THE RECENT ELECTION OF SENATOR OBAMA HAS BROUGHT HOPE TO IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT THAT U.S. TROOPS WILL FINALLY COME HOME FROM IRAQ, BUT MANY ARE NOT DISARMED BY CAMPAIGN PROMISES. INSPIRED BY BEN SCOTCH, A VERMONT LAWYER, WHO SAYS THAT THE 2002 WAR AUTHORIZATION BY CONGRESS EXPIRES AT THE END OF 2008, GRASSROOT ORGANIZATIONS ARE MOUNTING A CAMPAIGN IN SEVERAL STATES TO PASS LEGISLATION INSTRUCTING GOVERNORS TO DE-FEDERALIZE THEIR NATIONAL GUARDS. THIS PAST THURSDAY, THE BOROUGH OF HIGHLAND PARK IN NEW JERSEY HELD A TOWN HALL MEETING HOSTING STATE SENATOR WEINBERG THE SPONSOR OF ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION 55. THE PEACE AND JUSTICE COALITION, REPRESENTING 120 ORGANIZATIONS IN NEW JERSEY CO-SPONSORED THE EVENT. WBAI FRED NGUYEN ATTENDED AND FILED THIS REPORT: