Minneapolis Citizens: Help us Impeach Bush, City Council

A CALL TO ACTION BY WE THE PEOPLE

Dear Minneapolis citizens,
Please take 2 minutes to contact your city councilperson and ask him/her to support and pass a resolution for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney. During the June 13th forum with speakers from ImpeachforPeace.org, Cam Gordon, Green Party City Councilman explained the strategic process for making it more feasible to get the Impeachment Resolution on the City Council agenda. If we inundate the city council with phone calls and emails every day, they will realize there is a strong grassroots movement of constituents behind this issue. Until then, they will simply believe that there are more important things to deal with (like the victimization of the poor).

Resolutions have already passed in 75 cities, 23 statewide and national political committees, the state legislature in Vermont and has been introduced in 9 state legislatures and 17 state legislatures are considering introducing impeachment resolutions.
Some local elected officials may claim that this is a federal issue, but the policies made by the current administration are reducing our LGA (Local Government Aid) which we see affecting our local services.
Including unfunded promises made for Medicare, Social Security, and Federal retirement programs, US taxpayers now have a total debt of $59 TRILLION. That's $516,000 for every US household. (USA Today)

Here is the contact info for city council people:
Minneapolis City Council contact information
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/

WARD 1, Paul Ostrow, 612-673-2201, paul.ostrow@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 2, Cam Gordon, 612-6730-2202, cam.Gordon@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 3, Diane Hofstede, 612-673-2203, diane.hofstede@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 4, Barbara Johnson, 612-673-2204, barbara.johnson@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 5, Don Samuels, 612-673-2205, don.samuels@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 6, Robert Lilligren, 612-673-2206, robert.lilligren@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 7, Lisa Goodman, 612-673-2207, http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-goodman.asp
WARD 8, Elizabeth Glidden, 612-673-2208, http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-glidden.asp
WARD 9, Gary Shiff, 612-673-2209, http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-schiff.asp
WARD 10, Ralph Remington, 612-673-2210, ralph.remington@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 11, Scott Benson, 612-673-2211, scott.benson@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
WARD 12, Sandy Colvin Ray, 612-673-2212, http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-roy.asp
WARD 13, Betsy Hodges, 612-673-2213, http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/contact/email-form-hodges.asp

We also need organizations and businesses to sign a letter of support for the Impeachment resolution. They can be mailed to:
City Hall
ATTN: Minneapolis City Council
350 S. 5th St.
Rm #307
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Here are the 10 reasons for impeachment:
Ten Reasons to Impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney
I ask Congress to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney for the following reasons:

1. Violating the United Nations Charter by launching an illegal "War of Aggression" against Iraq without cause, using fraud to sell the war to Congress and the public, misusing government funds to begin bombing without Congressional authorization, and subjecting our military personnel to unnecessary harm, debilitating injuries, and deaths.

2. Violating U.S. and international law by authorizing the torture of thousands of captives, resulting in dozens of deaths, and keeping prisoners hidden from the International Committee of the Red Cross.

3. Violating the Constitution by arbitrarily detaining Americans, legal residents, and non-Americans, without due process, without charge, and without access to counsel.

4. Violating the Geneva Conventions by targeting civilians, journalists, hospitals, and ambulances, and using illegal weapons, including white phosphorous, depleted uranium, and a new type of napalm.

5. Violating U.S. law and the Constitution through widespread wiretapping of the phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant.

6. Violating the Constitution by using "signing statements" to defy hundreds of laws passed by Congress.

7. Violating U.S. and state law by obstructing honest elections in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.

8. Violating U.S. law by using paid propaganda and disinformation, selectively and misleadingly leaking classified information, and exposing the identity of a covert CIA operative working on sensitive WMD proliferation for political retribution.

9. Subverting the Constitution and abusing Presidential power by asserting a "Unitary Executive Theory" giving unlimited powers to the President, by obstructing efforts by Congress and the Courts to review and restrict Presidential actions, and by promoting and signing legislation negating the Bill of Rights and the Writ of Habeas Corpus.

10. Gross negligence in failing to assist New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina, in ignoring urgent warnings of an Al Qaeda attack prior to Sept. 11, 2001, and in increasing air pollution causing global warming.
Source: Democrats.com

Here is a copy of the resolution we want placed on the agenda and considered for a vote:

Resolution to Impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney

WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired with others to
defraud the United States of America by intentionally misleading Congress
and the public regarding the threat from Iraq in order to justify a war in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 371; and

WHEREAS, George W. Bush has admitted to ordering the National Security
Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of American civilians without
seeking warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, duly constituted by Congress in 1978, in violation of Title 50 United States
Code, Section 1805; and

WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired to commit the
torture of prisoners in violation of the "Federal Torture Act" Title 18 United States Code, Section 113C, the UN Torture Convention and the Geneva Convention, which under Article VI of the Constitution are part of the "supreme Law of the Land"; and

WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney acted to strip American citizens of their constitutional rights by ordering indefinite detention without access to legal counsel, without charge and without the opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the President of a U.S. citizen as an "enemy combatant", all in subversion of law; and


WHEREAS, In all of this George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney have acted in a manner contrary to their trust as President and Vice President, subversive of constitutional government to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of ________(insert your City/Town/State)___________ and of the United States of America; and

WHEREAS, Petitions from the country at large may be presented by the Speaker of the House according to Clause 3 of House Rule XII;


Be it resolved that George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, by such conduct, warrant

impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States;

Be it resolved further by the City of _________ , That our senators and representatives in the United States Congress be, and they are hereby, requested to cause to be instituted in the Congress of the United States proper proceedings for the investigation of the activities of the
George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, to the end that they may be impeached and removed from such office.

Be it resolved further, That the Clerk of the City of _________ be, and is hereby, instructed to certify to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, under the seal of the City of _____________, a copy of this resolution and its adoption by the City of _________, as a petition, and request that this petition be delivered to the Office of the Clerk and entered in the United States Congressional Journal. The copies shall be marked with the word "Petition" at the top of the document and contain the original authorizing signature of the ____(insert "Town Clerk" or whomever signs for the City)_____.

For grassroots democracy,
Danene Provencher
Green Party of MN Politics Co-Chair
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As a follow-up to our wildly successful impeachment Town Hall meeting with Minneapolis City Council Members Cam Gordon and Elizabeth Glidden, we're attending the Minneapolis City Council Meeting Friday, June 29th.

ImpeachForPeace.org is asking you to show up at the Minneapolis City Council (350 S 5th St, Rm 317) at 8:30am. We suggest you wear impeachment shirts, buttons, etc. Signs are also aloud. Some people might wish to demonstrate outside the building, while others will likely want to attend the meeting itself. Cam Gordon mentioned that any disruption of the meeting might lead to those disruptors being removed from the meeting. Even so, ImpeachForPeace.org organizers did overhear some people speak of civil disobedience by standing up during the proceedings and loudly expressing their desire for the council to pass an impeachment resolution.

For details, contact Jodin Morey of Impeach for Peace:
use our contact page:
http://impeachforpeace.org/comments.htm