[Ob-media-social] 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 15:58:38 EST 2011
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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