Just because 22 other City Councils seem to believe that despite their being elected by only their cities residents they somehow have the right to speak for the whole country, it doesn't mean any of them are justified in doing so.
Although I would imagine most City Councils are under a similar oath, I'm certain that Minneapolis City Council Members, in being sworn into office, swear to uphold the U.S. Constitution. The authority to declare war (or by implication not) rests with the Congress (Article I, Section 8), not the Minneapolis City Council. City Councils are elected by members of a city to represent them on city matters. City Councils should be concentrating on city issues. If City Councils concentrated on city issues, maybe there would be less problems in cities. Contact your Congress member, Senators, and President for national issues. Gary Bowman Audubon Park --- David Shove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________ 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
