What Rights Are We Willing To Forego?
by Michael Hassig, mayor of Carbondale, CO

More than 330 communities and towns and four states have passed local resolutions against the USA PATRIOT Act and the intrusions into civil liberties that it represents. These resolutions have come not only from small bastions of liberalism like Madison, Wis., but also from large cities like Jackson, Miss.; New York City; Washington, D.C.; and Los Angeles, Calif. Recently, Carbondale, Colo., joined their ranks, and Carbondale Mayor Michael Hassig gave the following remarks to a gathering of local residents and activists on Aug. 29.

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