Heads Up NYC Freepers-- City Council To Vote on Antiwar Resolution TOMORROW

New York City Council ^ | 3/11/03 | Some clueless radicals with delusions of grandeur

[hellinahandcart]

This is the second time they will have tried to pass this in the past month---with zero input from the public, I might add.

The first time they tried to bring it to a vote, certain hard-left elements in the council objected because they didn't think the resolution was antiwar enough, and the few conservatives on the council would not have voted for it under any circumstances. So Gifford Miller cancelled the vote. Now it's on the calendar again for Wednesday, and it looks like they are aiming for a resolution so "reasonable" that they think no one could possibly object to it.They really want this thing to pass. I am personally distressed to see that the number of sponsors to this abomination has at least doubled since their last meeting in February.

Well, they can soften the language and the tone all they want, it's still an "antiwar" resolution. Under "meeting Details" on the NY City Council website, here is what you'll find:

Res 0549-2002
Oppose the Congressional Resolution allowing President George W. Bush to unilaterally declare war against Iraq. Proposed Res. No. 549-A

And here is what they propose to vote on tomorrow (bold emphasis mine):

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Wednesday, March 12, 2003

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Committee(s) on Cultural Affairs, Libraries & International Intergroup Relations
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Committee Room - City Hall

Chairperson(s): Jose Serrano

Proposed Res. No. 549-A -

By Council Members Perkins, Baez, Barron, Boyland, Brewer, Clarke, Davis, DeBlasio, Dilan, Espada, Gerson, Gioia, Gonzalez, Jackson, Koppell, Liu, Lopez, Martinez, the Speaker (Council Member Miller), Monserrate, Quinn, Reed, Reyna, Sanders, Seabrook, Serrano, Stewart, Vann and Yassky -

Resolution -

calling on the government of the United States to make all efforts to work through the United Nations Security Council in a manner that would reaffirm our nations commitment to the rule of law and the primacy of human rights in our international relationships, and to take all appropriate steps toward securing the participation of other nations and international bodies in the effort to ensure that Iraq does not possess biological, chemical or nuclear weapons and toward promoting human rights for all the people of Iraq; and further calling on the government of the United States to work through the United Nations Security Council and with other nations to ensure the unimpeded access of United Nations weapons inspectors to all areas of and facilities in Iraq and to ensure that the inspectors be given a full and fair opportunity to conduct their efforts in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolutions; and further calling upon the Council of the City of New York to oppose a pre-emptive military attack on Iraq unless it is demonstrated that Iraq poses a real and imminent threat to the security and safety of the United States or its allies or unless other options for achieving compliance with United Nations resolutions calling for the elimination of weapons of mass destruction and the means for their development have failed.

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Do we pay these nitwits to spend their time opposing CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTIONS, or to concern themselves with New York City matters? Have these morons no clue as to how this is going to look to the rest of the country (and we owe the rest of the country. Big-time.) Are we really supposed to enjoy the prospect of both the UN and the NY City Council going on record AGAINST Bush this week?

Pick apart the leftist buzzwords and phrases at your leisure, but these folks have got to hear from us TODAY.

[hellinahandcart]

Here's a handy chart of names and phone numbers, for your Activism Ease:

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	Borough		District			Name (click for Bio & Info)		Address (District Office)		Phone		Phone (250 Broadway)		Email
	Queens		32			Joseph Addabbo, Jr.		159-53 102 Street, 11414		(718) 738-1111		(212) 788-7069		addabbo@council.nyc.ny.us
	Queens		19			Tony Avella		38-50 Bell Blvd. (Suite C), 11361		(718) 747-2137		(212) 788-7250		avella@council.nyc.ny.us
	Bronx		14			Maria Baez		1 East Fordham Rd, Suite 2, 10468		(718) 584-6955		(212) 788-7074		baez@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		42			Charles Barron		1962 Linden Blvd., 11207		(718) 649-9495/9496		(212) 788-6957		barron@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		41			Tracy Boyland		2094-A Fulton Street, 11233		(718) 345-3110		(212) 788-7387		boyland@council.nyc.ny.us
	Manhattan		6			Gale Brewer		2374 Broadway, 10024		(212) 873-0282		(212) 788-6975		brewer@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		40			Yvette Clarke		123 Linden Boulevard, 11226		(718) 287-8762		(212) 788-7352		clarke@council.nyc.ny.us
	Queens		27			Leroy Comrie		113-43 Farmers Blvd, 11412		(718) 776-3700		(212) 788-7084		comrie@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		35			James Davis		324 DeKalb Avenue, 11205		(718) 857-0959		(212) 788-7081		davis@council.nyc.ny.us
	Bronx		18			Ruben Diaz		1750 Westchester Ave, 10472		(718) 892-7513		(212) 788-6854		diaz@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		37			Erik Martin Dilan		387 Arlington Avenue, 11208		(718) 642-8664		(212) 788-7284		emdilan@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		44			Simcha Felder		4424 16th Avenue, 11204		(718) 853-2704		(212) 788-7357		felder@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		46			Lewis Fidler		1402 East 64th Street, 11234		(718) 241-9330		(212) 788-7286		fidler@council.nyc.ny.us
	Bronx		16			Helen Foster		1377 Jerome Ave, 10452		(718) 588-7500		(212) 788-6856		foster@council.nyc.ny.us
	Queens		30			Dennis Gallagher		78-25 Metropolitan Ave, 11379		(718) 366-3900		(212) 788-7381		gallagher@council.nyc.ny.us
	Queens		24			James Gennaro		185-10 Union Turnpike, 11366		(718) 217-4969		(212) 788-6956		gennaro@council.nyc.ny.us
	Manhattan		1			Alan Gerson		51 Chambers St. (Suite 429), 10007		(212) 788-7722		(212) 788-7259		gerson@council.nyc.ny.us
	Queens		26			Eric Gioia		47-01 Queens Boulevard, Suite 205, 11104		718-383-9566		(212) 788-7370		gioia@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		43			Martin J. Golden		9002 Third Avenue, 11209		(718) 238-6044		(212) 788-7390		golden@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		38			Sara Gonzalez		4808 4th Avenue , 11220		(718) 439-9012
	Manhattan		7			Robert Jackson		751 West 183rd St. , 10033		(212) 928-1322		(212) 788-7007		jackson@council.nyc.ny.us
	Queens		28			Allan Jennings		91-10 146 Street, 11435		(718) 657-4787		(212) 788-6850		jennings@council.nyc.ny.us
	Queens		29			Melinda Katz		104-01 Metropolitan Ave., 11375		(718) 544-8800		(212) 788-6981		katz@council.nyc.ny.us
	Bronx		11			G. Oliver Koppell		3636 Waldo Avenue, 10463		(718) 549-7300		(212) 788-7078		koppell@council.nyc.ny.us
	Staten Island		51			Andrew Lanza		3944 Richmond Avenue, 10312		(718) 984-5151		(212) 788-7363		lanza@council.nyc.ny.us
	Queens		20			John Liu		135-27 38th Avenue, Suite 388, 11354		(718) 888-8747		(212) 788-7022		liu@council.nyc.ny.us
	Manhattan		2			Margarita Lopez		237 First Ave (Suite 405), 10003		(212) 614-8751		(212) 788-7366
	Manhattan		10			Miguel Martinez		601 West 174th, (Suite 1A), 10033		(917) 521-2616/2640		(212) 788-7053		martinez@council.nyc.ny.us
	Staten Island		49			Michael McMahon		130 Stuyvesant Place, 6th Floor, 10301		(718) 556-7370		(212) 788-6972		mcmahon@council.nyc.ny.us
	Manhattan		5			A. Gifford Miller		336 East 73rd Street (Suite C), 10021		(212) 535-5554		(212) 788-7210		miller@council.nyc.ny.us
	Queens		21			Hiram Monserrate		98-17 Northern Blvd., 11368		(718) 205-3881		(212) 788-6862		monserrate@council.nyc.ny.us
	Manhattan		4			Eva S. Moskowitz		420 Lexington Avenue (Suite 1710), 10017		(212) 818-0580		(212) 788-7393		moskowitz@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		48			Michael C. Nelson		3810-A Nostrand Avenue, 11235		(718) 368-9176		(212) 788-7060		nelson@council.nyc.ny.us
	Staten Island		50			James Oddo		94 Lincoln Avenue, 10306		(718) 980-1017		(212) 788-7159		oddo@council.nyc.ny.us
	Manhattan		9			William Perkins		163 W. 125 St. 7th Floor, 10027		(212) 662-4440		(212) 788-7396		perkins@council.nyc.ny.us
	Bronx		13			Madeline Provenzano		2931 Westchester Avenue, 10461		(718) 931-6060		(212) 788-7375		provenzano@council.nyc.ny.us
	Manhattan		3			Christine Quinn		224 West 30th St (Suite 1206) , 10001		(212) 564-7757		(212) 788-6979		quinn@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		47			Domenic M. Recchia, Jr.		445 Neptune Avenue, 11224		(718) 373-9673		(212) 788-7045		recchia@council.nyc.ny.us
	Manhattan		8			Philip Reed		105 East 116th Street, 10029		(212) 828-9800		(212) 788-6960		reed@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		34			Diana Reyna		444 South 5th St., 11211		(718) 963-3141		(212) 788-7095		reyna@council.nyc.ny.us     Submit on-line
	Bronx		15			Joel Rivera		1901 Southern Blvd, 10460		(718) 842-8100		(212) 788-6966		rivera@council.nyc.ny.us
	Queens		31			James Sanders, Jr.		220-07 Merrick Blvd., 11413		(718) 527-4356		(212) 788-7216		sanders@council.nyc.ny.us
	Bronx		12			Larry Seabrook		3763 White Plains Road, 10467		(718) 994-9900		(212) 788-6873		seabrook@council.nyc.ny.us
	Queens		25			Helen Sears		37-32 75th St., 11372		(718) 803-6373		(212) 788-7066		sears@council.nyc.ny.us
	Bronx		17			Jose Serrano		384 East 149th Street (Suite 300), 10455		(718) 402-6130		(212) 788-7384		serrano@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		45			Kendall Stewart		1694 Flatbush Avenue, 11210		(718) 951-8177		(212) 788-6859		stewart@council.nyc.ny.us
	Queens		22			Peter Vallone, Jr.		22-45 31st Street, 11105		(718) 274-4500		(212) 788-6963		vallonejr@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		36			Albert Vann		613-619 Throop Ave., 11216		(718) 919-0740		(212) 788-7354		vann@council.nyc.ny.us
	Queens		23			David Weprin		205-07 Hillside Ave., (Suite 16), 11423		(718) 465-8202		(212) 788-6984		weprin@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		33			David Yassky		114 Court Street, 11201		(718) 875-5200		(212) 788-7348		yassky@council.nyc.ny.us
	Brooklyn		39			Bill deBlasio		2907 Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 11218		(718) 854-9791		(212) 788-6969		deblasio@council.nyc.ny.us

[Mudboy Slim]

Just make sure every VOTER you know tells their NooYawkCouncilperson that yer a One-Issue VOTER on THIS Issue!!

"You VOTE AGAINST MY Country...I VOTE Against YOU!!!"

FReegards...MUD

[hellinahandcart]

You have all been pinged because, to the best of my knowledge, you all live in New York City and have a City Councilweasel who needs a little feedback from their constituents. Please give your weasel and Gifford Miller a call today.

For those who hate being pinged, I apologize in advance. But look on the bright side. You don't even have to ask to be removed from my ping list, because I don't keep one. This is a one-shot deal.

If I pinged anyone who does not in fact live in the city, perhaps you have friends or relatives here who might be interested. Please forward this thread to them.

For those who live in the city and were not pinged, well...I hope you see this!

[hellinahandcart]

HEY, someone else is awake. Thanks, Mud...

[hellinahandcart]

Don't use the email addies, people. I doubt they even read them. Call. Make their receptionists whine. THAT they might hear about before tomorrow.

[hellinahandcart]

And, while the City Council doesn't have to listen to non-residents, my personal belief is that anyone who lives elsewhere but works in the city, OR...anyone in the entire United States who donated money, time, or simply their sympathy and good wishes to NYC after 9/11, has a perfect right to pick up up the phone and dial the Speaker, Gifford Miller.

If any of you are so inclined, please do it today.

[YOMO]

Hum, let me see.
Two tall buildings gone with 3,000 HUMAN BEINGS.
I forget where they were located.
At least RUDY wouldn't put up with such BS.
I guess they don't have enough to worry about in NYC.

[Mudboy Slim]

De nada...MUD

[hellinahandcart]

Over 100 cities have passed these stupid antiwar resolutions. If the ANSWER/United for Peace and Justice/MoveOn/"Not In Our Name" crowd actually succeed in adding New York City to that list, then they've really bagged the big elephant, haven't they?

PLEASE make some noise about this.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Maybe there are people on the NYC City Council who think that New York still has too many skyscrapers. That's the only reason I can see that they would vote for it. If I were a New Yorker, I would call for a an immediate recall election of any council member who votes yes for the resolution.

[hellinahandcart]

The city council have their priorities so out of whack that they DO believe this is something they should be spending their time on.

And while I miss Rudy too, I don't think either mayor can really stop the council from getting together and embarassing the city and the nation.

[hellinahandcart]

For those of you who have been following the stellar antics of one of New York's brightest new political lights, Charles "I'd like to slap a white person, just for my mental health" Barron---the man who brought Robert Mugabe to New York last fall to address the City Council, and who addresses crowds at antiwar rallies---YES, he's one of the sponsors of the resolution.

And if I had to guess which weasel orignally generated this scheme, Barron would be my prime suspect.

[hellinahandcart]

Bump

[sauropod]

Good job getting the info out!

Fry Charles Barron!

[hellinahandcart]

A "thanks for the bump" bump...

[sauropod]

De nada. A FReeping Her Heinous bump!

[hellinahandcart]

I seem to recall that Her Heinous voted FOR the Congressional Resolution. I wonder if the city council realizes the irony of their voting to oppose HER position.

LOL.

[hellinahandcart]

Seriously, this infuriates me. I can just hear them now, at the "Not in Our Name" rally this weekend---"Even New York City, which bore the brunt of the tragic events of 9/11-- even NEW YORK CITY says 'No!' to this unjust, illegal, and racist war! Free Mumia!"

[dep]

i think that the country would have been even more upset if the terrorists on 9/11 had attacked america instead of new york city.

dep

[hellinahandcart]

Thanks for the bump. I guess.