<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">“To succeed you have to believe in something with such a passion that it becomes a Reality.”<div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Anna Zivarts <annazivarts@gmail.com><br><b>Date:</b> October 1, 2024 at 6:10:47 PM PDT<br><b>To:</b> Disability Mobility Initiative <dismobility@googlegroups.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Fwd: Event help.</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:-apple-system,helveticaneue;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I'm passing this message along from the No on 2117 campaign about some events they are holding this weekend. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:-apple-system,helveticaneue;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)">This is the campaign to keep the climate commitment act from being repealed, which funds transit service and transit improvements throughout the state.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:-apple-system,helveticaneue;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0)">For more context, at the very bottom of this email I copied the draft of an OpEd I’m writing about how why I hope our voters reject 2117.</div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Anna Zivarts<div><div>Author, <a href="https://islandpress.org/books/when-driving-not-option" target="_blank">When Driving Isn't An Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency</a> (Island Press, 2024)</div><div><br></div><div><img width="63" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zFNahudlI_lvsIpN6bxKMsizWBJKyycRvTCIFGmtcVu6sYyWwVmOw6sHXt3757niaXDxV-SYA" data-unique-identifier=""></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Carl Frank</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:carl@no2117.com" target="_blank">carl@no2117.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 4:30 PM<br>Subject: Event help.<br>To: <<a href="mailto:Annazivarts@gmail.com" target="_blank">Annazivarts@gmail.com</a>>,<br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hi Anna</span></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Governor would really like to see as many supporters as possible. We need bodies for visibility. This is a rally and a canvas and we need to draw a crowd. We are meeting at the following places.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">In Tacoma at Mi Centro at 1:00 PM: </span><a href="https://www.mobilize.us/no2117/event/711844/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.mobilize.us/no2117/event/711844/</span></a><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">In Auburn at Living Well Kent at 10:30 AM: </span><a href="https://www.mobilize.us/no2117/event/711860/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.mobilize.us/no2117/event/711860/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">In Everett at 2:00 PM at the Labor Temple: </span><a href="https://www.mobilize.us/no2117/event/711707/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.mobilize.us/no2117/event/711707/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">and in Bellingham at 10:30 AM at Asian Brewing : <a href="https://www.mobilize.us/no2117/event/711697/" style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://www.mobilize.us/no2117/event/711697/</a></span></p><div><br></div><div>Thank you so much, Anna.</div></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Carl Frank<div>Deputy Field Director | No on 2117</div><div>724.301.5687</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(34,34,34)">30 Percent of Washingtonian’s Don’t Drive -- Voting No on 2117 Will Ensure We Can Still Access Our Communities</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">By Anna Zivarts</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Like a lot of Washingtonians, I took my kid on vacation to the Olympic Peninsula this summer. We rode Mason and Jefferson transit buses to connect from my folks’ home in Olympia up to Port Townsend, and then the next morning rode Jefferson and Clallam transit buses to get to the bike trail near Crescent Lake. Both my kid and I were thrilled to be able to make this -- a trip that wouldn’t have been possible without rural transit service. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I grew up in Olympia and was born with a neurological condition that makes my eyes shake and means I can’t see well enough to get a driver's license. For many years, I lived in New York City because I loved having transit access, but I wanted to raise my kid close to his grandparents, and so I moved back to Washington in 2018. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">One of the first things I noticed was how difficult it was to get around Washington. Between regional rail and intercity buses, from NYC I felt like I could get to almost any town on the East Coast. It wasn’t like that in Washington: few inter-city bus options existed, and local transit agency routes were so limited that planning a trip to visit a different part of the state outside the I-5 corridor felt insurmountable. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">That has changed in the last six years, but I worry that with the threat of Initiative 2117, </span><a href="https://riskofrepeal.cleanprosperousinstitute.org/#Map" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,85,204)">critical funding to support transit service across our state will be lost. </span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">And I guarantee I’m not the only person who would lose access. On the 6am bus from Sequim to Port Angeles, my kid and I were joined by more than a dozen other passengers. </span><a href="https://leg.wa.gov/JTC/Documents/Studies/Nondrivers%202022/NondriversStudyFinalReportSummaryReport.pdf" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Roughly thirty percent</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> of our state population are nondrivers, either because of age, disability, income or choice to prioritize other expenses above car ownership. Nondrivers in Washington are more likely to be low-income, female, younger and disabled. Just because we can’t drive doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t be able to participate in our communities. Reliable transit service makes that possible. It’s important we invest in access and vote no on Initiative 2117 this November. </span></p><br><br></div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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