As Congress begins debate on additional funding for Iraq and Afghanistan military operations, San Francisco peace groups have called a Town Hall Meeting to debate The Costs of War.  The meeting will start at 5pm on Sunday, April 27th in the Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th Street (near Mission and Capp Streets).  Organizers are inviting all 2008 candidates for the 8th Congressional District house seat, currently occupied by Nancy Pelosi, to participate or send a representative – regardless of their position on the issue.  As of April 19th, Democrat Shirley Golub, Independent Cindy Sheehan and Libertarian Phil Berg have confirmed their participation.

Please join us to plan a town hall for later in the month.  The target date for the actual town hall is Sunday, April 27th.  Now we need help getting speakers, planning the event, and, most importantly, publicizing it so that we get a good turnout and media coverage.

We'll be meeting on the ground floor of 1260 Mission Street between 8th and 9th Streets this Thursday at 6:30pm.  The meeting will be a pot luck, so a small food item or a donation would be weclome - but not required.

Shirley Golub, who is mounting a serious challenge to Nancy Pelosi for the Democratic party nomination in San Francisco, and who has already raised over $50,000 to do so, will be securing a theatre/meeting hall space this week for the staging of a new impeachment passion play, co-written by Bruce Fein. This same space will be an ideal venue for a town hall meeting for the April initiative and Shirley would love to help in this mobilization.