This vote makes me proud of my Portland hometown!
Barbara Kivimae Krimgold
From: Michael Munk [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:52 PM
To: Barbara Krimgold
Subject: Portland votes to bring the troops home
By a 5-0 unanimous vote, the Portland (OR) City council today adopted a
resolution to bring the troops home from Iraq and fund human needs!
A standing room only crowd of several hundred witnessed heard testimony
from more than 50 people who made the case for the resolution. Those
testifying included military families, veterans and Iraqi-Americans,
labor and faith group leaders, youth and students and those who work on
health care, education, housing, homelessness, environmental justice and
other human needs issues. The presenters made a strong case for the
many local impacts of the war on the Portland community and the need to
speak up as a city for peace.
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