Democracy Day Event Slated in Brecksville
The idea behind the first biannual event — slated to take place in the Brecksville Human Services Center at 6:30 p.m. — is to discuss the effect of corporations, unions, political action committees and Super-PACs on the city.
A group of citizens in Brecksville took a stand against the idea that corporations are equal to people and money is equivalent to speech. Those efforts are taking another step forward. The city’s first Democracy Day is set for Monday. The idea behind the first biannual event — slated to take place in the Brecksville Human Services Center at 6:30 p.m. — is to discuss the effect of corporations, unions, political action committees (or PACs) and Super-PACs on the city. According to its website, the organization wants to see a federal amendment to the U.S. Constitution stating that “inalienable rights belong to human beings only” and that money is not protected free speech. Voters in Brecksville narrowly OK’d the measure in the Nov. 6 election…
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Rose Petsche
12:46 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013
Monday 2/25/13 6:30 - 9:30 pm at the Human Services Center -Gathering Room. Go up the hill past the rec center ...around the pool ...to the back of the bldg more ›