general election, and we look forward to gathering together next Wednesday.
At the big Linkup, we will relaunch our new improved DFNYC website, hear from Greg Palast, and discuss the recent elections and the future of Democracy for NYC.
Where: Pioneer Bar, 218 Bowery, between Prince & Spring. Just 1½ blocks south of Houston.
When: Wednesday, December 6th, 7pm
Subways: Subway: 6 to Spring, R/W to Prince , or F/V to 2nd Ave.
Greg Palast Bio: Greg Palast is the award winning investigative reporter for news outlets that include BBC News Night, Harpers, the Guardian, and Democracy Now. He is the author of the New York Times best seller 'The Best Democracy Money Can Buy' and the recent NYT best seller, 'Armed Madhouse.' Palast broke the story of the voter disenfranchisement and caging lists of the 2000 election in Florida, and continues today to be the investigative leader in vote manipulation, and class warfare.
Impeachment Forum at Ethical Culture, Sat. Dec. 9th & Impeachment Petitioning
Several groups, including Impeach for Change, After Downing Street, Progressive Democrats of America are hosting an impeachment forum at the Ethical Culture Society on the Upper West Side on Saturday, December 9th. This is just one of many impeachment events around the country next weekend. Although Democrats may disagree as to whether a move toward impeaching Bush would be a good strategy from a tactical standpoint, it is clear that we all want the Bush Administration to be held accountable for the incredible human rights abuses he has caused both at home and abroad in the name of "national security."
Where: New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West
When: Saturday, December 9th, 1pm
Speakers: Elizabeth Holtzman, Bob Fertig, Cindy Sheehan
Promoted by: Impeach for Change, After Downing Street, Progressive Democrats of America
More about the speakers:
Cindy Sheehan, whose son died serving in Iraq, brought national attention on Bush's failures in the war by camping outside his ranch in Crawford, Texas and inspiring candlelight vigils around the country. Bob Fertig is the organizing force behind Impeach For Change.
Elizabeth Holtzman served on the Judiciary Committee that investigated Richard Nixon during Watergate. She knows how impeachment works, she knows the Constitution, and she's a fantastic speaker. In Holtzman's clearly written, no-nonsense book "The Impeachment of George W. Bush," the former Brooklyn prosecutor documents Bush's lies about wiretaps/FISA, torture/Geneva, Katrina and of course, Iraq. Holtzman is to the point: Bush's well-documented lies and repeated failures to fulfill his Constitutional responsibilities to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" have led to disastrous consequences and, if unchecked, will create a horrendous precedent for the future. Bush must be held accountable. He must be impeached if we are to live under a lawful government.
Sunday, Dec. 10 - Collect Signatures in Support of Impeachment
Dave Robinson, who many of you may know from grassroots volunteering for Dean and the AnySoldier drives, is organizing volunteers to gather signatures that will be delivered directly to members of Congress calling for impeachment. To volunteer an hour or two in NYC gathering signatures or for additional information, please contact Dave at daverobinsonworks@yahoo.com or 917-446-6686.
Click here to go back to THOUGHTS section and Table of Contents for this issue.
Voting Machines: City Council to Vote on Res. 131 Wed. Dec. 6, Call Your Councilmember
Resolution 131, which is currently pending before the New York City Council, would call for Paper Ballots/Optical Scanners, aka "PB/OS" as our new voting technology, as opposed to electronic touchscreen machines. This is important especially given the recent development where the National Institute of Standards and Technology seems poised to call for decertification of the electronic voting (DRE) machines. Resolution 131 will very likely be voted out of committee on Wednesday, December 6. Please call your city councilmember today, even if you have called before, to encourage him or her to support Resolution 131 for PB/OS.
To find out who is your city councilmember and their contact information, CLICK HERE.
To see the list of councilmembers that have still not signed on to Resolution 131, CLICK HERE.
DEMOCRACY FOR NYC CITYWIDE MEETING:
Greg Palast Joins DFNYC at R Bar, Wed. Dec. 6, 7pm
- all Linkups to be consolidated into one Linkup in the Bowery
For December's Linkup, we will consolidate all the venues to one big venue and author Greg Palast will join us to discuss voting machines, class warfare in elections, and how we can help solve the problem of voting machine manipulation and strengthen the Democratic momentum going forward. We have previously consolidated Linkups/Meetups into one big venue during the Republican Convention in New York City in September of 2004, and after the November 2004 general election, and we look forward to gathering together next Wednesday.
At the big Linkup, we will relaunch our new improved DFNYC website, hear from Greg Palast, and discuss the recent elections and the future of Democracy for NYC.
Where: Pioneer Bar, 218 Bowery, between Prince & Spring. Just 1½ blocks south of Houston.
When: Wednesday, December 6th, 7pm
Subways: Subway: 6 to Spring, R/W to Prince , or F/V to 2nd Ave.
Greg Palast Bio: Greg Palast is the award winning investigative reporter for news outlets that include BBC News Night, Harpers, the Guardian, and Democracy Now. He is the author of the New York Times best seller 'The Best Democracy Money Can Buy' and the recent NYT best seller, 'Armed Madhouse.' Palast broke the story of the voter disenfranchisement and caging lists of the 2000 election in Florida, and continues today to be the investigative leader in vote manipulation, and class warfare.
Impeachment Forum at Ethical Culture, Sat. Dec. 9th & Impeachment Petitioning
Several groups, including Impeach for Change, After Downing Street, Progressive Democrats of America are hosting an impeachment forum at the Ethical Culture Society on the Upper West Side on Saturday, December 9th. This is just one of many impeachment events around the country next weekend. Although Democrats may disagree as to whether a move toward impeaching Bush would be a good strategy from a tactical standpoint, it is clear that we all want the Bush Administration to be held accountable for the incredible human rights abuses he has caused both at home and abroad in the name of "national security."
Where: New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West
When: Saturday, December 9th, 1pm
Speakers: Elizabeth Holtzman, Bob Fertig, Cindy Sheehan
Promoted by: Impeach for Change, After Downing Street, Progressive Democrats of America
More about the speakers:
Cindy Sheehan, whose son died serving in Iraq, brought national attention on Bush's failures in the war by camping outside his ranch in Crawford, Texas and inspiring candlelight vigils around the country. Bob Fertig is the organizing force behind Impeach For Change.
Elizabeth Holtzman served on the Judiciary Committee that investigated Richard Nixon during Watergate. She knows how impeachment works, she knows the Constitution, and she's a fantastic speaker. In Holtzman's clearly written, no-nonsense book "The Impeachment of George W. Bush," the former Brooklyn prosecutor documents Bush's lies about wiretaps/FISA, torture/Geneva, Katrina and of course, Iraq. Holtzman is to the point: Bush's well-documented lies and repeated failures to fulfill his Constitutional responsibilities to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" have led to disastrous consequences and, if unchecked, will create a horrendous precedent for the future. Bush must be held accountable. He must be impeached if we are to live under a lawful government.
Sunday, Dec. 10 - Collect Signatures in Support of Impeachment
Dave Robinson, who many of you may know from grassroots volunteering for Dean and the AnySoldier drives, is organizing volunteers to gather signatures that will be delivered directly to members of Congress calling for impeachment. To volunteer an hour or two in NYC gathering signatures or for additional information, please contact Dave at daverobinsonworks@yahoo.com or 917-446-6686.
Click here to go back to THOUGHTS section and Table of Contents for this issue.
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