credit: guest photographer Max Kelly
Sometimes, the voices of the people get drowned out in the storm of greed and politics. But when these voices join together to speak as one, they just might make a loud enough roar to create a wave of change.
Politics, seems to have crept into the decision-making process by the Environmental Protection Agency's Washington Office on whether to list the Gowanus Canal as a Superfund site. However, only science and the health of the residents living in this community should be considered.
Please join members of your community and of the The Coalition For Respectful Development (CORD) in reminding our Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer that we want the Gowanus Canal added to the National Priorities List.
Won't you please cut, paste and send the letter below to our senators? ( **see instructions below**)
Sometimes, the voices of the people get drowned out in the storm of greed and politics. But when these voices join together to speak as one, they just might make a loud enough roar to create a wave of change.
Politics, seems to have crept into the decision-making process by the Environmental Protection Agency's Washington Office on whether to list the Gowanus Canal as a Superfund site. However, only science and the health of the residents living in this community should be considered.
Please join members of your community and of the The Coalition For Respectful Development (CORD) in reminding our Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer that we want the Gowanus Canal added to the National Priorities List.
Won't you please cut, paste and send the letter below to our senators? ( **see instructions below**)
Dear Senators Gillibrand and Schumer,
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.
Thank you!
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2 comments:
Beautiful letter! Writing to our Senators and Congresspeople, and to Administrator Jackson, is very important. If Administrator Jackson is going to allow Mayor Bloomberg his own "private comment" session now that the public comment session is over, we need to engage in our own continuing public comment through our elected representatives, and by contacting her directly. If she or her staff meet behind closed doors with the City, they should give equal time to FROGG and the people of Brooklyn.
EXQUISITE Gowanus photo by Max. Sharp and rich, and captures mood I love about it. Timeless.
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