I have never created any threads here about
NYCCAN, which stands for NYC Coalition for Accountability Now. It is a legal petition to get an initiative on the ballot in November for NYC voters, which if voted on and passed, would order the attorney general of NYC to set up a city-based investigation into 9/11. Though I never made any OP about this, I did mention it in response several months back to someone's question of "what is the movement
doing to get that new investigation other than embedding truther videos on forums?" I have donated money to this initiative even though I am not a NY'er and won't be able to vote on it if passed.
Once Again, The Will of the Voters Is Denied
October 9, 2009
Yesterday afternoon, Justice Edward Lehner of the State Supreme Court rubberstamped Referee Louis Crespo’s recommendation that the decision to establish a local commission to investigate the events of September 11th not be put before the voters on November 3rd.
After showing interest in weighing both sides’ arguments in the hearing, the Judge’s short decision gives no indication of having considered the arguments put forth in the Petitioners’ memorandum of law, nor any acknowledgement of the need for a new investigation, which the City of New York callously dismissed as “irrelevant”.
On a dark day for democracy, the patriotic call for answers by hundreds of 9/11 families, first responders and survivors has been stifled, and the will of the people of New York City once again denied.
Judge Lehner ruled that modifying the petition to make it “legally permissible” would result in it being “inconsistent with the law sought by the signatories of the Petition” despite the fact that all 80,000 signatories agreed by signing the Petition that “If any provision of this law is held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remaining provisions shall be in no manner affected thereby but shall remain in full force and effect.”
The deadline for inclusion on the ballot falls just before the election, making it possible to appeal Judge Lehner’s decision. NYC CAN is weighing all options and will make an announcement early next week on this issue, as well as on how it will be moving forward on other fronts. Regardless of the outcome in court, the quest for answers continues full throttle. This fight is only the beginning.
Thinkers think and talkers talk. Patriots ACT.
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Personally, I've always been skeptical of a purely domestic "independent" investigation ever being able to happen, largely because efforts to make it happen will be thwarted at every turn, as we are seeing, and if it theoretically were to happen, it would be so prone to infiltration and would hence be (in some form or another) compromised. I have always advocated for an
international investigation, which is why
Political Leaders for 9/11 Truth is an important organization.