January 18, 2008 (LPAC)--A few hours after the historic webcast of Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr., the Providence city council decided to make history and pass the Lyndon LaRouche's Homeowners and Bank Protection Act. Nick Narducci, the primary (and at that point the only) sponsor on the HBPA gave a speech as to the necessity for Providence to join with countless other cities and states across the nation in calling on congress to freeze foreclosures and protect the local and state chartered banks. After his speech, Tejada (another councilman) raised his hand and asked to be able to co-sponsor the legislation. Before the council president could put his name down, the councilman next to him raised his hand asking to cosponsor as well. Before we knew it, every single councilperson was asking to cosponsor the legislation, some frantically waving their hands around so as not to be excluded. The council president restored order, "Alright, then the entire council will sponsor the legislation!" Due to the fact that everybody had become a co-sponsor, the council nearly forgot to vote on the HBPA. That night, it passed unanimously.

It has been a long time coming to get the Providence city council to finally pass the HBPA. The approach which was taken was to organize every single person on the city council and recruit them to the fight the LaRouche PAC is waging and the kind of economic vision Lyndon Larouche has. The key now is to get every single councilperson to realize that the Homeowners and Bank Protection Act cannot be taken as a single disconnected issue. The fact is that we have a national movement of the lower eighty percent populace and local elected bodies working together to protect the general welfare of the people and to create and economic system which does exactly this. Our current insane economic policies cannot exist in a society which is developing and committed to its general welfare. This is the fight we must wage with the local elected officials we organize. They must see themselves as partaking in the battle against imperialism and they must see the HBPA in this light. Therefore, we have more organizing to do on this account and will keep recruiting.

A similar resolution is being considered in the Rhode Island House of Representatives.