Excerpt Subject: Ann Arbor City Council Votes For Anti-War Resolution
By Christopher Johnson, Daily Staff Reporter Michigan Daily - December 03, 2002 http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2002/12/03/3dec4b98b fdfc?in_archive=1 Voices arguing against the nation's movement toward war found a sympathetic audience at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting last night. Joining 21 other cities, including Washington and Detroit, the council voted 7-1 in favor of a resolution against war with Iraq..... --end Now, if Ann Arbor and Washington and Detroit can do it, why not Mpls? I believe that councilperson Dean Zimmermann advances this every week or so, the last vote I know of 8 to 5, against. With 2 votes switched, 6 to 7, for. I think the IS the business of the city council; it is all too easy to hide a pro-war vote under the claim that it's none of our business. --David Shove _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
