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Wednesday, June 11, 2003
No Seventh-Inning Stretch
Zoe went to Monday's protest at DC Mayor Tony Williams's block party to oppose public financing of a baseball team. She says:
"There's nothing wrong with baseball. There is something wrong with a limited debate on the issue. There is something wrong when the Mayor's pro-baseball rally receives little opposition. There will be something wrong if only a few people show up on Thursday."
Read her report of the protest, and go to Thursday's rally sponsored by Washington Innercity Self Help, MANNA Inc., the Fair Budget Coalition, the Coalition of Homeless and Housing Organizations, the National Coalition for the Homeless, the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, Friends of the Earth, the Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place, the DC Statehood Green Party and the Institute for Local Self Reliance. It's at the Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
DC Metro Action is published by Michael Schlesinger, a 32-year veteran of electoral and issue organizing who is committed to social justice and to increasing participation in the political process.
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