Protest Rally to Rescue Education in Cypress, CA [HQ]
Channel: petermathews11
Date: 2011-07-21

A Petition Signing Protest Rally was successfully held Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at the entrance of Cypress College in Orange County California. Students, Professors, teachers and other activists from several colleges, including Santa Monica College, Cypress College, San Bernardino College and Long Beach City College, showed their support for the Oil Extraction Tax to help Fund Education Proposed Initiative (Prop 1481). Many signatures were obtained for the petition to place Prop 1481 on the November 2011 ballot. The proposed measure has gathered momentum in the past few weeks. About 70 supporters attended the rally. Many speeches were made in support of an Extraction Fee on crude oil drilled from California. Passing motorists honked their horns in support when the demonstrators chanted "Sign our Petition, Fund Education!"