Proper Role of TENAC

Written by JMG Monday, 12 January 2009 21:58

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TENAC AND POLITICS!

Answering Critics of Our  Political Endorsements

 

Some distinguished members of TENAC and others in the community at large have criticized TENAC's political role in general and our candidate endorsements in particular, and believe we should be "apolitical." We respect but disagree with their views, hence this response. True, for the first time, we endorsed at the national level - enthusiastically endorsing Barack Obama for president, for which we make no apologies. At this time of grave economic peril for our nation, we could do no less.

TENAC deliberately organized as a nonprofit entitled to lobby and make political endorsements. We believe that inability to do so in Washington, DC would relegate TENAC to an ineffective second-class status. TENAC's political role has made us a key player on issues of critical importance. It has given us an effective voice on every key tenant issue in the District, including rent control, affordable housing, tenants' rights, evictions, submetering and building code violations, among many others. We strongly believe this is the way to go.  Should we abrogate that responsibility and become a "paper tiger"?

 

 

 
Peace Now is the mission of this blog.  Political action is the medium.  With the war in Iraq still raging and 2008 an election year, the possibility for dramatic political change exists if the opportunity is seized.  Bush's bungling on the war is breathtaking.  His failures on everything else, from Kyoto to Katrina, are catastrophic.  He is afflicted with reverse Midas.  Administration fiascos have become so commonplace, Calamity George has replaced Calamith Jane.  Peace Now is a sleeping giant in this country.  This blog will attempt to wake him up.  The anti-war movement has been anemic and ineffective, and that needs to change.  This blog hopes to do just that.

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