Santa Cruz council to ask about dumping President BushRotkin was also on the radio today, and said that Bush's request for $87 billion pushes the request over the top - that they demand answers before their constituents fork over the bucks and services need to be cut to pay for this war.
LETTER TO CONGRESS WILL BE CONSIDERED
By Ken McLaughlin
Mercury News
The Santa Cruz City Council on Tuesday is expected to become the nation's first lawmaking body to ask Congress to look into impeaching President Bush, charging that he misled the public on the Iraq war and trampled civil rights.
The measure to be considered is a watered-down version of July's strident call for a council resolution in favor of impeaching Bush and other top members of his administration.
A year ago, Santa Cruz became the first city council to oppose the war. More than 150 councils and boards of supervisors across the nation subsequently passed similar resolutions.
A majority of Santa Cruz council members are hoping their all-but-certain action Tuesday will spark a similar movement.
"You need to speak up when you see evil being done,'' Councilman Mike Rotkin said.
"We have to know why the Bush administration lied to us about Iraq,'' Rotkin said, alluding to White House assertions that Iraq had nuclear aspirations and was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction.
Santa Cruz has a nice boardwalk, cool shopping - and brass balls that clang when it walks. We salute these true Americans.
