River front Jail update

We had a very successful rally and meeting at the courthouse on Wednesday.

I want congratulate and thank all of you who attended and have supported this issue so far.

Keep up the letters and articles.

Volume 1 has some very good space devoted by readers to the Riverfront Jail. Stop by and leave a comment or two with them as well.

You have just begun. First we needed to reach the media and use them to make it known that saving our waterfront from this jail project is important to many many members of our community. We still need to let other community members, who agree with us, know ..... that now is the time....The issue is now in focus ..... and we need more people to speak up ...... or be satisfied with the heritage they will be leaving.

We also have successfully begun to establish our own communication and awareness network. We can not rely on the traditional media to notify and inform... let alone understand the issue ... or clearly report the message. We have begun to set up a strong email forwarding system. Please continue to make it grow and work for us.

If you have the skill and the time... you can help this communication system grow by forwarding pertinent emails and calls to action. Thank you.

Our next meeting is Monday at the 1st Congregational Church across from Randall Park. At 7PM... We welcome supporters who oppose the location of the Jail upon our Riverfront and we will use the time to review future plans, and update you on the issues. Bring 2 friends.

I wish we could say we have affected our County Board and our job is done.... but the county board is not our focus. The City Council are the defenders of our riverfront. The County just finally recognized the need for a jail and with disregard for our city efforts they just want to plop it down and move on with county business. The city council passed the Comprehensive Plan and we need to show them that there is support for them to stand up to the county and tell them the Jail does not belong on the riverfront.

Please try to attend Monday's meeting so we can outline our next steps. You are doing a great job. Bring 3 friends and it will be even better.

originated as an email by Ken