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04/05/2006: "Missive On Iraq Still Sputtering"

The County Council has again failed to agree on the exact language that should appear on an advisory ballot that would ask the voters to approve a County resolution calling for the withdraw of troops from Iraq. Previous Story

Both Myhr and Ranker appeared to favor a simple sentence on the matter, such as the one passed by the Town of Whitefish Bay: "Should the United States now begin withdrawing troops form Iraq, and continue steady withdrawals until all our troops are home?", but Lichter had submitted a multi-paragraph resolution setting out a time-table and other specifics, and wished to insert some of it into any language that the Council might approve. Failing to agree on content, they were able to agree to take the matter up again in a couple of weeks