Bush, Cheney raising ire in Fairfax
Tad Whitaker

Fairfax officials will vote Wednesday on whether to endorse a local petition calling for the impeachment of President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Millie Barrett, a 33-year town resident, said she has collected more than 200 signatures since Thursday. Getting the council involved gives the petition legitimacy and makes it more likely to be considered by federal officials, she said.

"I want people to jump on the wagon and do it," she said. "Maybe someone in Congress will listen."

Barrett, 62, said she dove into progressive politics after retiring last July. She said she has signed every anti-Bush petition online, marched in peace rallies and even traveled to Washington, D.C., in September to protest alongside Cindy Sheehan.

"I've never been more upset with the country," she said. "I felt I needed to do more."

Barrett downloaded an impeachment petition that 23 other cities across the nation have adopted and began collecting signatures downtown.

"Most people can't sign it fast enough," she said.

Mayor Susan Brandborg said she is normally against the council discussing federal issues over which it has little sway, but she put the petition on Wednesday's agenda because she strongly believes in impeaching Bush. Brandborg expects a good turnout for the issue because so many people turned out three years ago when the council voted to ignore several provisions of the Patriot Act ...