Orono passes No War on Iran Resolution
The Orono Town Council unanimously supported a “No War on Iran” Resolution at a Town Council meeting last night (September 8th, 2008). Ron Davis, of the Orono Peace Group presented the council with 290 signatures from Orono residents in support of the resolution.
Eleven Orono residents spoke in favor of the resolution including Ilze Petersons of the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, Doug Allen of the Center and the Maine Peace Action Committee, Al Larson of Veterans for Peace, 001 Chapter, Phyllis Brazee, Chair of the Peace Studies Program at UM, Connie Jenkins, a psychotherapist and nurse practitioner, and Hosain Aghamoosa, Iranian American student at the University of Maine. Two residents spoke against the resolution. Councilors said the council does not get in involved in foreign policy decisions but is aware of the needs of the community and has a responsibility to comment when it sees how services are affected because billions of dollars are being used to fund a war.
Orono joins Bar Harbor and Harpswell who previously passed similar resolutions.
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 at 2:55 pm under
Al Larson is a member of VFP Chapter 003…not 001
September 14th, 2008 at 6:47 pm