Fwd: ENDGRIDLOCK.ORG
Ruth
rreeder at bellatlantic.net
Thu Mar 16 08:00:13 CST 2000
> FYI
>
> > From: "Douglas A. Willinger" <dougwill at idt.net>
> > Subject: ENDGRIDLOCK.ORG
> > Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 14:21:56 -0500
> > Newsgroups:
> > dc.general,dc.driving,dc.biking,alt.planning,transportation,misc.transport
> > .road
> > Message-ID: <38CFE2D4.D14790D0 at idt.net>
> >
> > This is forwarded to dc.general, dc.driving, dc.biking,
> > alt.planning.transportation, and misc.transport.road.
> >
> > Douglas A. Willinger
> > Takoma Park Highway Design Studio
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> >
> > From the Coalition for Smarter Growth
> > Action Alert: Wednesday, March 15, 2000.
> >
> > The Washington Board of Trade will unveil its new "grassroots" campaign
> > for more roads to promote sprawl development on March 20 and 23. The
> > group, "Endgridlock.org" is a heavily funded attempt to undermine
> > grassroots activism for smarter growth in the DC region.
> >
> > Sprawl developers including Til Hazel of Virginia, are backing this
> > astroturf group. The group has slick publications materials, has been
> > phonebanking heavily in the area and poses a serious threat to ongoing
> > grassroots efforts to stop sprawl, protect our environment and direct
> > resources into revitalizing Washington, D.C. and inner beltway
> > communities.
> >
> > -Please attend "endgridlock's" DEBUT MEETINGS NEXT WEEK to make sure the
> > media and public know that this group is a front and to allow them to
> > hear the truth about sprawl development, investing in DC and the inner
> > suburbs, and traffic solutions in the Washington region.
> > -Bring your family and friends! Bring your favorite pro-environment,
> > pro-community, pro-transit, restore the core, anti-sprawl signs.
> > -Please fill out and send back the Volunteer Response Form below to
> > stopsprawl at aol.com : ASAP.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > *********************************
> > In this alert:
> > 1) More about Endgridlock.org
> > 2) Meeting Places and Times
> > 3) What you can do
> > 4) Volunteer Form
> >
> > 1) More About "Endgridlock.org"
> >
> > Just how "grassroots" is "Endgridlock.org", an organization that also
> > calls itself "Citizens for Transportation Solutions."? According to the
> > Washington Post,"Endgridlock.org" is being financed by several hundred
> > thousand dollars --so far -- from corporate special interests, including
> > the Washington Board of Trade, the American Automobile Association
> > (AAA), Virginia developer John T. "Til" Hazel, and unbelievably enough,
> > the Washington Post itself! It is chaired by former Montgomery County
> > Planning Board Chair Gus Bauman, who now works for the DC-based
> > corporate law firm Beveridge and Diamond. "Endgridlock" has hired the
> > lobbying firm Weber McGinn, at which James W. "Jimmy" Hazel, Til's son,
> > works. The WashBoT and other corporate supporters pledged last summer
> > to spend $3 million to build popular and official support for over $20
> > billion in new highways and bridges, including the ICC, the Eastern and
> > Western Bypasses, the twelve-lane, auto-only Woodrow Wilson Bridge, and
> > multiple new bridges over the Potomac River.
> >
> > A quick visit to www.endgridlock.org reveals that, despite its name,
> > this organization has a pro-highway agenda that is a recipe for
> > continued political and transportation gridlock. Though "Endgridlock"
> > has at least rhetorically adopted part of the environmental and civic
> > communities' pro-transit, smart growth agenda, its main agenda is to
> > spend billions of dollars on the highways backed by the Board of Trade,
> > Washington Post, and their corporate allies.
> > **********************************
> >
> > 2) Meeting Places and Times
> >
> > Next Monday, March 20, and next Thursday, March 23, please attend two
> > very important evening events, the first in Maryland, the second in
> > Virginia. We must attend "Endgridlock's" debuts to ensure that the media
> > and the general public hear the truth about highways and sprawl in our
> > region AND about the superior alternatives that so many people support.
> > Please attend either or both rallies, and bring friends, signs and
> > banners. We must make it abundantly clear that there is a strong, truly
> > grassroots movement for real change in our region -- a movement that
> > opposes Endlessgridlock's destructive, wasteful agenda and that supports
> > intelligent alternatives.
> >
> > Endgridlock's Maryland Debut
> > Date: Monday, March 20
> > Time: 7:00 to 8:30 pm
> > Place: Montgomery Co. Executive Office Bldg
> > 101 Monroe Street
> > Rockville, MD
> >
> > Endgridlock's Virginia Debut
> > Date: Thursday, March 23
> > Time: 7:00 to 8:30 pm
> > Mason District Government Center
> > 6507 Columbia Pike
> > Annandale,VA
> >
> > We want to be informative, respectful, visible and HEARD!
> >
> > ****************************
> > 3) What You Can Do:
> >
> > i) Attend the Endgridlock.org Rallies. Bring at least five
> > friends. We'll
> > have signs and stickers there, but feel free to make your own. Please
> > come
> > by transit, bicycle, foot, or carpool. The Maryland Rally is a
> > five-minute
> > walk west from the Rockville Metro.
> >
> > Please email/call stopsprawl at aol.com to let us know whether you
> > plan to attend!
> >
> > ii) Help Us Alert Others with phone calls. This is real grassroots
> > action! To volunteer, please fill out, clip, and email back to us the
> > Volunteer Response Form below ASAP. Or call these numbers below.
> > We'll send you a phone list and simple rap.
> >
> > Ben Wyskida 202-588-5570
> > Greg Smith 301-891-2078
> >
> > iii) Help Make Signs and Banners. If you would like to help, send us
> > the
> > Volunteer Response Form. We'll let you know where banner and sign
> > making
> > parties are being held next weekend. Please let us know if you would
> > like
> > to host one!
> >
> > iv) Help Sustain the Campaign: We rely on the time and energy of
> > dedicated
> > volunteers, and on financial contributions of concerned area residents
> > who
> > who want and demand a better future for our region.
> > Whether you're a technical expert, an experienced
> > activist,
> > or a novice, there's a huge array of ways that your time, energy, talent
> > and knowledge can play a vital role in helping to stop sprawl, and
> > protect and restore
> > our environment and communities. Pleasetake a few moments to fill out
> > and email back
> > to us the Volunteer Response Form. And please recruit friends and
> > colleagues, too!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > PLEASE CLIP HERE: Please do NOT send Roger and Ben this entire alert!
> > Please DO fill out the entire form. Thanks!
> > **********************
> >
> > 4 ) VOLUNTEER RESPONSE FORM:
> > Please clip and send this form to Roger Metcalf and Ben Wyskida at:
> > rogerm at erols.com
> > and
> > stopsprawl at aol.com
> >
> > PHONE BANK RSVP:
> >
> > [ ] Yes, I would like to help C-SICC call ICC opponents to alert
> > them to
> > the March 20 and March 23 Rallies. Please send me:
> >
> > [ ] 10 names [ ] 30 names
> >
> > [ ] 20 names [ ] 40 names
> >
> > [ ] 50 names
> >
> > [ ] Sorry, I can't help with this round of calls, but please contact
> > me
> > when future opportunities arise.
> >
> > [ ] Please send me the phone rap and list via:
> >
> > [ ] email [ ] regular mail
> >
> > [ ] fax [ ] telepathy
> >
> >
> > Sign and Banner Making
> >
> > [ ] Yes, I'd to join others at a sign and banner making party this
> > weekend.
> >
> > [ ] I'd like to host or help organize a sign and banner making
> > party.
> >
> >
> >
> > * CONTACT INFO *
> >
> > Name:
> >
> > Address:
> >
> > Organization:
> >
> > Home Phone:
> >
> > Work Phone:
> >
> > Fax:
> >
> > Email:
> >
> > * OTHER IMPORTANT VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES *
> >
> > Please place an "x" in each appropriate box:
> >
> > I'd like to help save our communities and environment, and stop the ICC
> > and
> > Outer Beltway, by volunteering to:
> >
> > [ ] calling other ICC opponents to alert them to important events
> > like
> > public hearings.
> >
> > [ ] distribute newsletters and alerts in my community.
> >
> > [ ] distribute information at public places like Metro
> > stations and
> > libraries, or at public events.
> >
> > [ ] write articles for C-SICC's newsletter, poems, or
> > letters-to-editors.
> >
> > [ ] design or lay out alerts, reports, newsletters, posters or other
> > materials.
> >
> > [ ] creating powerful images through photos, cartoons, drawing and
> > other art.
> >
> > [ ] perform music, theater or dance.
> >
> > [ ] visit with elected officials.
> >
> > [ ] research environmental, transportation, or economic issues.
> >
> > [ ] help with GIS work.
> >
> > [ ] help organize events.
> >
> > [ ] other nitty-gritty like envelope stuffing.
> >
> > ******************************************
> > Anna El-Eini
> > Coordinator
> > DC Environmental Network
> > Friends of the Earth
> > 1025 Vermont Avenue, NW, 3rd Floor
> > Washington DC 20005
> > Phone:(202) 783-7400 x 183
> > Fax: (202) 783-0444
> > Email: eleini at foe.org
> >
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