[Ob-media-social] Did the Open Letter go out to Menino & the press??
Terra Friedrichs
terraf at compuserve.com
Tue Dec 6 21:48:00 EST 2011
I think Deb's asking two questions:
1. did the letter go out?
2. did the Town Meeting invite go out?
Or some status on each. Two separate, but related things...
T
On 12/6/2011 9:41 PM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler wrote:
> *I really see this framing and response as two fold, two prong - the
> letter (which is strong and on point) and the Town Hall. I assumed
> from Martin's posts that it was all taken care of - that it was
> emailed and mailed to Menino & because* *it is an "Open Letter" it
> went down and out the "press shute" - could someone please let me know
> and confirm? Also, what is the status of the Town Meeting idea which
> is strong, strong outreach and framing? Deb Sirotkin Butler*
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler
> <amberpaw at gmail.com <mailto:amberpaw at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> *+1* and thank you, Martin. Any student organization that is
> supportive or any student (my understanding) should be able to
> schedule this at "their school".
>
> Deb Sirotkin Butler
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Martin <m2 at occupyboston.org
> <mailto:m2 at occupyboston.org>> wrote:
>
> I will take point on this.
>
> Who can help help me draft a short and sweet proposal to GA.
> But i think this should be an announcement not a proposal.
>
> and yes MassArt, Tuffs, Northeastern... a univ is a great
> setting. (that way the city can't cancel the venue, city
> council auditorium, on us.
>
> yes OB MUST be the host of this town hall and Tommy Boy just
> might come. why rule him out. unlike Bloomberg his is not
> entirely a complete and utterly worthless putrid sack of
> vulture shit. let's hope for the best.*+10*
>
>
> as far as facilitation:
>
> 1. we have a entire facilitation team.
> 2. more importantly we have professional facilitators (I
> _*VERY*_ strongly support using professional facilitators for
> this)
>
> Cheers
>
> martin
>
>
> On 12/6/11 4:39 PM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler wrote:
>> Agree that there needs to be a large, indoor venue. Maybe at
>> MassArt, or one of the schools (like that other large
>> meeting) or? Developing spaces for such meetings is, I
>> think, important and becoming urgent. The host has to be OB,
>> and it is also democracy in action to bring the idea of this
>> Town Hall w/Menino to the GA. If I can, I will manage to
>> attend that one. My life can be rather complex, though - two
>> client's children who are in state care were suddenly
>> hospitalized this week, just for example of the unexpected
>> that can "trump" my plans. I should not be "#1" on anything
>> but I can write, monitor SHNS and other things, and
>> contribute - hope that is enough.
>> AND...he might just come. He is all about his legacy now, IMHO.
>> Deborah Sirotkin Butler
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Elias Feghali
>> <efeghali at gmail.com <mailto:efeghali at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Martin, this is a great idea. Maybe he would come. Let's
>> not make assumptions. More importantly, this is could be
>> an important venue to have a larger dialogue with greater
>> community -- regardless if he shows.
>>
>> I have serious concerns about facilitation and how it
>> would actually go down. Let's keep thinking about this
>> and bring other groups into the mix, if you're serious.
>> It would take a lot of work. Let's not rush things.
>>
>> I feel like a formal statement inviting the Mayor to a GA
>> needs to go through GA. Temp check on that though? It's a
>> nice statement.
>>
>> Eli
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Martin
>> <m2 at occupyboston.org <mailto:m2 at occupyboston.org>> wrote:
>>
>> I do not think Dewey is the proper place for this at
>> all. given that it can only fit TOPS 150 people.
>> media alone would take half the space. not to mention
>> the horrible idea to host these meetings out doors in
>> the middle of the new England winter. where only the
>> crack heads at camp and the very hard core occupiers
>> will show up.
>>
>> this needs to be done at city hall or a large
>> university auditorium. this invite is to go to the
>> ENTIRE city of Boston. not just the 130 tents a
>> dewey. We want massive attendace to this.
>>
>> and yes the open letter & town hall invite combo are
>> a BRILLIANT tactic. and we host the town hall weather
>> Menino comes or not if he is a no show there is a
>> seat with his name tag on the table very noticeably
>> vacant.
>>
>> martin
>>
>>
>> On 12/6/11 3:58 PM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler wrote:
>>> Well said, Martin. Providential that that GSA Audit
>>> of the federal reserve came out showing an
>>> additional $16 trillion in secret bailouts.
>>> (provided that w/draft as a .pdf)
>>> The combination of the responsive letter AND such an
>>> invite/town hall at Dewey is a BRILLIANT and
>>> effective idea. +1
>>> Deb Sirotkin Butler
>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Martin
>>> <m2 at occupyboston.org <mailto:m2 at occupyboston.org>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Team,
>>>
>>> why don't we send Menino asking for his help in
>>> taking on the right targets. how can he work
>>> with the citizens, whom he has a duty to serve,
>>> to take on the abuses of power from congress,
>>> the fed and the big banks? or at least join us
>>> for a town hall, where ALL of Boston is invited,
>>> to discuss these issues.
>>>
>>> most likely he will ignore it or decline/refuse.
>>> best case scenario he agrees and a city
>>> conversation is started. let's do this not as a
>>> challenge but as an invitation given his own
>>> words that we should aim at the right target.
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> martin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/6/11 11:20 AM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler wrote:
>>>> *As a practical matter, while it may well
>>>> "feel" like Occupy is "aiming" at mayors, it is
>>>> not the reality. It is true that Occupy is
>>>> like a "thorn" in their side due to the very
>>>> visibility that makes this movement /different./*
>>>> */As the GAO audit of the Fed, reported that
>>>> was just issued makes clear, mayors and
>>>> everyone else was robbed of $16 trillion
>>>> dollars (I have attached the report) for those
>>>> interested)./*
>>>> */So I strongly, strongly suggest a response be
>>>> done, ASAP and provide a first draft & that
>>>> this be done as an "open letter" that also is
>>>> on the website, the facebook page, and possibly
>>>> released with a brief PR. /*
>>>> */This should be done and go out TODAY as this
>>>> SHNS story went to ALL newspapers across the
>>>> state, all legislators, etc./*
>>>> */Deb Sirotkin Butler/*
>>>> *Open Letter to The Honorable Thomas M. Menino*
>>>> *(address)*
>>>> *Dear Mayor Minino:*
>>>> *Occupy Boston appreciates the location,
>>>> services and hospitality received to date at
>>>> Dewey Square. The Dewey Square location in the
>>>> financial district across from the Boston
>>>> Federal Reserve is critical to our core
>>>> message, which is the pillaging of the United
>>>> States and its citizens by the banking
>>>> industry, with the collusion of the Federal
>>>> Reserve Bank. In fact, just recently in the
>>>> first-ever audit of the Federal Reserve System,
>>>> a $16 trillion transfer without over sight, no
>>>> strings attached was uncovered from the Federal
>>>> Reserve Bank to private banks, most of them
>>>> overseas.*
>>>> *While it may feel as if as a mayor you are
>>>> targeted, in fact, our survival as a country is
>>>> at stake, our target is the preservation of
>>>> American Democracy, and we ask for your
>>>> cooperation in making Occupy Boston all it can
>>>> be as part of this critical effort. That
>>>> includes winterization, sanitation, and a good
>>>> working relationship to those ends so that
>>>> Occupy Boston can continue to fight for the
>>>> liberty and financial security of not just
>>>> Boston, not just Massachusetts, but the United
>>>> States of America while keeping the light and
>>>> media and citizenry focused on the depredations
>>>> by the banking industry with the collusion of
>>>> Congress.*
>>>> *Respectfully:*
>>>> *[signature bloc]*
>>>> *I am due in a hearing in Lowell at noon, so
>>>> have to zoom off, so I apologize is this is
>>>> rought, but I HAD to take time to give you all
>>>> this heads up - PLEASE grab the ball and run
>>>> with it!!!*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: *State House News Service*
>>>> <news at statehousenews.com
>>>> <mailto:news at statehousenews.com>>
>>>> Date: Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:32 AM
>>>> Subject: MENINO: OCCUPY SUPPORTERS ‘AIMING
>>>> THEIR FIRE AT THE WRONG PLACE’
>>>> To: NEWS at statehousenews.com
>>>> <mailto:NEWS at statehousenews.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> MENINO: OCCUPY SUPPORTERS ‘AIMING THEIR FIRE AT
>>>> THE WRONG PLACE’
>>>>
>>>> By Kyle Cheney
>>>> STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
>>>>
>>>> STATE HOUSE, BSOTON, DEC. 6, 2011…..Boston
>>>> Mayor Thomas Menino on Tuesday chastised
>>>> backers of the Occupy Wall Street movement for
>>>> training their anger at municipal leaders
>>>> rather than Congress, and the accused the group
>>>> of a scattershot message that would benefit
>>>> from taking on a single issue.
>>>>
>>>> “Mayors can’t do much about what they’re
>>>> talking about. It’s the Congress and the Senate
>>>> but nobody’s talking to them at all. They come
>>>> at mayors,” Menino told reporters after
>>>> speaking at a Greater Boston Chamber of
>>>> Commerce breakfast at the Fairmont Copley
>>>> Hotel. “Mayors can’t make decisions on banks’
>>>> regulations. Mayors can’t make decisions on
>>>> scholarships. Mayors can’t make decisions on
>>>> housing. It’s all down in Washington. They’re
>>>> aiming their fire at the wrong place.
>>>>
>>>> Menino’s remarks came as he awaits a judge’s
>>>> decision that will clarify whether he has the
>>>> power to evict Occupy Boston protesters from
>>>> their long-held encampment in Dewey Square, at
>>>> the heart of Boston’s financial district.
>>>>
>>>> Menino said he hasn’t assumed the outcome of
>>>> the Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances
>>>> McIntyre’s decision yet, but he questioned the
>>>> Occupy movement’s tactics.
>>>>
>>>> “If they had one issue, I believe they could be
>>>> a very powerful operation. They don’t have one
>>>> issue, they have several issues,” he said.
>>>> “Those several issues are issues that middle
>>>> America cares about. Until you focus on one …
>>>> you’re not going to have many wins.”
>>>>
>>>> Critics of the Occupy movement – which has
>>>> branded itself as a voice to protest economic
>>>> inequality and a political and financial system
>>>> rigged to benefit the wealthiest,
>>>> best-connected Americans – argue that
>>>> protesters haven’t offered a clear solution.
>>>> Menino’s criticism echoes similar remarks
>>>> offered by former Republican presidential
>>>> primary contender Herman Cain, who suggested
>>>> that protesters aim their anger at government,
>>>> rather than at the financial industry.
>>>>
>>>> Menino’s comments also come as mayors in other
>>>> cities are grappling with how to handle Occupy
>>>> protests of their own. The protesters have
>>>> primarily set up camp in major downtown areas,
>>>> and critics argue they present a public health
>>>> and public safety hazard. Menino, whose police
>>>> commissioner Ed Davis attended the breakfast,
>>>> said he shared those concerns.
>>>>
>>>> Judge McIntyre said she would rule on Menino’s
>>>> authority to remove protesters. She has
>>>> indicated her ruling would come by the end of
>>>> next week.
>>>>
>>>> -END-
>>>> 12/6/2011
>>>>
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