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[Model Letter for Cities with a Manager Form of Government]
[Street]
[City, State, ZIP]
[Date]
Mayor _________________
Council President ________________
Council Member _________________
Council Member _________________
Council Member ___________________
Council Member __________________
Council Member __________________
Council Member __________________
City of __________
[Street Address]
[City, State, ZIP]
Re: Request for Discussion Concerning Proposed United States Department
of Peace
Hon. Mayor, Council President, and Council Members:
On September 14, 2005, H.R. 3760 was introduced in the United States House of Representatives to create a cabinet-level Department of Peace, which will be headed by a Secretary who reports to the President. Representative __________________, who represents [Name of State]’s ___th Congressional District, is a co-sponsor of the bill [or has not yet signed on as a co-sponsor of the bill].
H.R. 3760 holds peace as an organizing principle in our society by elevating domestic and international peace policies to the highest levels of the federal government. This proposed legislation would be beneficial to our community as a whole.
As residents of [Name of State]’s __th Congressional District, we are requesting discussions regarding H.R. 3760 with the City Councils of each of the [# of cities] cities that comprise the ___th Congressional District. As such, we are requesting that a discussion be held before Your Honorable Body so that we may make a presentation regarding this bill. After the presentation, we request that Your Honorable Body adopt a resolution to be sent to Rep. __________.
We are requesting that the discussion be scheduled on the earliest possible date. During the discussion, we would like to make a Power Point Presentation and will contact the City Clerk regarding this issue.
City of ______________
[Date]
Page 2
Attached for your review is a copy both of H.R. 3760 and of the proposed Resolution. If you have any questions, please contact me during business hours at (___) ___-____.
Respectfully,
[Signature]
[Name of city resident,
or owner of city property,
or owner of business
located in the city]
On behalf of:
[List names of all
DoP activists from
the congressional
district]
DAM/
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