July 17, 2009
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Huntsvillians Gather to Voice Their Concerns, Griffith’s Office Almost Stormed
Huntsville, AL – Instead of taking lunch at the noon hour, concerned citizens gather across from the Clinton Ave. Post Office to protest, voicing their concerns about HR 3200, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 aka Healthcare for All Americans aka Obamacare. Early unofficial estimates put the number of people who attended or dropped off letters between 150 and 300.
Jan Nolin coordinated the event on behalf of the Huntsville Tea Party Movement. Protesters held their signs on the edge of the road displaying their disgust with HR 3200.
The center of activity was the collection point table where concerned citizens brought their letters of disapproval, urging Griffith to uphold his promise to vote against the bill. Also on the table was a postcard petition that took Griffith up on an amendment which he claimed to support. This amendment would require Congress to take the public option if the bill passed. Additionally, there was a postcard petition that urged Griffith to support the Fair Tax.
As the crowd waited out the lunch hour to march their letters to Giffith’s office, activists took turns speaking encouragement to the group, reminding the attendees of freedoms lost and how those in Congress were no-reprepsenting representatives who wouldn’t read the bills they voted on. On hand was a copy of Hr 3200–all 1018 pages of it!–held together with a bungee cord.
At the appointed time, Huntsville Police Officers directed traffic to allow the protesters to safely cross the street. The procession peacefully marched all the way up to the entrance of the door instead of stopping on the sidewalk. Channel 48 and 31 rolled tape hoping for conflict, but got none. No law enforcement officers were called to restrain the demonstrators. Rather, when Tea Party organizers who were leading from behind saw what was occurring, the procession was backed up to the sidewalk. From there, handfuls of personal letters and petition cards were delivered to Griffith’s office.
The procession made the short march back to the site of the protest and disassembled peacefully.
Originally published at Alabama News Platoon
Comments (10)
This is awesome. Good for you and your patriotic community!
@villainwasright - We do what we can to keep the fire hot.
Kudos. I am grateful for your participation.
@villainwasright - Please. I’m only one man.
Very nice! I’m impressed with the turn out and the action. I’m not sure what’s happened locally around here – it sounds like Huntsville is all over it, though. We are getting scary close to this thing becoming a reality, so it’s good to see this kind of action.
@DirtyAndShaken - Yeah, we’re all scared here too.
It helps to have friends in the media (*cough*) to get the message out. Maybe Atlanta should hire me to report for them!
Sounds good to me. I despise the AJC. For a newspaper, they’re far left of liberal.
@DirtyAndShaken - What do you expect out of the Urinal and Constipation?
@ProfessorTom - That may be. But you validated and acted on my, and other’s concerns. Not to be unnoticed. I have little control in my life right now. To think my recommendation of this event yielded a response on your part, bringing considerable joy to me and others is no small feat. Sometimes seemingly small actions bring imeasurable joy to those unable to act at the time.
to think my recommendation of this event yielded a response on your part, bringing considerable joy to me and others is no small feat.
I knew that we were going to have this protest even before the Independence Day Tea Party, so no this wasn’t some spur-of-the-moment thing. And I can’t even take credit for validating your concerns. I didn’t work to make this happen. Others had their shoulder to the wheel and rolled it uphill. I just took time out of my schedule to show up and support them.
I’m honored to fight the good fight in your stead, but really, I’m not the one you should be thanking. If you want to thank somebody, thank Christie Carden. She’s a real patriot. Contact info here