Sound Politics Public Blog: STAND TALL, WEAR RED! "STOP ENVISION SPOKANE" GRASSROOTS RALLY 7-13-09 5:00PM

July 11, 2009

STAND TALL, WEAR RED! "STOP ENVISION SPOKANE" GRASSROOTS RALLY 7-13-09 5:00PM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Michael Cathcart
Phone: 509-999-8315
Email: M_Cathcart@walkingrailroad.com
or
Contact: Michael Fagan
Phone: 509-991-4765
Email: 1dilligas@gmail.com

STAND TALL, WEAR RED! "STOP ENVISION SPOKANE" GRASSROOTS RALLY

Monday July 13, 2009 at 5:00 p.m., Spokane citizens will gather in front of Spokane City Hall for a grassroots rally in opposition to the proposed "Envision Spokane" charter amendment. For a united front, everyone is encouraged to wear red to the rally. We will have red ribbons for folks to wear as well.

Spokane, WA, July 11, 2009 - "In the spirit of Edmund Burke's quote, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Spokane citizens will gather in front of Spokane City Hall on Monday July 13, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. to express their dissatisfaction with the ideas and the questionable legality of the proposed "Envision Spokane" charter amendment. Approval of this broadly written proposal will cost citizens millions of dollars in additional taxes, cause job losses and further harm to our already stressed economy, and entangle our great city in expensive lawsuits for years to come. One portion of this even seeks to take away our God given rights as human beings and instead grant them to inanimate objects such as trees and soil.

On Monday, The Spokane City Council will deliberate on whether they should place the proposed initiative directly on the November 2009 ballot, or send the signature petitions to the Spokane County Auditor for verification. Citizens opposed to this measure will send them a strong message. Many citizens of our community will participate, perhaps for the first time, in a government process. The grassroots rally will assemble in front of City Hall at 5:00 p.m. on Monday July 13th. As this Initiative will leave the city deeper in the red, we are asking that everyone try and wear red clothing to help drive this message and to show a united front. We will also have red ribbons for folks to wear. We will converge in the gallery at 6:00 p.m. to show City Council our strong opposition to this measure. Those who would like to testify are highly encouraged to do so!

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Comments

1. Yes! Down with affordable healthcare! Down with promoting the local economy! Down with anti-discrimination bylaws!

Please.

Posted by: demo kid on July 12, 2009 10:58 AM

2. This whole Push for a so-called Community Bill of Rights under the headliner of "Envision Spokane" is a Socialist/Communist attempt to steal Private Property Rights. It is well known when, Property Rights no longer Exists...Liberty no longer Exists. These Communist activist who are pushing, include labor unions and...You guess it...Environmental Groups. If this Theft of Individual Rights is pulled off, the area effected will begin to suffer a decline in the activity of Personal Freedom and the Right to the Pursuit of Happiness. This in turn will cause a decline in productive citizenry within the newly formed Socialist State, for they will move elsewhere and the jobs that go with them. Soon, you will have a depressed area with low property values and few supporting jobs. You'll have the conditions of all Socialist States.....You will have Liberal Heaven...You will have POVERTY!

Posted by: Daniel on July 12, 2009 01:30 PM

3. TODAY ✔ 5:00PM ✔ CITY HALL ✔
STAND TALL, WEAR RED!
"STOP ENVISION SPOKANE" GRASSROOTS RALLY

- THE RALLY WILL GO ON, COME RAIN OR SHINE!
- THE WEATHER WON'T STOP 'ENVISION SPOKANE'!
- THE WEATHER WONT STOP THIS ILLEGAL PETITION!
- DONT LET THE WEATHER STOP YOU!

YOU ARE WELCOME TO ARRIVE AROUND 4:45
we will gather in front of city hall on the north side

Posted by: Michael Cathcart on July 13, 2009 09:26 AM

4. DemoKid-
What are you posting over here for? You don't live anywhere near Spokane?

Go back to your leftie friends in Seattle and leave Spokane alone.

Posted by: johnny on July 13, 2009 10:04 AM

5. I tend not to wear red as that is the color of communism.

I was outraged when the liberal media gave the Republican party that color.

But looking back, perhaps they were right. After all the Republican Congress increased spending more than the Democrats who had held control for forty years.

We need a party. The Republicans are too much into the red.

Posted by: Steve on July 13, 2009 01:23 PM

6. We need a new party.

The Republican Party has been totally discredited.

Posted by: Steve on July 13, 2009 01:35 PM

7. how about the greens?

i'm pro nuclear - nuclear fusion (the sun)

Posted by: mike on July 17, 2009 09:30 AM