Monday, June 20, 2005, 5:40 a.m. EDT
Richard J. Tofel, the president of the International Freedom Center, is at it again.....
First he wanted you to believe a majority of 9/11 family members support a plan to conduct political discussions at Ground Zero about any and everything other than the day our nation was attacked and nearly 3,000 of our loved ones were murdered by terrorists. He makes this incredible assertion based upon the thin evidence that four of the seven 9/11 family members on the World Trade Center Foundation's board support the IFC's plan. These four are:
*Tom Johnson, a board member of the LMDC, which voted to bring the IFC onto the Memorial site and to give it $300 million federal dollars
*Paula Grant Berry, a personal family friend of the LMDC chairman; the only family member selected to be a Memorial design juror and who is now a Vice Chair, board member and salaried employee of the IFC
*Tom Roger, a Vice President of Gilbane Building Co, which was awarded a $45 million contract at Ground Zero by the LMDC
*Anthoula Katsimatides, a former aide to Gov. George Pataki who now works for the LMDC.
Now Mr. Tofel wants you to believe today's rally at 12:00 noon, at Ground Zero, is actually a "protest" by "a lot of people with a lot of different concerns" not necessarily connected to the center."
Don't believe him!
http://www.911familiesforamerica.org/default.asp
Fellow Americans, help us break through the Big Media muzzle: Call your local television station and ask for the "News Desk." Tell them about the Take Back Rally and that 9/11 Families and Friends are going to make a nationwide appeal to the American people on Monday. Direct them to this website.
http://www.takebackthememorial.org