Endorsing the Woolsey resolution in Congress (HCON 35)isn't a bad thing to do. But it was done over two years after the criminal war/occupation was begun.

It would also make more sense and be more locally meaningful if the City Council's resolution involved some local aspects like opposing military recruiting in high schools and campuses, declaring Santa Cruz a sanctuary for those resisting coercion into performing war crimes, a call for disinvestment from war industries, etc.

To understand the background of the situation, it might be helpful to check out the following articles:

"Council Ducks Anti-War Issues; Kennedy Ducks Legal Service" (February 2003)
""U.S. Out of Iraq Now" Resolution Presented to Santa Cruz City Council" (November 2004)
"Call Santa Cruz City Council to Pass the U.S. Out of Iraq Resolution" (November 2004)
"Kennedy's Last Hurrah" (November 2004)

Up in Arcata, Councilmember Dave Meserve is coming back to his City Council with a response on how, as he describes it to "address the madness of the federal government" which will involve both support for those who refuse to participate in illegal wars and actual funding for implementation of this legislation.

Last summer Meserve passed a law through the Arcata City Council (at the initiative of Vets for Peace) that called for "The immediate withdrawal of all American troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, before one more soldier or civilian needlessly dies".

Our City Council's action, by contrast, taken a year later, merely endorses the Woolsey resolution three months after Farr endorsed it.

The Council couldn't even bring itself to be as timidly liberal as Farr, who himself took a year and a half to call for even a plan for withdrawal.

The action was also taken with no public discussion, without a Town Meeting, during the afternoon as a "slip it through" item. Only one person commented on it. Our own local Vets for Peace never came out to publicly urge City Council to pass this resolution--month after month as the war went on. On April 12th, when the resolution quietly slipped through there we no peace activists to be seen in the chambers---other than the colorful and underrated Michael Tomasi.

Instead of boldly leading, Santa Cruz City Council has timidly and quietly followed.
I'm glad this resolution was passed, but it's damn weak tea, and two years cold.