[Ob-media-social] [Ob-media] Fwd: MENINO: OCCUPY SUPPORTERS ‘AIMING THEIR FIRE AT THE WRONG PLACE/suggested response FIRST DRAFT
Martin
m2 at occupyboston.org
Tue Dec 6 16:55:41 EST 2011
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.
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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