not matter how many resolutions the city of santa cruz passes, even anti-war, anti-military-spending ones, if the city of santa cruz and its city council does not address the issues at home, these anti-war resolutions are just useless piles of paper made and signed by people that Washington doesnt even have to acknowledge.

point being that while people are going to raise the issues of bringing the troops home and immediate cease-fire on Iraq and whatnot, which are all very valid and important, let some of us not forget the downtown ordinances that are still prohibiting residents of santa cruz to sleep on the street, play on the street, even SIT on the street!

personally i'm not gonna let emily reiley get away with distracting attention from the war she's waging on homeless people and street musicians all in the name of COMMERCE.

if one thinks about it, this bloody war for control over oil production is indeed about COMMERCE.

but what anti-war, anti-downtown-ordinances activists are concerned about is the human and civil cost of the so-called downtown ordinances and "operation free iraq".