{news} Into the Quagmire: Congressman Shays' Westport Town Meeting revisited

[David Bedell]

CONGRESSMAN SHAYS' WAR POSITIONS TO BE REVIEWED

For Immediate Release
October 4, 2004
Contact: David Bedell - 203-972-7194
             Nick Pasquariello - 203-371-8384


Many residents of Westport and Fairfield County will remember the Town 
Meeting on Iraq that Congressman Christopher Shays convened in February 2003 
on the eve of the invasion of Iraq.  The meeting, held at Bedford Middle 
School, produced heated exchanges with angry constituents who felt the 
Congressman was either misleading or misled in his attempt to justify the 
invasion.  At the time, Shays was quoted as promising, "We will find weapons 
in Iraq."

On Thursday, October 7, the Connecticut Green Party is sponsoring a viewing 
and discussion of the videotape of that event.  The program will be in the 
McManus Room of the Westport Public Library and is titled, "Into the 
Quagmire:  Congressman Shays' Westport Town Meeting on Iraq, February 23, 
2003."

Supporters and opponents of Mr. Shays are invited to attend and review the 
video in light of the events of the past two years.

CT Green Party
www.ctgreens.org

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