[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Emergency Call-In Day TODAY!

Tue Jul 15 10:27:42 EDT 2014

All that would be true had the Republican governor not declared Detroit in financial emergency and appointed a fiscal officer to take over the city leaving the elected mayor and city council essentially powerless

Make no mistake it is the governor and his policies responsible for this humanitarian crisis

Debra

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On Jul 15, 2014, at 8:32 AM, ewjohnson <ewj at pigsqq.org> wrote:

> (you gotta) wait a minute- wait a minute-
> 
> Detroit surely is in need of some sort of a damn deep cleansing.
> 
> Seems that turning off the water is sort of in-the-wrong-di-rection
> let alone cruel, ill-advised, and perhaps immoral depending upon how one
> measures such things.
> 
> I would think that it is miserable enough just plain being stuck in Detroit
> period, let alone in Detroit and without water.  I spent a month there one afternoon, and
> I surely ain't goin' back to Detroit no time soon.  It seemed pretty much like
> a cess pool to me.  Hostile takeover yuras.  Who'd want it?
> 
> But It seems that this action is against the poor, no matter what ethnicity the
> poor have chosen to subscribe to.  I suppose that everybody who lives in Detroit would be
> one powerful hell of a lot better off if they lived someplace else other than
> Dee-troyt.  So what ever it takes to encourage people to find another
> spot is probably a good thing in the long run.  But it's really ugly turning
> off people's water, no matter what reason or excuse.  A bastard who
> would turn your water off is probably the same sonofabitch who would
> have your car ticketed and towed, or fine you for not mowing your lawn.
> Assholes we useta call 'em
> 
> However dastardly and evil it is, I hardly would dare to blame it on the Right no matter how
> despicable and money-grubbing they, and the "Left" seem to be--
> ...no doubt Detroit has been governed exclusively by those who claim to be
> "on the left" for quite a little while now...
> 
> Detroit is ruled by a strong mayoral system and they were singin' pleeze-pleeze-wait-a-minute-Mr.Postman
> in "Mo-Town" the last time the GOP was in control in Detroit.  Their last Republican mayor
> graduated from that office 'way back in '62.  So that means that pretty much for the last
> 52 years Detroit has been controlled by those who profess to be Democrats.
> 
> Which makes it pretty much a line of deceit to say that the problems of Detritus, Michigan
> are the result of right-wing policies.   Republicans suck, too -- but there can be
> absolutely no doubt whatsoever that any problem with the government in
> Detroit is the fault of the Stupid Party, not the Evil Party.
> 
> 
> On 07/15/2014 08:15 PM, Debra Schrishuhn via Peace-discuss wrote:
>> Good morning, All.
>> 
>> Please help stop the ethnic cleansing of Detroit by participating in
>> this emergency call-in day and by signing the petition to Gov. Snyder
>> and Pres. Obama. The unstated goal of this horrific activity is
>> reducing the African American population of Detroit. We cannot stand
>> by and let this happen.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Deb
>> 
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>> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:03:23 -0400 (EDT)
>> Subject: Emergency Call-In Day TODAY!
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>> Help Stop The Hostile Takeover of Detroit
>> 
>> Dear Debra,
>> 
>> Join the national call-in day starting TODAY Tuesday July 15th
>> demanding Michigan Governor Rick Snyder end the water shutoffs,
>> restore water to all residents and implement the Detroit Water
>> Affordabiity Plan.
>> 
>> Call all of these numbers during business hours every Tuesday:
>> (517) 373-3400 (Main Office)
>> (517) 335-7858 (Constituent Services)
>> (202) 624-5840 (Washington, DC office)
>> Send a FAX: (517) 335-6863
>> 
>> A few months ago, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD)
>> shocked residents by announcing it would begin shutting off water to
>> homes with outstanding balances as low as $150; *people are reporting
>> water is being turned off for oustanding balances of $40. Meanwhile
>> Red Wing Stadium, Ford Field, golf courses, high rises and industrial
>> buildings have outstanding balances greater than $30 million, yet they
>> still have water*. By summer DWSD plans to have turned off water for
>> 150,000 Detroit residents.
>> 
>> The Guardian.com reported on "Detroit's Water War: a tap shut-off that
>> could impact 300,000 people," saying a "right-wing state and corporate
>> push to cut off water is economic shock therapy at its most ruthless
>> and racist, but resistance is growing."
>> 
>> *Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is joining the resistance*.
>> It's unthinkable that in 2014, people in America would find themselves
>> shutoff from water. This is a local man-made emergency, but a national
>> issue.
>> 
>> If this ALEC-led effort succeeds in Detroit, these tactics will be
>> coming to your community next. That's why PDA is convening a series of
>> emergency actions. Will you join our growing coalition to help save
>> the residents of Detroit?
>>   * Sign our Credo petition [
>> https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/tell-detroit-to-turn-the-taps-back-on-water-is-a-human-right
>> ] to turn on the water, end the shut offs and enact the Water
>> Affordability Plan
>>   * Join the national call-in day starting on Tuesday July 15th
>> demanding Michigan Governor Rick Snyder end the water shutoffs,
>> restore water to all residents and implement the Detroit Water
>> Affordabiity Plan.
>>   * Call all of these numbers between 1 and 3pm every Tuesday, (517)
>> 373-3400 (Main Office) (517) 335-7858 (Constituent Services) (202)
>> 624-5840 (Washington, DC office) Send a FAX: (517) 335-6863
>> 
>>   * Join the phone bank team - alert local Detroit residents that
>> their water is scheduled to be turned off; tell local residents where
>> they can find a "free" water station in the city, help locate all
>> Detroit residents who have had their water turned off; contact Mike
>> Fox [ mailto:mikefox at pdamerica.org?subject=Volunteer%20-%20Make%20Phone%20Calls%20for%20Detroit
>> ] to make calls.
>>   * Join the rally on July 18th starting at 1pm in Hart Plaza, Detroit
>> 
>> 
>> PDA Advisory Board Member *Rep. John Conyers*, explained, "Detroit's
>> water crisis did not happen in a vacuum. Over the past decade,
>> Detroiters have seen their water rates increase by 119 percent. Over
>> this same period, forces beyond city residents' control–including a
>> global financial crisis that left one in five local residences in
>> foreclosure and sent local unemployment rates skyrocketing–severely
>> undercut Detroiters' ability to pay."
>> 
>> According to Guardian.com: "*There are people who can't cook, can't
>> clean, people coming off surgery who can't wash. Adding to the
>> outrage, "children risk being taken by welfare authorities from any
>> home without running water*."
>> 
>> *The Progressive magazine reports, many Detroit residents understand
>> "aggressive foreclosures and water shutoffs are a deliberate scheme to
>> drive longtime residents out of the city center, seize property, and
>> gentrify downtown Detroit and the waterfront*." This would follow an
>> established pattern of hostile takeovers targeting minority
>> communities. "Detroit is not the first predominantly African-American
>> city subjected to this kind of exploitation. Post-Katrina New Orleans
>> (60 percent African American) was also abandoned and exploited by the
>> political class. In Birmingham, Alabama (74 percent minority), JP
>> Morgan was convicted of bribing local power brokers and extracting
>> millions in fees that turned a $250 million dollar sewer project in
>> Jefferson County into a $3 billion debacle."
>> 
>> This isn't even the first 1% power grab in Michigan! In Benton Harbor,
>> state-imposed emergency management facilitated a corporate takeover of
>> prized waterfront property to build a golf course. These deliberate
>> efforts to exploit local communities are part of an alarming pattern.
>> 
>> *Today, the people of Detroit need you*. Next month or next year, the
>> vultures might well be circling above your community. Help us stop
>> this shock doctrine exploitation in its tracks!
>> 
>> Don't forget to *Sign our Credo petition* [
>> https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/tell-detroit-to-turn-the-taps-back-on-water-is-a-human-right
>> ] to turn the on the water, stop the shut offs and implement the Water
>> Affordabiity Plan!
>> 
>> Conor Boylan and Andrea Miller
>> PDA National Co-Executive Directors
>> 
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