Anti-PATRIOT Act Resolution to be voted on by City Commission

March 25, 2004 11:36 AM |

On March 30 at 2pm the Grand Rapids City Commission will be voting on an anti-PATRIOT Act resolution. This resolution is the result of an anti-PATRIOT Act campaign by a group called Citizens for a Safe and Free Grand Rapids. At this point it is still up in the air whether or not the resolution will get passed. Mayor Heartwell and Commissioner Tormala are committed to voting for it. Commissioner Rabaut is against it and Commissioners Jendrasiak, Schmidt, Dean and White are on the fence. The GR Police Department is against the resolution, a factor which has influenced some commissioners willingness to support the resolution. If you are in favor of the city passing this resolution, please contact the four commissioners that are still undecided and let them know how you feel.

You can contact them by calling 456-3035 or e-mail them at the addresses below:

James Jendrasiak 1st_ward@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us
Roy Schmidt rschmidt@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us
Lynn Rabaut 2nd_ward@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us
Robert Dean 3rd_ward@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us
James B. White jwhite@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us

You can also contact Mayor Heartwell and commissioner Tormala and thank them for their support here:

Mayor George Heartwell mayor@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us
Rick Tormala rtormala@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us

The Resolution can be downloaded here

For more information on the USA PATRIOT Act, click here

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