Write To The Editor And Support Ref 1!

Posted Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 at 9:43 am

The Seattle Times has published a great op-ed by Kathy Fletcher and Denis Hayes, respectively the Executive Director of People for Puget Sound and the national coordinator of the first Earth Day. Kathy and Denis demolish the lies and myths being propagated by the American Chemistry Council in their article  (and did you know that before they rebranded themselves, they were more appropriately named the Chemical Manufacturers Association?)

Please comment on the article expressing your support of Referendum 1, or write a letter to the editor of the Seattle Times by emailing them at opinion@seattletimes.com. Tell your friends to tell the Seattle Times that we Seattleites do not want out-of-city lobbies lying to us and misleading us into voting to destroy our own health and environment.

2 Responses to “Write To The Editor And Support Ref 1!”

  1. Ashley (on behalf of NWEPS) says:
    July 31, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    The Fletcher/Hayes article is only one of many that have been emerging:

    Bag tax: Would measure save money or punish elderly?
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2009458870_bag_tax_would_measure_save_mon.html

    Bag tax: Will it punish the poor and is government getting too intrusive?
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2009511852_bag_tax_will_it_punish_the_poo.html

    Seattle bag fee on ballot: Would it change our habits?
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009492556_bagfeecampaign18m.html

    Big Plastic puts up another $500,000 against Seattle bag fee
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2009504728_big_plastic_puts_up_another_50.html

    Fund to fight bag fee will top $1M
    (Question: Spokesman Rob Gala works for Conlin’s office. Aren’t city councilmembers supposed to remain silent on this issue?)
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2009520680_bagtax23m.html

    Bag tax: Seattle taking step in the right direction
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2009547594_bag_tax_seattle_taking_step_in.html

    Madison Market’s 10 Cent Bag Fee needs to go
    http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2009/07/23/madison-markets-10-cent-bag-fee-needs-to-go

  2. Gary Holster says:
    July 31, 2009 at 10:16 pm

    Ashley,

    those are great links to share — it’s good to see the attention everyone’s paying to how much money the chemical lobbies are pouring into this campaign against Seattle’s citizens and environment.

    That last article on the Capitol Hill Seattle blogs makes some great points about how to make the city greener — if we added the bag fee to the list of taxes proposed there, that would make the list complete!

    Gary.

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