Mis-Conduct and her stylin’ duct…
Bob Morris @ Mar 8th 2003 20:25 - Category: Unfiled ;
Mis-Conduct and her stylin’ duct tape dress
International Womens Strike for Peace, Los Angeles, today.
Archive for March 8th, 2003
The upcoming demonstrations.
Bob Morris @ Mar 8th 2003 00:48 - Category: Unfiled ;
The upcoming demonstrations.
Today I’ll be at the Women’s Strike for Peace protest in Westwood CA at the Federal Building. Sunday will see another protest, this one in Boyle Heights, a Latino area, organized by the new Latino Coalition against the War.
The big one is next Saturday, March 15. and will be in downtown L.A. It should be massive, especially considering by then Bush will have lost the U.N. vote and, hey, we may be at war by then.
The last big rally here in L.A. was Feb. 15 in Hollywood. We were hoping for 40,000 and 100,000 came. The march itself though was too quiet. I’ve been at two of the S.F. protests, and they are noisy, lots of drums, noisemakers, chants, and cheers that start a mile down the street and roll up to you.
We plan to do the same on March 15 in L.A. Special teams of artisans are creating hundreds of drums and noisemakers! Squads of people with bullhorns will be placed among the marchers! There will be several portable systems cranking out hundreds of watts. We are going to make some serious noise!
And we will be part of protests happening all over the planet that day.
Get into politics. Have big…
Bob Morris @ Mar 8th 2003 00:09 - Category: Unfiled ;
Get into politics. Have big fun!
I’ve been covering a story here that I am directly involved in. The story is, ah, heating up.
I’m co-chair and treasurer of the Green Party of Los Angeles County (GPLAC). On Jan 13, 2001, a major donor wrote a check to GPLAC which Mike Feinstein, a prominent Green and Santa Monica city councilmember, deposited in a non-Green Party account. Feinstein has never denied doing this and we have a public statement from the donor confirming this plus a copy of the check (with Feinstein’s endorsement on it).
On Wed., as treasurer of GPLAC, I filed a complaint against Feinstein with the California FPPC after they told me I had a legal responsibility to do so.
I also, as a private citizen, filed a complaint with the Santa Monica Police Department asking, in effect, if this could be theft or embezzlement.
The Santa Monica Daily Mirror has a front page story (pdf) on this today which I am reprinting in its entirety on the Green Party page here.
This affair has been dragging on for months. It has fractured the State and County Green Party. Some say they are proud of me, some want my head on a platter, others are stunned. Sometimes you just got to do what you believe is right.
Besides, Greens believe in transparency, openness, and accountability, right?
