Chuck Turner Fundraiser 3/20/09

Dear Supporters of Chuck Turner,

I am a long-time supporter of Chuck and the Boston Worker’s Alliance that he helped to organize. I feel passionately that empowering urban low-income people is key to our reclaiming America. For this reason I am organizing a house party sponsored by Mel King, Ty DePass and Horace Small to help raise the necessary money for Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner’s legal defense. It will be at my house, 69 Robeson St. (entrance on the right) Jamaica Plain, 02130, Friday March 20 from 6:30-8:00. (Map and directions attached.) It will be professionally catered with beer, wine, many Hors d’Oeuvres, a chicken and a fish entre.  Minimum donation: $25.

The judge in the case to try to ruin Chuck’s career hasn’t yet decided on the government’s gag order trying to prevent the public from learning the truth about why they are pursuing this. With their key witness refusing to testify, there’s cause for great hope that Chuck will be vindicated. Chuck estimates that he will need $25,000 at a minimum, to pay his legal expenses and a larger amount to run his campaign and maintain his office through the end of this year. Our goal is to raise $5,000 of the $25,000.This is a tough year for Chuck. Please help!

As I hope you know, he is innocent of accepting a bribe for procurement of a liquor license. As you know well, he is a most generous, self-sacrificing servant for the people of Boston and has been a leader in the fight to end poverty in Boston. I believe that large numbers of Boston’s poor can not make it out of poverty without him. With his great courage, knowledge, skill and ability I believe that they can make it out of poverty, but only if we stand up and stop the attacks from the defenders of unbridled corporate power.

Chuck will be there, as will Mel King, Ty De Pass and Horace Small.  We will be inviting testimonials and appreciations for Chuck. We would like yours to be one of them.

If you can’t attend, please send a check made out to “Committee to Re-elect Chuck Turner” to David Ludlow,69 Robeson St., Jamaica Plain, 02130. He can accept up to $500 per person per year. There is no limit per household.

Please RSVP by March 13 to david@boldergiving.org. Thank you.

Yours truly,

David Ludlow