[Ob-media-social] Did the Open Letter go out to Menino & the press??

Deborah Sirotkin Butler amberpaw at gmail.com
Tue Dec 6 21:41:01 EST 2011


*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>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> 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>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> 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> 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>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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