We are sending this one out a little late, but in case you forgot, this is your last opportunity to get your letter into the mail. You don’t have to be an A/E. If you have two members in your household, send two letters, one from each of you. There is still time! Send today!
A message from NYC CAN:
Fellow Advocates!
Together we finished Week 3 with 221 letters sent to the District Attorney’s office! It may not be 1000, but it’s downright amazing when you think about the message 221 letters must send to the folks in the Special Prosecutions Bureau. 221 letters this week, on top of 217 letters last week, on top of 133 letters the week before. Wow!
The letter for Week 4 is our most important and most powerful one yet. Read it, and you’ll agree. If there’s one route the DA will most likely take to revealing the truth about September 11, 2001, it’s the destruction of physical evidence at the WTC site.
Today NYC CAN is meeting with the Chief of Staff of another New York City Council Member. This is our eighth meeting with a council member or their staff, and once again, this one is happening because of your phone calls and faxes.
Thank you!
One month ago many Council Members and majority of their staff were not aware a third building collapsed on September 11th. Today the entire City Council and several hundred staff are acutely aware, and most of them have seen footage of it. You know what that leads to.
There is no way to gauge reliably the number of phone calls made to the City Council Speaker last week, but judging from the number of responses we received far exceeding the usual number, and the fact that the action alert was sent to over 20,000 people, we think it’s safe to assume the Speaker is aware A LOT of people are asking the City Council to investigate Building 7.
Where do we go from here?
Now that we have all paved the way for the New York City Council to begin having a discussion about Building 7, NYC CAN will continue its job of making sure courageous council members do their part. While that’s happening, we would be missing out on a big opportunity if we didn’t continue channeling our voice in other worthwhile directions, and so we would like to introduce:
Thank you for sticking with it and making it easy for the City Council to listen to us with your polite and focused manner! So far all of the offices have told us they were pleased with how we have been communicating our message. Rest assured they are taking notice of what we have to say.
As we head into the final seven days of our campaign, we will be contacting some key council members whose support we will be counting on to make the City Council address Building 7, The Salomon Brothers building. So please be sure to continue what you are doing and make the effort end with a crescendo.
If you haven’t gotten involved yet, please consider doing so. One participant had this to say on Friday: “I’m pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to make a few simple calls to the Council Members. Their aides seem friendly and sincere, and are telling me they’re getting over 100 calls per day. They all promise that the Members will be looking into WTC 7. It feels good to help spread the word.”
Thank you to everyone who helped make Building What?! Day 4 an amazing success.
12 down. 39 to go.
We’ve decided to continue sending email blasts. To make it possible, we kindly ask you to donate to help cover the extra $250 it will cost to send 12 more email blasts, AND, your donation will go toward a new NYC pubic opinion poll. Please donate a manageable amount of $25 – or more if you can manage. The poll will allow us to show the City Council that a majority of New Yorkers support a new investigation, and that a vast majority who’ve seen footage of Building 7 collapse do not believe office fires were the cause. Showing the Council that its constituents would support a new investigation is an essential part of this campaign. We have raised $1100 of the $4850 needed for the poll. If you have $25 to spare, this is an opportunity to send a powerful message to the City Council at a critical moment when they will be listening – please don’t pass it up. Go to NYCCAN.org right now and help us by donating what you can.
An important update to the instructions from yesterday: tell aides to go to NYCCAN.org, rather than YouTube, to watch “A Message From Bob McIlvaine”.
Thank you to everyone who helped make Building What?! Day 3 an even greater success.
9 down. 42 to go.
Before giving Day 3’s quotes and Day 4’s council member info, we have two important updates to make:
1) Starting tomorrow, Day 5, instructions will no longer be sent through email blasts. Please go to NYCCAN.org, where instructions for that day will be posted.
Repeat: there will not be an action alert in your inbox on Friday. Please be sure to go to NYCCAN.org on your own to get the instructions.
It is crucial that the same number of people participate once we stop sending out email blasts, so, on Friday, we will ask you to send an email to info@nyccan.org notifying us that you participated that day.
2) It is increasingly clear the staffers we speak with are extremely receptive and in most cases they have not seen footage of Building 7. If you get into a conversation with them, ask if they have seen footage of Building 7. If they haven’t, offer to send them the link to “A Message From Bob McIlvaine” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH9meDbrlP8 – which will show them the two most impressive angles of Building 7, and it will show them what the honest pursuit of truth is all about. Encourage them to share the video with everyone in the office. Winning the staff will help immeasurably in winning the council members.
If they give you their email address, please send it to info@nyccan.org so that we can add it to our list of contacts within the City Council. If they don’t want to give their email address, tell them to go to YouTube and search for “Message From Bob McIlvaine”.
Please email us at info@nyccan.org if you do get a staffer to watch the video.
Quotes from Day 3:
“I was the first to speak to [ ]’s assistant and he was already well informed on the issue – it shows the great job everyone is doing to get the truth out.”
“The gentleman who answered was exceedingly polite and understanding – he indicated that they had been inundated with telephone calls this morning.”
I’m sorry for missing Day 2, I was out of town and out of wireless range. I am trying to catch up with the news, but I am bummed I missed Day 2 of the Building What campaign. Please support Day 3′s efforts and spend 15-25 minutes today helping out to make it that much bigger of a success! -ed
Thank you to everyone who helped make Building What?! Day 2 a great success.
6 down. 45 to go.
Quotes from Day 2:
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“I cannot tell you how happy I am that you are doing this extremely smart campaign… Nothing can be more important at this point. The aides tell me they’ve been inundated with calls from all over the country.”
“She was very nice, she was unaware and said it makes you really think about it … [Another] said all the council members are aware the calls will be made to them over the next couple of weeks. Said they have not decided what kind of statement to make, though they are all aware of it.”
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Day 3 Council Members
Council Member Mathieu Eugene
Phone: (718) 287-8762 (718) 287-8762
Fax: (718) 287-8917
Council Member Lewis Fidler
Phone: (718) 241-9330 (718) 241-9330
Fax: (718) 241-9316
Council Member Helen Foster
Phone: (718) 588-7500 (718) 588-7500
Fax: (718) 588-7790
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Again, there are two simple rules for participating in this campaign:
Fellow Advocates:
Today, March 15, 2010, we begin channeling the energy and strength of our movement into one voice to help the New York City Council become aware of the mysterious collapse of World Trade Center Building 7.
Believe it or not, many New York City officials are only vaguely aware that a third building collapsed on September 11th, if they are aware at all. Our only purpose for contacting them is to politely ask that they take measures to investigate the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7.
Therefore, there are two simple rules for participating in this campaign:
1) Talk only about World Trade Center Building 7
2) Be courteous and respectful
NYC CAN will inform the council members’ offices that anyone who is disrespectful, or who mentions other aspects of 9/11, is trying to sabotage the legitimate call for a proper investigation into the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7. But to ensure that opponents of truth do not undermine our effort, we will need each and every one of you to get involved and drown out their vitriolic voice with courtesy, clarity and honesty.
NYC CAN Breaking News Bulletin – FORWARD WIDELY
September 10, 2009
New York – In a last minute decision, lawyers for the City of New York have conceded that the New York City Coalition for Accountability Now (NYC CAN), a group comprising 9/11 family members, first responders and survivors, indeed did submit over 30,000 valid signatures to put the referendum for a new 9/11 investigation before the voters of New York City this November.
In an earlier letter from the City Clerk dated July 24, 2009, the City had claimed only 26,003 signatures were valid, 3,997 short of the requisite 30,000. The City’s concession that over 30,000 of the 52,000 signatures submitted were in fact valid paves the way for lawyers from both sides to argue the legality of petition.
NYC CAN News Bulletin – FORWARD WIDELY SILENCING OF NYC VOTERS WILL NOT GO UNCHALLENGED
August 24, 2009
On Monday, August 10, NYC CAN began a comprehensive review of the nearly 26,000 signatures invalidated by the New York City Board of Elections and City Clerk. With 26,003 signatures accepted as valid by the City, at least 3,997 additional signatures were needed to exceed the threshold of 30,000 signatures. 10 days, 50 volunteers and 1,000 man-hours later, we are thrilled to report we have so far discovered 6,924 signatures we will argue were wrongly invalidated.
Today we began the signature review, and with much promise! The first step: to do a recount of the signatures the Board of Elections did validate. And, after counting only 5 out of 52 volumes, we have found the Board of Elections reported 229 signatures fewer than what they actually validated inside the volumes. If their count continues to be off at the same rate, we will gain some 2,300 signatures – SIMPLY BY RECOUNTING THE ONES THAT WERE ALREADY VALIDATED. And we have already identified one petitioner who collected hundreds of signatures and was wrongly invalidated, along with all the signatures he gathered! And there are thousands of invalidated signatures ripe for challenging because the signer is on the voter roll but put their wrong address – these signatures will also be deemed valid if the signature on the petition matches the signature on their voter registration form.
On Wednesday, June 24, 2009, we filed the petition with 52,000 signatures!
In the unlikely event City Council does not approve the placement of the referendum on the ballot, we will be prepared to deliver an additional 30,000 signatures on August 24 to guarantee it gets on the ballot. Already we have 8,000 of the additional 30,000!
9/11 Family Members Maureen Hunt and Manny Badillo, and First Responders Charlie Giles of the Feal Good Foundation and Bill Gleason of the World Trade Center Rescuers Foundation, arrived at the City Clerk’s office to deliver the petition and speak in behalf of all the proud and concerned citizens who deserve an unbiased, nonpolitical investigation of the tragedy that has affected us so deeply.
Thank you for getting us this far! City Council now has until August 24 to approve the placement of the referendum on the November 3 ballot. As hundreds more family members, first responders and survivors join our campaign and lobby their council members to support the petition, our chances grow.
Now more than ever is the moment to stand up for what we believe in and convert to reality what we have been working towards for so long. This is how you can help:
DONATE IF YOU CAN. We need money to pay our amazing petitioners who are now collecting 4,000 to 5,000 signatures per week. We need money to pay a legal team. We need money to launch a full-scale PR campaign once the referendum is on the ballot. Go to http://NYCCAN.org/donate.php right now!
TELL FAMILY MEMBERS, FIRST RESPONDERS and SURVIVORS. We have a Statement of Support at NYCCAN.ORG that every family member, first responder, and survivor is welcome to sign. We have already accumulated over 60 signatories in the last week – THANK YOU to those of you who joined us in calling for a new, impartial investigation. Now our goal is to reach 1,000 signatories by September 11, 2009. If you know someone who was directly affected and wants accountability, send them to NYCCAN.ORG. The more New York-based family members, first responders and survivors who sign on, the more City Council will hear from the constituents it simply can’t ignore.
TELL YOUR FRIENDS. Nothing works like word of mouth. Forward this email far and wide.
While there is little room for celebration, we deserve to be proud of how far we have gotten and where we are going. Over eighteen months of hard work and selfless dedication from hundreds of individuals, and the generosity and faith shown by thousands of you across the globe, have gotten us here. And now it comes down to the next four months. Thank you for standing with us.
source:nyccan.org
So far 40,150 voters in NY have signed for a referendum on the ballot for their 2009 General Election to include a new Sept. 11th investigation with subpeona power. NYC CAN!
New York City voters have the power to legally mandate the formation of a new investigation with subpoena power by petitioning to place a referendum on the ballot in the November 2009 General Election. With the passage of this referendum New York City will take the first giant step towards truth and justice.
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