[Ob-media-social] Fwd: MENINO: OCCUPY SUPPORTERS ‘AIMING THEIR FIRE AT THE WRONG PLACE/suggested response FIRST DRAFT
Martin
m2 at occupyboston.org
Tue Dec 6 16:07:37 EST 2011
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
> <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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