San Francisco Voters to Get Say on Iraq

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Supervisor Chris Daly and his progressive allies today plan to put a "Bring the Troops Home" resolution on the November ballot, timing the move to coincide with the Monday handover of power in Iraq.

"The federal government should take immediate steps to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq and bring our troops safely home," the single-page Daly resolution reads, in part.

Municipalities in the Bay Area and around the country have put their elected legislatures on record opposing the Iraq occupation, but San Francisco would be the first to put the issue directly to the voters.

"I think the City and County of San Francisco needs to weigh in on the atrocities that the Bush-Cheney-Ashcroft bunch have really committed," said Supervisor Jake McGoldrick, who with Daly, Matt Gonzalez and Tom Ammiano plans to sign his name to send the resolution to the electorate. "They have made us unfortunately one of the most hated countries in the world right now and it's very sad. This didn't have to be.

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