[Peace-discuss] we win! (what do we win? our next campaign)

[karen medina]

Great suggestions, Ricky. and great enthusiasm.

Mayor Schweighart invited us to the welcoming home celebration. I think 
we should go. Without signs and without an agenda. Just happy to have 
our neighbors home.

-karen medina



Ricky Baldwin wrote:
> I think we can start thinking about our referendum
> campaigns for the November elections now.  What will
> the yard signs look like?  Do we want to do a
> fundraiser?  What will we hand out when we go door to
> door?  How many letters to the editor do we want and
> when?  How many “public square” commentaries can we
> get away with?  Can we produce a small handout
> separate from what we take door to door for
> recruitment to the campaign for use at the Sweet Corn
> Festival, Farmer’s Market, etc? 
> 
> And we can start collecting tasty quotes for our lit: 
> 
> Oh no!  Not democracy!
> “You’re creating a bureaucratic situation that ties up
> our government.  You’re doing it just by being here.”
> – Mark Thompson (DI 4/12/06)
> 
> Does he read the news?
> “We know what happened in Vietnam (when US forces
> left): many people were killed.  And we know that’s
> what would happen again if we cut and ran from Iraq.”
> – Champaign Mayor Jerry Schweighart (DI 4/12/06)
> 
> CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY!
> Ricky