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I'd say the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce and the City Council of Berkeley were two-faced. But, two-faced isn't a decent enough description, in my opinion.
Last week, Berkeley's City Council was going ballistic on the Marines, calling them "unwelcome intruders." Now the Council wants the city to withdraw the declaration that upset the nation's right wing. Republican Senator Jim DeMint, of South Carolina, proposed to sever Berkeley's federal funding. Maybe that had a little something to so with the sudden change of heart.
Council members Betty Olds and Laurie Capitelli, on Monday, proposed that Berkeley rescind its letter to the U.S. Marine Corps that stated that the downtown Berkeley recruiting office "is not welcome in our city," and publicly declare that Berkeley is against the war but supports the troops.
The Berkeley City Council will take a vote on Olds' and Capitelli's two proposals at its meeting next Tuesday.
"I think we shouldn't be seen across the country as hating the Marines," said Olds, who voted against last week's proposals. "If you make a mistake, like we did, you should admit it and correct it and move on."
Read the article from the
San Francisco ChronicleIn
Berkeley, Push to Rescind Letter to Marines É here
and the original article from InsideBayArea.com
Berkeley Gives Marines the Boot É hereThen, to top that off Berkeley's Chamber of Commerce is making nice with the Recruiting Office by making a photo op on February 5th showing how they support the armed forces and "ALL voices can be heard."
The CEO of the Chamber even dropped of a nice "box full of donuts" to the Recruiting Office to show how he is "providing support." How nice of him.
Berkeley Chamber Deals Donuts...Duh! É hereAs a reminder, take a look at how the City of Berkeley stood by and allowed Code Pink to illegally stop citizens from entering the Recruiting Office last week.
It's unbelievable!
But....maybe not for a city full of anti-Troop liberals, like Berkeley....
No Business as Usual in Berkeley É here
A box of donuts sure would make me feel a lot better!
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