PROGRESSIVE LEADERS UNITE IN OPPOSITION TO TIM BURGESS
Burgess’s Full Involvement with Concerned Women for America Revealed SEATTLE, WA – Karen S. Cooper, NARAL Pro-Choice Washington’s executive director, and George Bakan of the Seattle Gay News, will hold a press conference tomorrow to reveal the work Seattle City Council candidate Tim Burgess did for Concerned Women for America, the virulently anti-woman and anti-gay organization. This is an opportunity to let the voters of Seattle see the messages of hate that Burgess and his firm produced on behalf of CWA in black and white and decide for themselves if these are the kind of values they want represented in the City Council. Cooper and Bakan will present shocking and inflammatory letters Burgess and his firm wrote on behalf of CWA demonizing people to raise tens of millions of dollars for the organization. WHO: Karen S. Cooper, NARAL Pro-Choice Washington executive director; George Bakan, editor-in-chief of Seattle Gay News. WHAT: Press Conference on Tim Burgess’s work for CWA WHEN: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 noon WHERE: Hampton Inn Downtown Seattle Center 700 5th Ave N. (at 5th and Roy) ###
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