[Ob-media-social] Did the Open Letter go out to Menino & the press??

Terra Friedrichs terraf at compuserve.com
Tue Dec 6 21:48:00 EST 2011


I think Deb's asking two questions:

1. did the letter go out?

2. did the Town Meeting invite go out?

Or some status on each.  Two separate, but related things...

T

On 12/6/2011 9:41 PM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler wrote:
> *I really see this framing and response as two fold, two prong - the 
> letter (which is strong and on point) and the Town Hall.  I assumed 
> from Martin's posts that it was all taken care of - that it was 
> emailed and mailed to Menino & because* *it is an "Open Letter" it 
> went down and out the "press shute" - could someone please let me know 
> and confirm?  Also, what is the status of the Town Meeting idea which 
> is strong, strong outreach and framing?  Deb Sirotkin Butler*
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Deborah Sirotkin Butler 
> <amberpaw at gmail.com <mailto:amberpaw at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     *+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
>     <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <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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