Dear Congresswoman (Debbie Wasserman Schultz):


I am a life-long Democrat and a great admirer of the work you’ve done for the Democratic Party. I am invariably impressed by your intelligence, wit, your ability to “cut to the chase” in media interviews, and by your acumen in exposing the right wing campaign to privatize America.


Which leads to my being utterly dumbfounded that you would now be supporting the construction of a Corrections Corporation of America facility in your own congressional district.


I have just spent about an hour on the internet researching the CCA. That’s all the longer it took to discover that this corporation’s record on human rights is wretched; or that its lobbying clout (through the right wing American Legislative Exchange Council [ALEC] has succeeded in formulating policies that directly enhance its bottom line to the detriment of the prison inmates it controls. There has been public outcry about CCA’s human rights abuses in California and Georgia, as well as in your own district in Florida.


Why, then, would you be lending your name and your considerable influence in support of this company?


I am not your congressional constituent, but I am a very active Democrat. I call on your sense of justice to withdraw your support for a company that is a poster child for the kind of corporate corruption and power that increasingly diminishes the quality of democracy in this country. Please do the right thing!


Tom Liston

2326 Echo Valley Drive

Stow, Ohio 44224

330-688-8062