Archive for November, 2007

4:30 I'm coming to you live from the meeting room of the City of Aurora, Illinois Aldermen's Office, where the Government Operations Committee will be discussing the parental notification ordinance and resolution, both of which were punted to the legal department three weeks ago.

Corporation Counsel Alayne Weingartz entered the room a few minutes ago; she sits just in front of me and one seat to the left. Chief of Staff Bill Wiet—who has admitted having had contact with Planned Parenthood as far back as February—is here too. The Aldermen Hart-Burns, Kifowit and Garza have just arrived; Hart-Burns has begun the meeting.

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On top of the ongoing pro-life presence at Planned Parenthood—which needs your help—the upcoming week presents no less than sixfive opportunities for pro-lifers to take action against Planned Parenthood:

1. Protest at Waubonsee College at 10 a.m. Tuesday—CANCELLED
2. G.O. Commitee discussion of Parental Notice at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday
3. City Council Meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday
4. Monthly Planned Parenthood protest at 9 a.m. Saturday
5. Clinic witness training seminar at 11:30 a.m. Saturday
6. Benefit screening of Bella at 2:50 p.m. Saturday

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Pictured here are the memorial crosses sponsored by participants at the "We're Here for Life" Rally on Saturday, October 27—all piled up in my garage.

As Matt reported, they were found dug up and left in the parkway on Monday, October 29 and reinstalled that afternoon, then confiscated by police on Thursday, November 1 and recovered by pro-lifers the next day—fittingly on All Souls Day in the Roman Catholic Church. Our information is that the city legal department authorized the removal of the crosses.

The legal department answers to the mayor, which both illustrates the importance of even a mere mayoral election to the pro-life cause (not to mention the cause of freedom), and suggests a possible topic for this Wednesday's discussion thread: pro-life and politics.

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I am Vita T. Like many of you, I also have read the Planned Parenthood blog "written" by Emily X. We are not allowed to speak the truth on their website so I, Vita T, have decided to counter Emily X falsehoods—every one of them.

Emily X: some notes about my day, some photos, some video. I want you to know what it's like to work for Planned Parenthood.

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Our fine public servants are at it again, showing their disrespect for the lives and memories of the unborn.

As you may recall from my article on October 29th, someone had uprooted the memorial crosses pro-lifers had placed in the ground along New York St. as a part of our huge "We're Here for Life" rally on October 27th. That time they at least had the courtesy to leave them laying on the ground so our faithful prayer warrior Bruce could stake them back in place later that day.

Yesterday police and city workers came by and removed the crosses again, this time taking them into police custody. After some inquiries, our purloined property was restored to us and the crosses are now safely stored, ready to be put back where they belong. [Continue reading . . . »]

I've just received word that the Aurora Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) has set a hearing date for our appeal on zoning questions surrounding Planned Parenthood's approvals to build and occupy their Abortion Fortress. The hearing will be November 28 at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall.

I'd like to see a huge crowd of concerned citizens at the ZBA hearing—the first time since our campaign began that the Planned Parenthood issue is actually on the agenda of an official city meeting.

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