Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Try, try, again to CONTACT CONGRESSWOMAN YVETTE CLARKE RE: SUPERFUND DESIGNATION FOR OUR GOWANUS CANAL!‏

PLEASE HELP US CONTINUE TO PLEAD WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ALLOW SCIENCE TO PREVAIL (!) OVER politics IN THE HEALTH ISSUE OF OUR DAY: THE SUPERFUNDING OF THE GOWANUS CANAL!

Many of you have informed of us that you are having difficulty with Congresswoman Clarke’s website. Please be advised:

Copy past your letter and send it to the following address instead!
Deanna.bitetti@mail.house.gov (Deanna works with Rep. Clarke.)
Write “ATTN SUPERFUND DESIGNATION!” in the subject

For your convenience we have re-copied the letter below:
Please cut, paste and send the letter below to Congresswoman Clarke ASAP!
And ,please do not forget to "sign" the cut and pasted letter with your name and full address---this is very important!

Dear Congresswoman Clarke:

We are residents of the Gowanus area. Our neighborhoods may have different names such as Carroll Gardens or Park Slope, but we are the people whose lives are touched every single day by the deplorable condition of the Gowanus Canal.

We are the people who applauded Commissioner Grannis's request to nominate this open sewer to the National Priorities List.
We are the people who signed a petition in support of that nomination. We are the people who attended the multiple meetings held in our community.

We are the people who obediently sent in our comments to the Environmental Protection Agency in the prescribed, timely manner and we are the people who have been waiting patiently for science and common sense to lead our Canal into the healthier life the Superfund designation would offer us all.

We are the people who are beginning to strongly feel that what residents want is of no importance; that the desires of those who stand to benefit financially somehow trumps the health of those who inhabit the area.

We are your constituents. Our pro designation comments represent the majority and we ask that you speak on our behalf.
The Gowanus Canal must be added to the National Priorities List. It must be designated a Superfund site. Work must begin with the sole motivation of improving public health and the environment.

No other plan, no other dream, no other ambition is more important.

No other course of action should be permitted to take precedence over the health of Gowanus area residents and our children.
The EPA indicated in those community meetings that they are ready, willing and able to proceed.

We are the people. Represent us, please. Call E.P.A. Administrator Lisa Jackson

Signed, XXXX

Address, XXXX

For Congresswoman Clarke

deanna.bitetti@mail.house.gov

***P.S.
If you have not done so already please also copy, paste and sign the letter above and email to the President, the Governor, and both Senators.***

For President Obama
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

For Governor Paterson
http://161.11.121.121/govemail

For Senator Schumer,
http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/contact.cfm

For Senator Gillibrand,
http://gillibrand.senate.gov/contact/




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CORD HISTORY:

With the "Protect Our Homes" petition, CORD was formed in May, 2007. This petition arose as an overwhelmingly negative response to the coming of the over-sized 360 Smith Street Development at the corner of Smith Street and Second Place (Aka Oliver House; aka 131 Second Place). This petition, which had well over three thousand signatures, led to a new zoning text amendment in summer of 2008.

To: Our Elected Officials, Community Leaders, The MTA:
(MAY, 2007)

We the undersigned Carroll Gardens homeowners and residents, are appalled by the "as of right" ruling which allows owners and developers to erect buildings in our neighborhood with no regard to the impact they will present to our quality of life and the value of our homes........

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?crlgrdns