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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. <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
martin <br>
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On 12/6/11 3:58 PM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler wrote:
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<div>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)</div>
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<div>The combination of the responsive letter AND such an
invite/town hall at Dewey is a BRILLIANT and effective idea. +1</div>
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<div>Deb Sirotkin Butler</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Martin <span
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Team, <br>
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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. <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
cheers <br>
<br>
martin
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On 12/6/11 11:20 AM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler wrote: </div>
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<div><strong>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 <em>different.</em></strong></div>
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<div><strong><em>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).</em></strong></div>
<div><strong><em>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. </em></strong></div>
<div><strong><em></em></strong> </div>
<div><strong><em>This should be done and go out TODAY
as this SHNS story went to ALL newspapers across
the state, all legislators, etc.</em></strong></div>
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<div><strong><em>Deb Sirotkin Butler</em></strong></div>
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<div><strong><font color="#3333ff">Open Letter to The
Honorable Thomas M. Menino</font></strong></div>
<div><strong><font color="#3333ff">(address)</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong> </div>
<div><strong><font color="#3333ff">Dear Mayor Minino:</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong> </div>
<div><strong><font color="#3333ff">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.</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong> </div>
<div><strong><font color="#3333ff">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.</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong> </div>
<div><strong><font color="#3333ff">Respectfully:</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong> </div>
<div><strong><font color="#3333ff">[signature bloc]</font></strong></div>
<div><strong></strong> </div>
<div><strong><font color="#cc0000">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!!!</font></strong></div>
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Date: Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:32 AM<br>
Subject: MENINO: OCCUPY SUPPORTERS ‘AIMING THEIR
FIRE AT THE WRONG PLACE’<br>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">MENINO: OCCUPY
SUPPORTERS ‘AIMING THEIR FIRE AT THE WRONG
PLACE’<br>
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By Kyle Cheney<br>
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
“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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
“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.”<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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12/6/2011<br>
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