[Ob-media-social] [Ob-media] Fwd: MENINO: OCCUPY SUPPORTERS ‘AIMING THEIR FIRE AT THE WRONG PLACE/suggested response FIRST DRAFT

Elias Feghali efeghali at gmail.com
Tue Dec 6 16:14:14 EST 2011


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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