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- Welcome to the
Fort Collins for
Iraq Withdrawal coalition. We are a growing,
broad-based group of local
organizations and individuals urging the
Fort Collins City Council to pass a
resolution
calling for withdrawal of US military forces from
Iraq. Many cities around the US have passed
similar resolutions in a
growing movement similar to the grassroots mobilization
that eventually ended the
Vietnam War. While our city council appropriately
focuses on local issues and leaves most national issues
to the federal government, it does periodically weigh in
on
transcendent issues that
cry out for action. We feel this current war is one of
those issues. To be silent in times of great moral
crisis is not neutrality, it is passive acceptance of
evil which makes us partly culpable. Our federal
government is not listening to us. We need our closest
representative body - our city council - to amplify our
voices and speak on our behalf to help change our
current disastrous course in
Iraq.
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- If you would like
to help, here is what you can do:
- 1) Get your church or community
group to join our coalition and endorse the resolution.
Contact Cheryl at 419-8944 or Joe at 472-5665.
- 2) Contact your city
council
representative
- 3) Attend the next public comment
portion of a city council meeting. City Council meets
the first and third Tuesdays of the month, with public
comment from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Council chambers are at 300
W. LaPorte Ave,
Fort Collins.
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Write a letter to the editor
- 5) Volunteer to help build our
coalition, whether your talent is writing, materials
design, group outreach, or organizational skills.
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FCIW
coalition members (so far):
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(Partial) List of
National/International Issues Addressed by For Collins
City Council
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- Patriot Act
- Supporting the War in Iraq
- Global Warming
- Nuclear Test Ban
- Nuclear Weapons Freeze
- Persecution of Bahais in
Iran
- MX Missile Deployment
- Apartheid in South Africa
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Contact info for City Council
members:
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- District 1 - Ben Manvel - cell
phone
217-1932,
bmanvel@fcgov.com
- District 2 - Lisa Poppaw - home
phone
970-223-4136, cell phone
970-219-9722,
lpoppaw@fcgov.com
- District 3 - Diggs Brown - cell
phone
970-420-9097,
dbrown@fcgov.com
- District 4 - Wade Troxell - cell
phone
970-219-8940,
wtroxell@fcgov.com
- District 5 - Kelly Ohlson -
home/office
970-493-7225, cell
970-219-9814,
kohlson@fcgov.com
- District 6 - David Roy - phone
217-5506,
droy@fcgov.com
- Mayor - Doug Hutchinson - phone
416-2154,
dhutchinson@fcgov.com
- If you are not sure who your city
council rep is, click on
http://www.fcgov.com/council/district-map.php
for a district map, or contact us with your address and
we will tell you who to contact.
- Useful Links:
- Cities for Peace
www.citiesforprogress.org
- United for Peace and Justice
www.unitedforpeace.org
- Cost of War - National Priorities
Project
www.costofwar.com
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built by
Paul Ostrof
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