09/10/07: Impeachment Is Topic In Town Of Middleton - Buzz Davis facilitates meeting

Impeachment Is Topic In Town Of Middleton

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Monday, September 10, 2007
By BILL NOVAK The Capital Times

Impeachment advocates will take their message to the town of Middleton Wednesday night, in an effort to urge Congress to take action against President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

Town residents Jim Mueller, Katy Reeder and others planned the informal meeting at the town hall, 7555 W. Old Sauk Road, to give area residents a chance to hear about and weigh in on the movement to drive Bush and Cheney out of the White House.

"It's been frustrating for six years to have an incompetent individual in the White House who doesn't have the American people's interests at heart," Mueller said.

The Madison City Council voted 8-3 last week to urge Congress to impeach the president and vice president. But the measure ultimately failed since 11 votes are needed out of 20 for a resolution to pass, and eight council members abstained.

The Dane County Board had better results, voting 24-3 to support impeachment a week earlier.

The meeting Wednesday isn't a Town Board meeting, but it could end up being much better attended than any board meeting.

"We expect a pretty good turnout," Mueller said. "A lot of people are very frustrated."

Stoughton veteran Buzz Davis, a member of the Veterans for Peace impeachment committee, will raise the call for impeachment in Middleton.  (contact info: dbuzzdavis@aol.com)

"We believe every city council, town board and school board should go on record calling for impeachment," Davis said. "Every elected official takes an oath of office to support the Constitution, so we demand that they do their duty."

The Iraq war is on center stage in Congress this week with key progress reports coming in from the military. But Mueller said impeachment is still a key issue for millions of Americans, even though Washington might be lukewarm to it since Bush has only about 15 months to go in his second term.

That's plenty of time for the president to cause more damage, Mueller said.

"People ask why impeach now, since he's a lame duck," Mueller said. "In the 500 days he has left in office, he can cause a lot of trouble."

The "impeach for peace" meeting starts at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30.

bnovak@madison.com