Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 12:50:20 -0500 From: Chuck0 <chuck-AT-tao.ca> Subject: Yet another mayor nailed over WTO I like the quote about "exporting anarchists." Seattle Times Local News : Wednesday, January 05, 2000 Yet another mayor nailed over WTO</b></font> Jean Godden / Times Staff Columnist And now for a report on how another mayor is faring in the aftermath of the World Trade Organization-inspired Battle of Seattle. During the WTO tumult, Eugene Mayor James Torrey was quoted as saying, "I'm disappointed we're exporting anarchist activists. I don't want to be recognized as the anarchist capital of the United States, but that's where we are." (Vandals allegedly traveled here from the Oregon city.) Torrey's quote led to formation of Eugene Anarchists for Torrey, a group that held a mock rally on the Eugene City Hall steps just before Christmas. About 30 activists sang songs and chanted slogans such as "Every good revolution needs a Torrey." Speakers said Torrey's "conservative views" and support for bringing "polluting and discriminating" corporations such as Hyundai to Eugene had helped swell the ranks of Eugene's anarchist movement. The Eugene Register Guard ran one letter accusing Torrey of being "a closet anarchist." The letter writer reasoned this way: "(Torrey's) quotes regarding that hippie temper tantrum in Seattle have done nothing but glorify these ungrateful brats. . . . I thought I was voting for a good, honest Republican, but nowadays it seems like a vote for Jim Torrey is actually a vote for anarchy." Torrey, whose unpaid term of office runs through January 2001, has been a company owner, radio-station operator and Chamber of Commerce stalwart. To think of him as a closet anarchist is the stuff of satire. But no matter. The Eugene Anarchists for Torrey (also known as EAT) have announced that, as anarchists, they "of course do not plan on voting." Jean Godden's column appears Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Her phone message number is 206-464-8300. Her e-mail address is jgodden-AT-seattletimes.com. -- Chuck0 http://flag.blackened.net/chuck0/home/ Dr. Laura is scared of this sig file +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Mid-Atlantic Infoshop http://www.infoshop.org/ Spunk Library http://www.spunk.org/ "All the anarchy you'll ever need, organized neatly and with reassuring authority." -- 1998 Rough Guide to the Internet FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL AND LEONARD PELTIER! +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
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