[Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Fw: URGENT ACTION ALERT; Congress Considering Slashing Transit Funding

Sherri flmom2006 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 18 22:02:42 UTC 2011


Well then you're ahead of me.
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From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Fw: URGENT ACTION ALERT;Congress 
Considering Slashing Transit Funding


> Sherri, I placed this info on our FDCP web site several days ago. KH
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> From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
> To: <NFBF-Leaders at yahoogroups.com>; <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 5:36 PM
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Fw: URGENT ACTION ALERT;Congress Considering
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> From: Samme.Ripley at ocfl.net
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 10:52 AM
> Subject: FW: URGENT ACTION ALERT; Congress Considering Slashing Transit
> Funding
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> Sharing..just want to add a comment that the action below is a proposal
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> From: Ripley, Samme
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 10:16 AM
> Subject: FW: URGENT ACTION ALERT; Congress Considering Slashing Transit
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> From: joannhutchinson at gmail.com [mailto:joannhutchinson at gmail.com] On 
> Behalf
> Of Joann Hutchinson
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 3:28 PM
> To: undisclosed-recipients
> Subject: Fwd: URGENT ACTION ALERT; Congress Considering Slashing Transit
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Florida Public Transportation Association <news at floridatransit.org>
> Date: Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:42 PM
> Subject: URGENT ACTION ALERT; Congress Considering Slashing Transit 
> Funding
> To: hutchinson at ctaa.org
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>                        Dear Transit Supporter:
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>                        We need your help. Unless people like you speak up
> now, Congress is about to slash public transportation budgets by about one
> third. This move will negatively affect every Floridian, both riders and
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>                              Proposal Underfunds Critical Needs of Public
> Transportation Systems
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>                              TAKE ACTION NOW
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>                              On July 7, John Mica (R-FL), Chairman of the
> House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee introduced an outline 
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> a six-year transportation authorization bill.  The bill, which would 
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> the expiring SAFETEA-LU, would cut transportation funding by more than 30
> percent.  The Florida Public Transportation Association, the American 
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> Transportation Association, and the IM4Transit Campaign are asking our
> members and advocates to use the link above to let your representatives 
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> this level of spending cuts is unacceptable.
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>                        We want to stress that Congressman Mica is a
> lifelong friend of transit and an esteemed member of the FPTA Hall of 
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> widespread public support for transit in Florida.
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>                        Public Transportation benefits because it creates
> jobs, gets people to work, it's green, important to our Florida's tourism
> industry, provides an alternative to traffic congestion, and helps 
> America's
> energy independence.
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>                        Please forward this email to your employees,
> friends, riders, and associates. What Congress decides on transit in the
> next few months will affect public transportation in Florida for decades 
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> come. If you do one good thing today as a citizen, click here or the above
> link and make your voice be heard. Because the people that want to cut 
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> transit by more than 30% are winning the battle right now. Let's not be
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>                        The Florida Public Transportation Association
>                        The IM4Transit Campaign
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>                        Media: Please contact Denis Eirikis for further
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> Jo Ann Hutchinson
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