To Paul Schell, Seattle City Council members and Mark Sidran:

As a Seattle resident and an active trade unionist, I am outraged by the
behavior of City officials during this past week.  The police, under
direction of Norm Stamper and Paul Schell, ignored vandalism masquerading as
political protest, but tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed and fired on peaceful
protesters.  Stamper has shown himself completely unqualified to continue as
any kind of ranking officer in the police department, and Schell should be
promptly recalled.  The City Council members have, for the most part, shown
no leadership at all in supporting the grassroots efforts to reclaim our
city.  We knew in advance that the WTO, if it's allowed to continue, would
devastate our standard of living while keeping citizens of developing
countries under the thumbs of the multinationals.  We didn't realize that the
Mayor of Seattle and his police chief would instantly collaborate with the
WTO to suspend the US Constitution in Seattle.

Fire Stamper - recall Schell!

Paul Bigman