by the El Reportero’s staff
Until Nancy Pelosi meets with some ‘different’ constituents, those who are against her support to war, she won’t have peace at her home, sometimes.
Last Saturday, members of the antiwar organization, CodePINK, activists gathered outside Pelosi’s residence to continue to bring grievances to her regarding war funding.
According to a announcement, peace activists have been asking Congresswoman Pelosi to meet with them to discuss their grievances regarding continued war funding for years.
During the August recess, congressional reps. meet with their constituents across the nation to hear their grievances. Locally, Congresspersons Stark, Spiers, Miller and others are holding town hall meetings. Speaker Pelosi has not held a public forum, or town hall meeting for over 4 years.
Bernal Library mural to be painted out
Library Commission voted to Paintout two of three sides of the Bernal Library mural. Citing the restoration of original architectural design, costs, condition of mural, mural representation the commission voted 6 – 1.
According to Mauricio Vela, a community activist, “this is just another slap in the face to the Bernal Latino community as well as other truly progressive members of the community.
According to Vela, fi rst the Library Preschool, serving primarily Latino families, got evicted, then the gym got closed which serves primarily African American children & teen. And now, he ads, the mural, which Arch Williams and Carlos Alcalá put up with our community youth 30 years ago.
“We are not asking to put up a new mural, just restore what was granted to us in 1980,” said Vela in a written statement. “This would never happen to the GLTB community only to the Latino and/or African American community because we’re seen as poor and unorganized.
Native, conservation groups oppose state department dirty pipeline permit
Aug 20, Washington, DC- An international coalition of environmental and Native American groups strongly opposed Thursday’s U.S. State Department decision to issue a permit for a pipeline to carry the dirtiest oil on earth from Canada to the U.S. and vowed to challenge it in court, according to a statement from Green Media.
“The State Department has rubber-stamped a project that will mean more air, water and global warming pollution, particularly in the communities near refineries that will process this dirty oil,” said Earthjustice attorney Sarah Burt.
“The project’s environmental review fails to show how construction of the Alberta Clipper is in the national interest. We will go to court to make sure that all the impacts of this pipeline are considered.”
The international coalition of groups has pointed out that this decision contradicts President Obama’s promise to cut global warming pollution and 3America’s addiction to oil while investing in a clean energy future.
The State Department’s decision would allow construction of Enbridge Energy’s Alberta Clipper pipeline across northern Minnesota to Superior, Wis. and the Southern Lights pipeline to carry hazardous liquids back to Canada.
