From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED] We had similar infestations ofter Dunblane and we failed to deal with them properly. Alex Message: 1 Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 08:45:34 -0600 From: "Daszkiewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: misguided to infest Denver; press promises full coverage Denver Post August 1, 2000 Million Mom March to gather in Denver By Mike Soraghan Denver Post Washington Bureau Aug. 1, 2000 - The Million Mom March is coming to Denver next month for its first national conference, making the Columbine High School massacre the backdrop as the gun-control group hones its political message for the fall elections. "The tears of parents and the blood of children hasn't inspired our leaders to act," said the group's national president, Mary Leigh Blek. "Now, we're poised to use our votes." There won't be a million at the meeting, or even the more than 500,000 who were drawn to the National Mall on Mother's Day, May 14, for the group's actual march. Only members of the group are invited. Organizers started by booking accommodations for 200. But that was before the march, and now they say that number has grown. The conference is called "From a March to a Movement," and will feature seminars for members on grassroots basics such as fund-raising and Web site design. It will be at the Hyatt Regency Sept. 15 and 16. The Columbine massacre is indirectly the reason that the group chose Denver, Blek said. The Million Mom March used to be called the Bell Campaign, but after this year's Mother's Day march, the group took on the name of the event it had underwritten. The Bell Campaign's bell was rung for the first time in Denver at a gun-control rally held shortly after the massacre. The rally was held to protest the National Rifle Association meeting that was being held in Denver at the same time. A pro-gun group says that the group is exploiting the Columbine slayings for political purposes, and says the moms group can expect some confrontations during its meeting. "Oh, we'll be there," said Dudley Brown, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, which has savored its reputation for confrontational protests as the gun debate heated up in Colorado. "It would be virtually impossible to keep some of these guys away. My guys will want to get in there and get in their face." The Million Moms group has invited both the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates to the gathering, and its board may endorse one of the candidates, Blek said. -- "over 500,000", as I recall it was more like 80,000. Steve. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
