Santa Cruz Urges Probe into Bush Impeachment

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Published on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 by the San Jose Mercury News
by Ken McLaughlin


The Santa Cruz City Council on Tuesday became the nation's first local government to ask Congress to look into impeaching President Bush on charges he deceived the American public about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and has used the Sept. 11 attacks as an excuse to crush civil rights.

In a 6-1 vote, the council decided to send a letter to members of the House Judiciary Committee asking the panel to investigate the president.


Santa Cruz Mayor Emily Reilly, at right, and Vice Mayor Scott Kennedy, left, conduct a meeting of the City Council in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003. The Santa Cruz City Council is considering becoming the first local government in the country to ask Congress to look into impeaching President Bush.

Dozens of activists cheered the decision, even though the letter was a muted version of their proposal for a council resolution in favor of impeaching Bush and other top members of his administration.


http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0910-01.htm


If you would like to sign a petition to impeach the Bush Gang, you may do so here:
http://www.votetoimpeach.org/

[Cambist]

1. That's It!

I'm moving to Santa Cruz.

[Disandra]

2. *Applauds*

WOW! I am impressed. Is there anyway we can contact these true representatives of the people by way of email to thank them?

I'm from Atlanta, and if they ever want to run here, I'd work for them for free, vote for them, well...you get the idea.

[hang a left]

3. It is a nice gesture,

but won't go anywhere. At least we know where Santa Cruz stands.

[Pale_Rider]

8. Santa Cruz was one of the first to speak against the war ...

... in Iraq. Other cities and counties soon followed. Hopefully 'it only takes one voice'.

In September 2002, Santa Cruz became the first city council to oppose a war aimed at toppling Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Although the council drew some ridicule at the time, 165 councils and boards of supervisors across the nation eventually passed nearly identical measures.

[bif]

4. Watch their Federal funds dry up

It's the BushCo way of revenge.

[AndyTiedye]

9. What Federal Funds?

Santa Cruz is in California.
Bushco takes money from California, they do not give money to California.

This is not Santa Cruz's first conflict with the regime.
Their city council was giving out medical marijuana on the city hall steps
after Ashcroft's goons had busted the medical pot dispensary there.

You'll see more antiwar, pro-environment, and other generally lefty bumper-stickers
there than anywhere else I know of, including SF and Berkeley.

[gandalf]

5. Santa Cruz is really brave (ie leftist)

I remember that the public library of SC has on its web page a petition against the Patriot Act, and the library warns its users explicitly that their reading habits could be monitored by the FBI.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

7. Works for Bushco... The fewer people that can or do read, the better

for them. A populace that gets its news from Limbaugh, et. al. that can't read to check facts? Priceless.

[fob]

6. I am going to plan a weekend trip to Santa Cruz to show

my support. Those of you that can, should do the same. Let's show them it pays to whack the chimp!

[Myra]

10. It pays to "whack the chimp"

Is that akin to "spanking the monkey"?

:evilgrin: