[PAA-Discuss] [codepinkhouston] impeachment town hall actions

[Lee Loe]

Maybe the thing to hang this on is presenting to Ms. Sheila OUR reasons for
supporting impeachment in hopes she can then have the constituent/houston/tx
support to sign onto Kucinich's impeachment bill/resolution/whateveritis.
Lee

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From: Madeleine Crozat-Williams [mailto:magicas at pdq.net] 
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 10:44 PM
To: Lee Loe
Subject: Re: [codepinkhouston] impeachment town hall actions


I told Lea Mesa of WCW that I would send this out.  I have also talked to
Bill Crosier and he is trying to schedule a meeting with Sheila Jackson Lee.
I agree -- unless Sheila calls the town hall meeting and puts her staff to
work on it, it was just done well by PAA.
    Madeleine

Lee Loe wrote: 

Madeleine, I misread the earlier letter. Getting Sheila to host one is a bit
different than putting on a hearing ourselves. She hasn't even signed on to
an impeachment proposal yet, has she? Maybe that is our first step? Lee Loe

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From: Madeleine Crozat-Williams [mailto:magicas at pdq.net] 
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 1:55 PM
To: CodePinkHouston listserve
Subject: [codepinkhouston] impeachment town hall actions


Lea Mesa of the World Can't Wait asked that I forward this to all of you.
She and other local activists are proposing local town hall impeachment
events.  We would like to see Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee be convinced to hold
one here.  Which of you would be interested in working on this?
   Madeleine
Friends: 


In February, Howard Zinn wrote in The
<http://progressive.org/mag_zinnl0207> Progressive, "all we hear in the
nation's capital, which is the source of those catastrophes, is a whimper
from the Democratic Party, muttering and nattering about 'unity' and
'bipartisanship,' in a situation that calls for bold action to immediately
reverse the present course."


Zinn said impeachment is up to the people, and made a specific call for
"peoples' impeachment hearings" all over the country. "This is especially
important given the timidity of the Democratic Party. Such hearings would
bypass Congress, which is not representing the will of the people, and would
constitute an inspiring example of grassroots democracy.  Impeachment
hearings all over the country could excite and energize the peace movement.
They would make headlines, and could push reluctant members of Congress in
both parties to do what the Constitution provides for and what the present
circumstances demand: the impeachment and removal from office of George Bush
and Dick Cheney." 


Now is the time for the people to take decisive action!  George Bush has
just arrogantly vetoed a funding bill that gave him all the money he wants
for the war only because it had a non-binding date for removal of troops.
Articles of impeachment have been filed by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, and
co-sponsors are signing on.  The Impeach07.org <http://impeach07.org/>
campaign brought out thousands last week to spell it out.  


Tuesday May 29 - Sunday June3.  In line with Howard Zinn's proposal, we
propose Town Hall style events where the people challenge the Congress to
act on impeachment.  There will be a special effort to hold these events in
areas where Members of Congress are on the House Judiciary Committee, and
could hold hearings on impeachment bills.  These events can be framed as
"discussions" or "dialogues" on impeachment, particularly if that encourages
members of Congress to participate.  They can also be speak-out formats
where people speak to why they think George Bush and Dick Cheney should be
impeached.

We will be doing national publicity for the co-ordinated events, which will
help draw many more people in.  


If you don't choose to hold a town hall meeting, just pick a day that week
and go out in your community, or on the freeway, with "IMPEACH" signs and
get the message to the people.  Reports indicate that when people did this
on Saturday April 28, they got very marked support from the public. 


The people want impeachment.  It's time for us to lead and sweep this demand
across the country. 




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