Sunday, February 3, 2008

Still Waiting On Replies/Use Of Petition Comments

We are sad to report that there are still a number of representatives that have not replied to us regarding the petition. Here are their names and contact information.

Dan Blue danb@ncleg.net
Linda Coleman lindac@ncleg.net
Nelson Dollar nelsond@ncleg.net
Paul Stam pauls@ncleg.net
Vernon Malone vernonm@ncleg.net
Marilyn Avila marilyna@ncleg.net

You should also know that we sent the petition to the Wake County Commissions a week ago and have received not one reply from them. It might be that they feel, like the City Councilmen that they cannot influence the State and therefore it is not necessary to acknowledge receipt of the petition. This might be true, but, if I were a politician, I’d take advantage of any opportunity to communicate with my constituents. If you want to discuss Access to Umstead with the Commissioners, here is their contact information. You can reach Commissioners Paul Coble, Harold Webb, Betty Lou Ward, Lindy Brown, Joe Bryan, Tom Gurley and Ken Gardner at:

www.wakegov.com/commissioners/default.htm

This week one of the petition signers used our petition as a means to publicize his/her petition. This was done without contacting us and may or may not have anything to do with the Access Umstead petition. We discussed deleting this comment, but, for the sake of open communication have decided to leave it. In the future, unless we are first contacted, all comments that are placed on the petition with the intention of publicizing another cause will be removed.

A supporter sent us the following link to Joe Miller's News & Observer blog which contains some interesting information about access to Umstead. Here is the link:

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/joemiller/
index.php?title=update_crabtree_creek_greenway_umstead_p&more
=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

We are making progress. Thanks for your support!