Kathleen McCook sent over An sptimes.com Article on the Tampa, Florida, city council who just voted 4-to-3 for a resolution asking Congress to repeal key parts of the Patriot Act.
The resolution is purely symbolic, since the City Council has no power to change legislation crafted in Washington that affects the entire nation.
About 289 other communities, as well as legislatures in Alaska, Hawaii, Maine and Vermont, have passed similar resolutions.
Waste of time
This and all symbolic resolutions are wastes of time. Tampa has more problems to deal with rather than wasting time on symbolic gestures.
Falling down expressways, County transit officials misappropriating money from the city, hookers, drugs, murders.
Re:Waste of time
Huh? Letting elected officials know the veiws of a community is a waste of time? Maybe you could be a little more specific. In my mind it’s a lot like signing a petition, only for city governments.