Posts Tagged ‘Pat Alviso’

EXCLUDED VETS WILL MARCH IN 2008 VETERANS DAY PARADE

March 17, 2008

Members of the three veterans groups who were told they couldn’t march in last year’s 11th Annual Long Beach Veterans Day Parade because they didn’t “fit the spirit of the parade”–Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out and Veterans For Peace–now … fit the spirit of the parade.
Weird, huh? Actually, it’s pretty good [...]

MORE VETERANS COVERAGE

November 15, 2007

The Press-Telegram’s Paul Eakins reports today on the testimony members of three veterans groups gave Tuesday night to the council, after the veterans groups–Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out and Veterans For Peace–were denied the right to march in last Saturday’s 11th Annual Veterans Parade.And LBPost.com chimes in, with a cheery parade [...]

MEMBERS OF EXCLUDED VETERANS GROUPS TO SPEAK AT TONIGHT’S CITY COUNCIL MEETING

November 13, 2007

If you missed any portion of the recent struggle between organizers of the 11th Annual Long Beach Veterans Day Parade and members of the three veterans groups they excluded from Saturday’s parade–Veterans for Peace, Military Families Speak Out and Iraq Veterans Against the War–tonight’s Long Beach City Council meeting is your chance to catch up.
Members [...]

 

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