Yes! The Milwaukee County Supervisors voted in favor of Resolution 21-826 - Prevent Nuclear War!
On Sept. 9, 2021, Milwaukee County Board Supervisor Steve Shea introduced Resolution 21-826 calling for the Board to endorse the Back From the Brink “Call to Prevent Nuclear War”.
Supervisor Ryan Clancy joined him to co-sponsor the resolution when it went before the Committee on Intergovernmental Relations. (Both supervisors are long time Peace Action WI members.) The resolution didn’t pass, it ended in a tie vote, however it will now proceed to the full board of Milwaukee County Supervisors to be voted on - by Sept 23rd!.
AND......
The Resolution passed on Sept 23, 15 to 2!
The resolution calls upon United States federal policymakers to step back from the brink of nuclear war by:
Renouncing the US’ nuclear first strike or “flexible response” policy
Removing the US’ nuclear weapons from being on “hair-trigger” or high alert
Requiring checks and balances on the President’s current sole authority to launch nuclear weapons
Canceling US replacement of entire nuclear arsenal with enhancements
Actively pursuing verifiable nuclear arms reductions between nuclear States with the goal of total nuclear disarmament
TAKE ACTION NOW and demand that the President, our two Senators and your Congressional Representatives embrace the principles of Back From The Brink as they recognize the dangers of inaction when tasked with ridding the world of these Armageddon inducing Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Link to the resolution:
There is still a chance for this resolution to pass, but we need you to contact your Milwaukee County Supervisor to ask them to vote in favor of it.
You can find the contact information for your county supervisor here:
https://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Board-of-Supervisors
If you have any questions please contact
Supervisor Steve Shea cashelguy_59@yahoo.com
Pam Richard pamrichard35@gmail.com, Peace Action WI 414-269-9525
The resolution calls upon United States federal policymakers to step back from the brink of nuclear war by:
Renouncing the US’ nuclear first strike or “flexible response” policy
Removing the US’ nuclear weapons from being on “hair-trigger” or high alert
Requiring checks and balances on the President’s current sole authority to launch nuclear weapons
Canceling US replacement of entire nuclear arsenal with enhancements
Actively pursuing verifiable nuclear arms reductions between nuclear States with the goal of total nuclear disarmament
Peace Action of WI
http://www.peaceactionwi.org/