Great news ...
Last night, the city council of Santa Rosa, California overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling for the U.S. Congress to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney!The vote was 5 to 1 in favor of the resolution, with one abstention. Santa Rosa now joins Sebastopol, Santa Cruz, San Francisco and other cities across America that have endorsed impeachment. Advocates of the resolution presented signatures of more than 2,000 Santa Rosa residents, and the massive show of citizen endorsement convinced at least two council members to change their minds and vote in favor of the resolution. The city council will now send an official letter to Washington to "petition congress to start impeachment hearings."
Click here and here to read articles on the council's resolution that appeared on the web site of the local Santa Rosa newspaper, The Press Democrat.
Here's how the individual council members voted, along with their contact info:
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Mayor Bob Blanchard
100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 10
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: (707) 543-3017
Fax: (707) 543-3030
bblanchard@srcity.org
Voted "No."
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Vice Mayor Lee Pierce
100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 10
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: (707) 579-1449 ext. 300 ("The Tiosk Group")
Fax: (707) 579-0882
lpierce@srcity.org
Voted "Yes."
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Councilmember Jane Bender
100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 10
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: (707) 538-9644
Fax: (707) 543-3030
jbender@srcity.org
Abstained.
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Councilmember Carol Dean
100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 10
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: (707) 575-3350
Fax: (707) 543-3030
cdean@srcity.org
Voted "Yes."
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Councilmember Susan Gorin
100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 10
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: (707) 525-8335
Fax: (707) 543-3030
sgorin@srcity.org
Voted "Yes."
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Councilmember Veronica Jacobi
100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 10
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: (707) 575-5594
Fax: (707) 543-3030
vjacobi@srcity.org
Voted "Yes."
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Councilmember John Sawyer
100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 10
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: (707) 578-6006
Fax: (707) 578-6006
jsawyer@srcity.org
Voted "Yes."
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Unfortunately, the Council is taking a lot of heat from local residents for passing the resolution. Those opposed to impeachment are leaving negative comments under The Press Democrat article linked above, and, presumably, others are contacting the council directly to register their displeasure.
It's important that impeachment supporters, especially those that are Santa Rosa residents, contact their city council members to express their thanks for the courage and patriotism showed by the council in passing this important resolution. Our city has joined others in setting the right example, and it's critical that these local governmental leaders hear applause and appreciation from grateful citizens.
Here's what you can do:
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1. Contact the Santa Rosa City Council members individually to extend your personal thanks for their appropriate, principled stand in support of impeachment at this critical time in our nation's history. Phone calls, emails, letters, and faxes to council members would go a long way to balance the opposition they're currently receiving from local Bushites.
2. Read articles in The Press Democrat discussing the resolution here and here, and add your own supportive comment at the bottom of the page. You will need to register, to do so. (Comments are limited to 250 characters – so keep yours short, but passionate! And don't worry ... they take a few minutes to show up on the comments page).
3. Send a "letter to the editor" to Santa Rosa's local newspaper, The Press Democrat!
Here's the address:
letters@pressdemocrat.com
Keep your message under 200 words, and be sure to include your name and address (they'll print your name and city).
Why not forward a separate copy of your letter to The Press Democrat to all seven city council members, to let them know of your active support? (But don't cc the council members – "letters to the editor" cc'd to others are unlikely to get printed.) Using the links under "Media" in the side bar to the right, it just takes a few more clicks to send your message to editors of other local and national newspapers and major electronic media outlets. (You could also use the text of your message to easily craft individual emails, faxes, and/or letters to council members.)
4. Send a short message about this story, along with a link to this post, to as many impeachment supporters as possible (those both inside and outside Santa Rosa) -- or to your entire email circle!
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Thank you.
Pass it on.
The Democratic Activist
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