http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/eric-gioia 2008-03-22T21:54:41Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/17648-nyc-councilman-supports-investigating-giuliani-s-9-11-failures 2008-03-22T21:54:41Z cliffschecter <div class="post_content"> <p>Chair of The Oversight and Investigations Committee, Eric Gioia, was thoroughly convinced by our fact-based film on Rudy's 9/11 negligence (in this case, faulty radios and no-bid contracts), that we need answers. </p> <p>Now we're heading towards an investigation. Thank you to everyone who watched the film and signed the petition. You made this happen!</p> <p>Just remember. This is about accountability in government. Which just happens to be Rudy Giuliani's worst enemy. </p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/17610-nyc-councilman-my-promise-is-i-ll-do-everything-i-can-to-get-answers 2008-07-09T13:49:28Z jgilliam <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_kzhiBudWRw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_kzhiBudWRw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/17610-nyc-councilman-my-promise-is-i-ll-do-everything-i-can-to-get-answers"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/17310" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>After receiving the names of over 20,000 people supporting your call for an investigation of the questions raised in <a href="http://therealrudy.org/blog/15917-the-real-rudy-radios">The Real Rudy: Radios</a>, New York City Councilman Eric Gioa pledged:<br /><br />&ldquo;I will do everything in my power to get answers, to get the truth.&nbsp; There needs to be accountability.&quot;<br /><br />Councilman Gioia chairs the Oversight and Investigations Committee of the New York City Council.&nbsp; With his support, we can hold Giuliani accountable for his failure to equip firefighters with radios that could have saved lives on 9/11, and get answers to these questions:<br /><ul><li>Why was nothing done to improve FDNY radio performance for seven years after a clear need was demonstrated in the 1993 World Trade Center attack?</li><li>When new radios were finally ordered, why did the city award a contract to Motorola without a competitive bidding process?</li><li>Once Motorola was given the contract, why did its cost jump from $1.4 million to $14 million?</li><li>Why were these new radios never field tested?</li></ul><p>UPDATE: Thanks for all the <a href="http://therealrudy.org/blog/17795-thanks-for-the-blog-love">blog love</a>!</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/17610-nyc-councilman-my-promise-is-i-ll-do-everything-i-can-to-get-answers">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/17536-nyc-councilman-calls-for-investigation-of-giuliani-s-performance-re-9-11 2008-07-09T15:29:16Z cliffschecter <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A7iYInMAwBs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A7iYInMAwBs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/17536-nyc-councilman-calls-for-investigation-of-giuliani-s-performance-re-9-11"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/17236" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Our friend Phillip Anderson, of the great New York blog <a href="http://www.thealbanyproject.com/frontPage.do">The Albany Project</a>, did the filming as our petitions were delivered to the Chair of The Committee on Oversight and Investigations, Eric Gioia.</p><p><a href="http://www.thealbanyproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1489">As Phillip put it</a>:</p><blockquote><p>We were very pleased with Councilman Gioia&#39;s response and hope that he will indeed deliver on his pledge to get the answers to these questions that we all, most especially the families of those firefighters who perished on 9/11, so richly deserve.</p></blockquote><p>It sounds like all of your activism&nbsp;may indeed pay off. Thanks so much my friends. </p><p>Oh,&nbsp;and on a side note, as I&#39;m writing this at approximately 9:20 AM Eastern Time, we sit at 19,998 signatures on our petition to investigate Rudy (the video has been viewed just under 103,000 times). </p><p><a href="http://therealrudy.org/radios">Get on over there and be the 20,000th to sign!</a></p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/17536-nyc-councilman-calls-for-investigation-of-giuliani-s-performance-re-9-11">Watch the video</a>