[Ob-media-social] [Ob-media] Fwd: MENINO: OCCUPY SUPPORTERS ‘AIMING THEIR FIRE AT THE WRONG PLACE/suggested response FIRST DRAFT
Deborah Sirotkin Butler
amberpaw at gmail.com
Tue Dec 6 17:07:59 EST 2011
*+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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