Well, I had planned on buying some bongs, tie-dye shirts, incense and anti-war T-shirts but I am willing to forgo those purchases in order to punish their main industries.
thanks tobyhill...and btw please join with me in sending the mayor an e-mail registering your disgust:
2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
TEL: (510) 981-7100, FAX: (510) 981-7199, TDD: (510) 981-6903
Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Email: mayor@ci.berkeley.ca.us
Can’t we narrow this - maybe to companies based there or started there?
There have to be a hundred companies that be covered if we try to boycott companies with a store there.
For ex: here’s the link to ACE Hardware with email and phone link -
If two or three of the biggie outfits that do business in Berkley get lots of noise - they will likely contact Berkley City Council =
They - the council - are already reeling from the blow-back of their stupidity. They live in a moonbat bubble and were under the impression the rest of the world thought as they do.
What a shock to their system.
http://www.acehardware.com/helpdesk/index.jsp?clickid=topnav_helpdesk_txt It's as if that former/current? AIRBORN soldier with the sunglasses on and his finger in the face of the aging pony-tailed hippie was the representative of us out here in the real America
Unfortunately there are businesses that contractually obligated to do business in Berkeley. Instead of trying to boycott every business why not target your boycotts to businesses that support this anti-military mentality and strongly support those businesses that fully support the military. It would be unfortunate to boycott and inflict financial damage to the Mom and Pop business that supports the military. Show your support for these pro-military businesses with your pocketbook.
...hmmm....is Berkeley reconsidering or just trying to quibble their way out?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/05/BAHVUS06B.DTL
PS...check out the “comments” section at the end of the article....plenty of San Franciscans think Berkely is nuts too!
Ha! The Chamber of Commerce changed the message that was displayed on their front page too. It still says that they support the armed forces, but where it previously said it had nothing to do with the city council decision, it now says that everyone should have a voice.
Methinks they got rapped for trying to separate themselves from the city council, and they bent over. Based on the first message I was still prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt, but now, no way. They are part of this and should feel the pressure as well.
Berkeley has “successfully” driven out large employers and productive business long ago. They have really rendered themselves boycott-proof. The largest employer, by far, is the University of California. Everybody else is a very little fish.
I contacted COSTCO and advised them that since they had a store in Berkeley, I was discontinuing my membership. It is just a pin prick, but if enough of us do so, even that elephant has got to notice.
I would enjoy starting a rumor that the USMC is quietly buying up real estate in Berkeley, that will eventually be sold to discharged bachelor combat veterans at cut rate prices, on condition that they live there for a minimum of 10 years before selling.
Federal troops are already massing outside the city of Berkley with a clone of General Sherman. After he gets through burning the city down the city council of Berkley and the citizens will howl and the public will agree and be satisfied with the action.
My email to the mayor..
When the San Andreas fault eventually ruptures, and your city is destroyed, will you ban the Marines from entering your city and rescuing your citizens from the rubble?
Just a thought.
I support your intentions, but you are barking up the wrong tree. The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce fully supports the troops ( http://www.berkeleychamber.com ) but doesn’t have much of a voice on the city council.
Petition: Berkeley CA should be federally de-funded
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/cutoffberkeleynow/?e