8/7/2019 Mayors Conference Resolution

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/mayors-conference-resolution 1/2

U.S. Conference of Mayors Draft Resolution

CALLING ON CONGRESS TO REDIRECT MILITARY SPENDING TODOMESTIC PRIORITIES

WHEREAS, the severity of the ongoing economic crisis has created budgetshortfalls at all levels of government and requires us to re-examine our nationalspending priorities; and

WHEREAS, an inordinate level of military expenditure is being made by the U.S.federal government for warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan; and

WHEREAS, the people of the United States are collectively paying approximately$126 billion dollars per year to wage such warfare; and

WHEREAS, this warfare creates great and unnecessary harm to the people of 

Iraq and Afghanistan and to the U.S. military personnel and their families.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayorscalls on the U.S. Congress to oppose all legislation that provides further fundingof U.S. warfare and military occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayors calls on theU.S. Congress to take immediate action to terminate funding of these militaryoperations; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayors calls on the

U.S. Congress to bring these war dollars home to meet vital human needs,promote job creation, rebuild our infrastructure, aid municipal and stategovernments, and develop a new economy based upon renewable, sustainableenergy.

###

Ask your mayor to send notice of his/her support to C.J. Minster at CODEPINK –cj@codepink.org or 310-827-4320.

8/7/2019 Mayors Conference Resolution

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/mayors-conference-resolution 2/2

Sample Letter For Your Use:

Dear Mayor X,

As you know, the reverberations of the economic crisis are still being felt here in

[CITY] and across the country. Meanwhile, our nation is projected to spend morethan $126 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, wars that the majority of Americans no longer support.

I ask you to join Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as a co-sponsor of theBring Our War Dollars Home Resolution at the upcoming 79 th Annual Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The resolution calls on the U.S. Congress toterminate funding for the wars and redirect those funds to meet vital humanneeds, promote job creation, rebuild our infrastructure, aid state and localgovernments, and develop a new economy based on renewable, sustainableenergy.

I urge you to sign onto this important resolution and register your support for foreign policy guided by diplomacy and a federal budget focused on rebuildingAmerica. Please send notice of your support to C.J. Minster at CODEPINK,cj@codepink.org or 310-827-4320.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,[NAME]