DC Protest Tomorrow AM- Join Us!

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This is only a few blocks from my office. You'd better believe I'm going to be there. This (and Al) makes me happy to live in the DC area. If you are nearby, be sure to sneak out for 1/2 hour and make some noise!

Dear MoveOn member,

Washington is caught up in corruption scandals, but many lobbyists and Republican leaders think they can just go on as if nothing has happened. Little has changed since the scandals became public. We need to expose the corruption and press for reform—or a change in leaders. Can you help?

This Wednesday, tomorrow, a gathering of lobbyists, conservative activists and Republicans leaders from Congress and the White House meet to discuss their next moves. We're joining with other reform groups to bring the public outcry to their doorstep. Will you attend?


What: "Stop Corruption First" Protest Outside K Street Project meeting

When: 9:45 AM Start Time, Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Where: Sidewalk outside offices of Americans for Tax Reform, 1920 L Street, NW (20th & L Streets) (Red Line/Farragut North, Blue-Orange Line/Farragut West)

Signs: We'll provide signs.


Google Map it:
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1362


The plan is to show up, peacefully conduct a protest with signs and disperse after a half hour or so. We're inviting the media and expect the protest to be widely reported on by the press. We're co-sponsoring the protest with the Campaign for America's Future and Public Campaign Action Fund.

The group hosting the meeting—Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform—is at the center of the Republican power machine in Washington and has been implicated in the corruption scandals from lobbyist Jack Abramoff. But they still meet even after Abramoff took a guilty plea.

This meeting illustrates how nothing has changed—the Republicans in Congress work closely with business lobbyists who are funding their operations. We need to expose it and this protest will help do that. Please RSVP and attend.

Thanks for all you do.

–Tom, Eli, Marika, Micayla and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
P.S. Here is some background on Grover Norquist and his connections to lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1363