Calistoga group wants Bush impeached
By JOHN WATERS Jr.
For the Register
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
A group of Calistoga residents are drumming up support for their run at a possible impeachment of President Bush.

Calling themselves the Calistoga Truth and Justice Coalition, they started up after hearing former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega at a forum in Healdsburg earlier this year.

"We left with a feeling that maybe we could do something to get the community enthused about the erosion of liberties that has taken place in our country," said Nick Triglia

Triglia, along with poet J. Kirk Feuereisen, and Ernesto and Suzy Marrone urged de la Vega to state her case against the Bush administration to the Napa Valley public.

Vega will speak at the Community Presbyterian Church in Calistoga at 7 p.m. Monday, June 18. The church is located at the corner of Washington and Third streets in Calistoga.

In her book, "United States v. George W. Bush," de la Vega — former branch chief of the San Jose U.S. Attorney's Office — claims President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell conspired to defraud or trick the country into a war in Iraq.

"Most people already have their opinions about the president and his administration. They have their thoughts on impeachment," Triglia said. "This is not about a man's sexual misconduct and then lying to cover it up. Instead it's about the government's lying that led to war, and illegally spying on average Americans."

People who support Bush and the current regime will likely continue to do so, Triglia said, and those who oppose them will continue as well.

"But we believe by attending this meeting, they'll be more educated in their support, either way," said Triglia. "We want to educate, not agitate."