[imc-st.louis] Fwd: IOW Request for Entrance to VP Debate

[Ben West]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bill Ramsey <hras at humanrightsaction.net>
Date: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Subject: Request for Entrance to Debate
To: jb at debate.org


St. Louis Instead of War Coalition

438 N. Skinker Blvd.

St. Louis, MO 63130



October 2, 2008



Janet H. Brown

Executive Director

Commission on Presidential Debates



Dear Ms. Brown:



The St. Louis Instead of War Coalition requests that the four St.
Louis Citizens listed below be granted entrance into the Debate this
evening at Washington University. As the descriptions below indicate,
each of these people's lives has been profoundly impacted by U.S.
policies that divert resources away from the needs of our people to
wars and military occupations.



We are gathering at 5 PM in Northmoor Park (the only public space
adjacent to the debate site) to hear the stories of these four
citizens and will accompany them as they attempt to enter the debate.
We request your assistance in facilitating their entrance into the
debate hall and advising the moderator that they have important
questions to raise.



Thank you

Bill Ramsey

Administrative Coordinator, IOW

314-374-7446





Janice Jones was unable to continue her work because of a disability.
She and her husband (a school teacher) fell behind on their mortgage
payments. Their home is presently in the process of foreclosure.
Where is their "bailout?"



Melanie Shoust is in stage-IV cancer. Her medical expenses are covered
by Medicaid and Medicare, but the lack of preventative care meant that
her cancer progressed much further before it was diagnosed. Who will
rescue her?



Donna Jones is a Member of the elected Board of Education of the St.
Louis City Public Schools. She is a parent of St. Louis Public School
students and has served as a parent liaison and conducted inspections
for lead in the homes of families with children in the St. Louis
Public Schools. Where did the money go?



Dr. John Johnson is the father of Pfc LaVena Johnson, a graduate of
Hazelwood Senior High School and U.S. Army soldier who was raped and
murdered while serving in Iraq. Dr Johnson has led the effort to seek
an investigation of his daughter death. Where is transparency and
accountability?


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