NYC Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum to Join Common Cause and Civic Groups to Deliver Citizen Petitions
NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE BETSY GOTBAUM TO JOIN COMMON CAUSE, NYPIRG AND CIVIC GROUPS TO DELIVER CITIZEN PETITIONS CALLING ON THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR TO RESPECT DEMOCRACY
Common Cause will rally alongside good government and civic organizations, as well as NYC Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, before delivering hundreds of petitions signed by NYC voters calling on the City Council to "Respect Democracy, Let the Public Debate and Vote on Term Limits Proposal." The full petition is available at: www.CommonCause.org/NY/TermLimitPetition.
| WHO: | Betsy Gotbaum, Public Advocate for the City of New York Susan Lerner, Executive Director, Common Cause/New York Gene Russianoff, New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) Dick Dadey, Executive Director, Citizens Union Corey B. Bearak, Queens Civic Congress And additional invited guests |
| WHEN: | Wednesday October 22, 2008 at 10:30AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) |
| WHERE: | Steps of New York City Hall New York, New York |
| NOTES: | Visual - Long scroll of the hundreds of names of New York City voters who have signed the "Respect Democracy" petition |
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