I just did this very easy and quick, take about 2 min to support biking Jim
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: James Lamm <[email protected]> > Date: September 14, 2011 3:04:22 PM EDT > To: CyclistsOfWilson COWs <[email protected]> > Subject: [COWs] Fwd: URGENT! Email your U.S. Senators today to preserve bike > funding > Reply-To: [email protected] > > All, > If you believe, as I do, that funding for biking is important, please read > the message from "peopleforbikes.org" and respond appropriately. Thanks. > James Lamm > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tim Blumenthal, peopleforbikes.org <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 2:45 PM > Subject: URGENT! Email your U.S. Senators today to preserve bike funding > To: James Lamm <[email protected]> > > > > Dear James, > > Federal funding for bicycling is under serious attack. Today or tomorrow, > Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma will introduce an amendment to eliminate > dedicated funding for Transportation Enhancements, which is the main source > of funding for bike projects of all types. We need you to take action today > by emailing your U.S. Senators to urge them to oppose and defeat Mr. Coburn's > amendment. > > If Senator Coburn's amendment succeeds, bicycling in the U.S. will become > less safe and more difficult. Twenty years of consistent, cost-effective > investment in beneficial bike projects will stop. > > When we launched peopleforbikes.org, we promised you that we would only ask > for your help when we really needed it. This is one of those times. > > We need every U.S. Senator to hear from hundreds, if not thousands, of their > constituents who value government support for bicycling. A strong vote > against Coburn's amendment will be a convincing statement of how much > Congress and Americans value bicycling, and will influence all future votes > on bike and pedestrian programs and funding. > > Please email your U.S. Senators today and tell them to oppose Coburn's > amendment and preserve funding for bicycling. (You can find your Senators, > review basic suggested text for your email, and send your note directly from > this link.) > > Thanks for your support and your quick response to this call to action. > > Tim Blumenthal > Director, Peopleforbikes.org > > Unsubscribe | Contact Us > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
