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Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Snellville peaceniks to Insider: Thanks for making fun of us.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A few days ago, Dorothy Shaw sent us a thank-you note for our little story about her peace rally in Snellville last month.
“Your article about the probability of failure for our last peace rally in Snellville proved to be a real impetus to get people to our rally,” Shaw wrote. “We had 35 people and overwhelming support from the passers-by. The best rally ever outside of Atlanta proper.”
Shaw is a local activist with MoveOn.org and one of the organizers of the “Iraq moratorium” rally held in Snellville on Sept. 21.
In our column, published the previous Sunday (“Peace rally in Snellville? Huh?”), we questioned just how successful a peace rally would be in a staunchly conservative town run by an argumentative bunch of politicians who are more likely to fight over whose statue to build or which name gets stamped on a building.
Shaw’s group was out in force last Thursday night in protest of President Bush’s veto of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act.
The group plans to return to Snellville for a second peace rally on Friday, Oct. 19 at 5 p.m.
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