[Seattle-editorial] Re.Proposed Article for Front Page Features

[Jonathan Lawson]

I approve Gentry's version. One more approval?

Well we were both working on the same thing it seems. Here's my version. I'd
mainly like to expand it to be more West Coast.
subtitle: PRESIDENT SELECT LEANS ON THE LEFT COAST
title: West Coast Activists Plan to Stop Bush
<p>The entire West Coast is planning protests in honor of George Bush's
weeklong
  visit. <a href="http://sdimc.org/">San Diego</a>, kicks of the &quot;Just
say
  no to Dick and Bush Tour&quot; on Aug 14th. While <a
href="http://portland.indymedia.org/">Portland</a>
  gets into the act on August 21st.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mvp-seattle.org/">Seattle activists</a> are planning
a
  welcoming committee on Friday, August 22nd. Although complete details of
his
  trip have not been made public, media reports indicate that he will be at
a
  fundraising luncheon in Bellevue on the 22nd. He may also be visiting a
salmon
  hatchery on that same day. </p>
<p>The events are expected to draw a wide range of citizens who are upset
over
  the Bush Administration’s war against Iraq, environmental policies,
attitudes
  towards gays, slashing of social programs, curtailing of civil liberties,
and
  <a href="http://idaho.indymedia.org/news/2003/07/3209.php">many other
issues</a>
  you won't <a
href="http://victoria.indymedia.org/news/2003/06/14979.php">hear
  about on TV</a>.</p>
<p> There are rallies planned at numerous location <a
href="http://sbs.seattleactivist.org/">around
  the Northwest</a>, both Friday and Saturday. In addition there has been a
call-out
  for decentralized direct action by affinity groups on Friday in Bellevue.
There
  has also been discussion of using relatively new organizing techniques
such
  as “<a
href="http://www.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=337976&amp;group=webc
ast">Flash
  Mobs</a>.” </p>
<p><b>Seattle Area Events </b></p>
<p>Friday, August 22, 10:30 am - 2:00 pm, In Bellevue at the intersection of
Bellevue
  Way and NE 8th Street. A Family-friendly, legal demonstration on the
sidewalks
  on this intersection. Bring signs expressing your sentiments! Educational
opportunities
  & voter registration. Possible march at 11 AM closer to location of Bush
fund
  raiser. ALSO: Decentralized actions around Hunt’s Point in Bellevue where
Bush
  will be holding his fundraiser.</p>
<p>Saturday, August 23, 2003; 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm, In Seattle at Myrtle
Edwards
  Park on the Seattle waterfront. A Rally, March, Music, and Speakers.
Featuring
  William Rivers Pitt, author of "The Greatest Sedition is Silence" and "War
on
  Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You to Know" (with Scott Ritter) .</p>
<p><b>For more details: </b></p>
<p><a
href="http://www.geocities.com/cascadiac">http://www.geocities.com/cascadiac
</a>
</p>
<p><a
href="http://www.scn.org/activism/calendar/%20">http://www.scn.org/activism/
calendar/
  </a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>