[NFBAZ-EastValleyChapter] Fwd: Urgent Opportunity to Protect Public Transportation in Valley of the Sun

Sat Feb 11 20:59:50 UTC 2023

Please act upon this request quickly.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marcus.Schmidt at aps.com
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2023 16:19:16 +0000
Subject: Urgent Opportunity to Protect Public Transportation in Valley
of the Sun
To: TWilliams at saavi.us, mafeliz0641 at gmail.com, jdfmoon at gmail.com,
caddyeman at gmail.com, cgarfio89 at gmail.com, debichatfield at gmail.com,
tinabir80 at gmail.com
Cc: maryhartle17 at gmail.com, nfb.az.president at gmail.com,
kj4483 at gmail.com, cleblond at saavi.us

Dear chapter president:
Please pass the Email below along to your respective chapter
list-serves immediately!

Mary Hartle passed the following announcement from Ability 360 along,
which urges ALL who want to preserve and even expand public
transportation to send Emails to senators on the state's
transportation and technology committee before their Monday morning
meeting, urging them to vote "No" on SB 1122, as it would greatly
reduce funds allocated to public transportation (see below for
details).
The proposal put forth by this bill would completely undermine the
"Our Momentum" plan, proposed by the Maricopa Association of
Governments after much research and extensive input from the public.
If you're not comfortable with sending Emails, you can call the
senators instead at the phone numbers provided below.
Thank you in advance for your support in this very important effort.
And, I apologize for the very short notice on this, but the Email
didn't come out until Friday.

Marc Schmidt
Transit Committee Chair

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Sent: Friday, February 10, 2023 12:28 PM
To: maryhartle17 at gmail.com
Subject: Empower Advocacy! Update: Time Change on Transportation Bill
Hearing Monday!

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** EMPOWER! Advocacy
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Action Alert: Contact Your Legislators about a Transportation Bill
that Will Cut Our Transit System Funding and Harm Travel Access for
People with Disabilities!

SB 1122: Transportation Tax; Election; Maricopa County

Sen. David Farnsworth has introduced SB 1122 to extend the half-cent
transportation sales tax in Maricopa County; however, this proposed
bill effectively defunds Valley Metro and significantly destabilizes
the region’s existing regional transit system, including buses, rapid
buses, light rail, and paratransit.

Transit increases mobility and allows people with disability access to
work and educational opportunities that they otherwise could not
access without a car.  This bill would take current funding for public
transit from 33% to 5%.  Maricopa County cannot afford to fall behind
on transit. We must continue to invest in our transportation and
transit systems.

SB 1122 will be heard again in the Senate Transportation and
Technology Committee on Monday, Feb. 13th at 9:00 a.m. and your voice
on this bill is important.  Senator Farnsworth has specifically asked
transit users to reach out and share their stories before the
Committee Votes on Monday afternoon.

Contact the Members of the Senate Transportation and Technology
Committee and ask them to vote no on SB 1122:
* Senator David Farnsworth, Chairman, dfarnsworth at azleg.gov
(mailto:dfarnsworth at azleg.gov) , (602) 926-3387
* Senator Frank Carroll, Vice-Chairman, fcarroll at azleg.gov
(mailto:fcarroll at azleg.gov) , (602) 926-3249
* Senator Rosanna Gabaldon, rgabaldon at azleg.gov
(mailto:rgabaldon at azleg.gov) , (602) 926-3424
* Senator Theresa Hatathlie, thatathlie at azleg.gov
(mailto:thatathlie at azleg.gov) , (602) 926-5160
* Senator Jake Hoffman, jake.hoffman at azleg.gov
(mailto:jake.hoffman at azleg.gov) , (602) 926-3292
* Senator Anthony Kern, akern at azleg.gov (mailto:akern at azleg.gov) ,
(602) 926-3497
* Senator Christine Marsh, cmarsh at azleg.gov (mailto:cmarsh at azleg.gov)
, (602) 926-3184

Valley Metro SB 1122 Summary
(https://mcusercontent.com/bee0937edca5b520233c0a75f/files/16e5e394-75db-cf69-62c1-df867d18c951/Valley_Metro_SB_1122_Summary.pdf)
SB 1122 - Introduced Version
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