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Community Bill of Rights Committee News
Release
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For Immediate Release: May 4, 2018
Contact: Lynn
Anderson: Phone: 330-792-0428 or
234-201-0402 or email: artistelynn@sbcglobal.net
Susie Beiersdorfer: Phone 330-881-1040 or email: yogayoungstown@gmail.com
Susie Beiersdorfer: Phone 330-881-1040 or email: yogayoungstown@gmail.com
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Thank You Conscientious Reporters and
Hard-Working Media Professionals Who Work to Fulfill the Duties of a Free Press
By
Protecting the Rights of Citizens Over Profits For Polluting Industries
Protecting the Rights of Citizens Over Profits For Polluting Industries
Youngstown, Ohio, May 4, 2018 – Members of the Youngstown Community
Bill of Rights Committee released the following statement on May 4, 2018:
The Free Press is necessary for a democracy. We need the
voice of our citizens to be heard, not drowned out. Money as speech has been
the rule as multi-national corporations and government collude to make profits
for the most wealthy.
Locally, in the dangerous situation we face, that of the
disposal of cancer-causing toxic waste threatening the public health of the
citizens of Youngstown, we urge you to cover the truth. Consider what will be
your legacy- informing and warning the people, or helping to destroy the
livable community. We encourage you to:
• Please write about the facts regarding the past 6 elections where hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent in our elections, to guarantee that big polluters profit with impunity.
• Serve the greater good of our people and our city as honest, trustworthy, unbiased, media that is not bought and paid for by polluting industry.
• Help citizens understand that it is OUR RIGHT to petition our government when it is not protecting us. (Ohio Constitution Article 1 Sec. 2)
Now, more than ever before, the rights of people must be held above the rights of “corporate personhood.”
• Please write about the facts regarding the past 6 elections where hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent in our elections, to guarantee that big polluters profit with impunity.
• Serve the greater good of our people and our city as honest, trustworthy, unbiased, media that is not bought and paid for by polluting industry.
• Help citizens understand that it is OUR RIGHT to petition our government when it is not protecting us. (Ohio Constitution Article 1 Sec. 2)
Now, more than ever before, the rights of people must be held above the rights of “corporate personhood.”
Facts:
1. Mahoning County Board of Elections used
unconstitutional law HB 463 to keep the qualified citizens’ ballot initiative
off the ballot, November 2017, resulting in voter suppression. They tried to do
the same for the May 2018 ballot. The Ohio Supreme Court did not rule that the
BOE was wrong to do this until April 24, 2018. Early voting had started weeks
earlier, and over 1,000 ballots were already cast. ALL the extra fees, now for
printing and mailing supplemental ballots have been a result of the actions of
the Mahoning County Board of Elections.
2. Every election,
campaign funds are contributed to electeds as they represent their donors and
not the people they are elected to serve. Officials, union leaders, preachers,
all have gotten enriched by the industry and told to repeat the industry
propaganda- that we will get jobs. Currently, a SUPER PAC, “Restoring Ohio’s
Values” is paying for robocalls made by Mayor Tito Brown, which repeat the same
old lies, that Youngstown voters need to vote NO on this “Job-Killing” bill. Enough
is Enough!
Why do we have to choose between jobs and clean water?
We can have clean water AND good jobs... Don’t settle for less.
Why Vote YES for the Youngstown Drinking Water Protection Bill of Rights?
Vote YES to Protect OUR Drinking Water because
without clean water there is no community.
We can have clean water AND good jobs... Don’t settle for less.
Why Vote YES for the Youngstown Drinking Water Protection Bill of Rights?
Vote YES to Protect OUR Drinking Water because
without clean water there is no community.
Vote YES to Guarantee OUR water and sewer funds are used for water
quality and infrastructure improvement, not abused by corrupt politicians and
developers! Public monies should not be used for private business profits and
our water pipes must be replaced to ensure clean drinking water, now and in the
future.
Don’t let Youngstown become another
Flint Michigan!
Youngstown Drinking Water Protection
Bill of Rights
P.O Box 43 Youngstown, OH 44501
P.O Box 43 Youngstown, OH 44501
You can get more useful
background information and history from our website:
234-201-0402 or e-mail: frackfreemahoning@gmail.com
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