HELP ENFORCE BOYCOTT OF RESTAURANT OWNED BY COSTA MESA
CITY COUNCILMAN!
COSTA MESA, CA -- The Collectivo Tonantzin, an
organization dedicated toward defending the rights of
undocumented workers and all oppressed peoples, will
be holding a weekly protest starting this Friday night
on the public sidewalk surrounding Skosh Monahan's
Steakhouse & Irish Pub, a restaurant owned by Gary
Monahan, a Costa Mesa City Councilman.
The weekly protests are being held to express
discontent over Monahan's decision to vote with Mayor
Allan Mansoor and Councilman Eric Bever to close the
day laborer center and allow the Costa Mesa Police
Department to enter into an agreement with the Bureau
of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to
enforce federal immigration law.
The last two times this protest has taken place, a
number of Minuteman supporters have shown up to
support Mayor Mansoor. However, their presence has
scared customers away from Monahan's restaurant,
causing a drastic slowdown in business. And even
though the protests are nonviolent, Monahan hires
expensive security guards to protect his property.
Despite public statements to the contrary, these
protests have hit Monahan where it hurts him the
hardest: right in his wallet. Everytime we've
demonstrated outside his restaurant, he loses money
and business. And Friday nights are his busiest,
according to various sources.
SO IF YOU ARE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THIS STRUGGLE FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, PLEASE JOIN US EVERY
WEEK STARTING THIS FRIDAY NIGHT! BRING CARDBOARD
SIGNS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND WEAR T-SHIRTS AND HATS
REPRESENTING THE GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS YOU BELONG
TOO!
WHEN: Friday, February 24, 2006
5 pm - 9 pm
WHERE: SKOSH MONAHAN'S STEAKHOUSE
& IRISH PUB
2000 Newport Blvd, Costa Mesa
(On the Northeast corner of
E. 20th Street)
See map for further details:
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps.py?&addr=2000+Newport+Blvd&csz=Costa+Mesa,CA
For more information, please contact
matlazinka@hotmail.com,
atlachinolli_front@yahoo.com,
or
duaneroberts92804@yahoo.com Collectivo Tonantzin demands:
1. Re-opening of the day labor center
2. Withdrawal the vote for the ICE proposal
3. The resignation of council members who voted
in favor of the proposal
4. Drop all remaining charges against Coyotl
Tezcatlipoca
