<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div> Contact; <a href="mailto:smeacham@clvu.org" target="_blank">smeacham@clvu.org</a> t</div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">
<span style="font-size:18pt">We
will put Ed DeMarco on trial </span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:18pt">Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, 11 am, Park St. Station</span></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(Leave CLVU office at
10 am, assemble Park St.
10:30)</font></font></b></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-indent:0.5in"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">City Life has been pressing for
principal reduction for 6 years. Gradually, under pressure, we are starting to
see Wall St.
banks do principal reduction. The big holdouts? - <span>Fannie Mae</span> and <span>Freddie Mac</span>,
two "government supported enterprises". <span> </span>Fannie and Freddie refuse to do principal
reduction, even though their own studies show it’s cheaper to do principal reduction
than to foreclose.<span> </span></font></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-indent:0.5in"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">One reason for the backward
position of Fannie-Freddie is Ed DeMarco, who is the head of FHFA, which
oversees F-F.<span> </span>He is a Bush appointee who
ideologically opposes principal reduction. <span> </span>Over the weekend, the New York Times
editorialized in favor of Fannie-Freddie doing principal reduction and
replacing Ed DeMarco with someone favorable to principal reduction <span> </span></font><span style="font-family:Arial"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://tinyurl.com/bwa69wp" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"><span>http://tinyurl.com/bwa69wp</span></font></a></span></font></div>
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</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span> </span>News
reports have suggested that Pres. Obama is willing to do just that.<span> </span>But we plan to give him a little
encouragement.<span> </span>We will put Ed DeMarco
(represented by our Count Bankula puppet) on trial at Park St. Station, in
front of legions of holiday shoppers.<span> </span>If
he is found guilty, he will be sentenced to… being fired.</font></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span> </span><span> </span>This is a very important step.<span> </span>If F-F do principal reduction, our members
could get hundreds of billions of dollars of debt cancelled.<span> </span>We know it’s the holidays, but join us for
this important trial.<span> </span>We’ll be done by
11:45.</font></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-indent:0.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Link to further actions YOU can
take on our website</font></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.clvu.org/freddiefannie" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><span>www.clvu.org/freddiefannie</span></font></a></span></div>
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</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><u><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">ALSO</font></font></u></b></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><font face="Times New Roman"><span><font size="3">1.</font><span style="font:7pt/normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><font size="3"><b><u>Annual meeting a success</u></b>.<span> </span>120 people gathered at the 1199 union hall
for City Life’s annual celebration.<span> </span>Huge
amounts of food, live performances, theater, awards, an address on the past
year by Curdina Hill and video highlighted the evening.</font></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><font face="Times New Roman"><span><font size="3">2.</font><span style="font:7pt/normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><font size="3"><b><u>Independent Foreclosure Review time
running out</u></b>.<span> </span>If you were in any
foreclosure process during 2009 and 2010, you should submit an application for
an independent foreclosure review.<span> </span>We
will be doing major outreach in December to encourage our eligible members to
do this.<span> </span>We will have a clinic on Dec.
18.<span> </span>Filing for IFR can possibly get a
big cash settlement and/or help defend against bank eviction.</font></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><font face="Times New Roman"><span><font size="3">3.</font><span style="font:7pt/normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><font size="3">Dec.
18 is also the <b><u>Bank Tenant Assoc. pot
luck holiday party</u></b>.</font></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><font face="Times New Roman"><span><font size="3">4.</font><span style="font:7pt/normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"> </span></span><font size="3"><b><u>MassUniting “Jobs not Cuts” rally</u></b>
in Faneuil Hall, Monday, Dec. 10, 1-2:30 pm</font></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:19px"><br>
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<br></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>"Our goal is a society that prioritizes the needs of all before the profits of the few." passed by Occupy Boston General Assembly 11/29/11</div><br>