[ZION] SLC Main Street Plaza
From: Rob Hanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu Dec 12, 2002 4:27 pm Subject: PLAZA UPDATE 12-12-02 FRIENDS OF MAIN STREET UPDATE - DEC 12, 2002 Thank you! Thank You! Thank You! Thanks for all of your signatures, e-mails, phone calls and letters to the Mayor and City Council in favor of giving the easement to the LDS Church. I am sure that most of you are aware from the news reports that only about 200 people came to the council meeting and our rally. While we are very grateful to those who gave us their support we are afraid that the impact on the City Council wasn't quite what we had hoped for. Please know what is going on. Under the banner of the constitution and the right to free speech, the Main Street Plaza is being used for many things. Young brides and grooms are being mocked and even spit at as they have their pictures taken on the Temple grounds. The protesters have called innocent women whores because they belong to the Church that is the whore of the earth. There have been wine tasting parties and anti-Mormon literature being passed out. These are just a few of the problems and they are taking place on what was supposed to be private church property. The LDS Church has to protect our sacred Temple, one way or another. The best and most cost-efficient way is for the City to dissolve the easement and make the Plaza Private property. If the City decides to allow this issue to go to the Supreme Court then Mayor Anderson's agenda will be accomplished in my opinion. Rocky and the ACLU will have struck the publicity gold mine. All of us have conflicts and choices of activities at this wonderful time of year and all of them seem to be good choices. We understand the commitment to family, church and business activities. We humbly beg you to make the choice to defend the Church and our sacred Temple by attending the City Council Meeting with the Friends of Main Street Plaza on December 17th. Your physical presence is the thing that will make the difference. The meeting is at the City offices at 451 South State Street. It begins at 5:30 and public comment is scheduled from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. The building is very large. The seating capacity of the various rooms will only be about 200 - 250 but the hallways are vast and will hold several thousand people. Please be there. We need to let the Mayor, the City Council and world know how important our Temple is to us and to those who spend 40 years to build it. Consider bringing your families, your relief societies, quorums and youth groups. This is an opportunity to do something important. Yes it may be cold outside. Yes it is difficult to park downtown (ride Trax). Yes, this could even be considered a sacrifice but we are not asking you to cross the frozen Mississippi River. We need your help. Please pass this on to everyone you know. Keep the petitions going. We need thousands of signatures. New petition form is attached that gives more information. We only have a few days to get the word out. Commit to be there and bring someone with you. If you are new to the effort you can download the previous documents that explains all of what we are doing at www.bridgepoint.com/plaza. You may also e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for your support. -- Rob Hanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: [ZION] SLC Main Street Plaza
I have read this e-mail below and now understand. Disregard my last e-mail. If out of state support will count on this issue I will call, but they may check on how many phone calls are coming from out of state numbers. Please send me information on whether out of state support will do any good before I call. I'm worried that if too many out of state people call they will find this out and then you won't get the desired result. Stacy. At 02:37 PM 12/13/2002 +, you wrote: From: Rob Hanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu Dec 12, 2002 4:27 pm Subject: PLAZA UPDATE 12-12-02 FRIENDS OF MAIN STREET UPDATE - DEC 12, 2002 Thank you! Thank You! Thank You! Thanks for all of your signatures, e-mails, phone calls and letters to the Mayor and City Council in favor of giving the easement to the LDS Church. I am sure that most of you are aware from the news reports that only about 200 people came to the council meeting and our rally. While we are very grateful to those who gave us their support we are afraid that the impact on the City Council wasn't quite what we had hoped for. Please know what is going on. Under the banner of the constitution and the right to free speech, the Main Street Plaza is being used for many things. Young brides and grooms are being mocked and even spit at as they have their pictures taken on the Temple grounds. The protesters have called innocent women whores because they belong to the Church that is the whore of the earth. There have been wine tasting parties and anti-Mormon literature being passed out. These are just a few of the problems and they are taking place on what was supposed to be private church property. The LDS Church has to protect our sacred Temple, one way or another. The best and most cost-efficient way is for the City to dissolve the easement and make the Plaza Private property. If the City decides to allow this issue to go to the Supreme Court then Mayor Anderson's agenda will be accomplished in my opinion. Rocky and the ACLU will have struck the publicity gold mine. All of us have conflicts and choices of activities at this wonderful time of year and all of them seem to be good choices. We understand the commitment to family, church and business activities. We humbly beg you to make the choice to defend the Church and our sacred Temple by attending the City Council Meeting with the Friends of Main Street Plaza on December 17th. Your physical presence is the thing that will make the difference. The meeting is at the City offices at 451 South State Street. It begins at 5:30 and public comment is scheduled from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. The building is very large. The seating capacity of the various rooms will only be about 200 - 250 but the hallways are vast and will hold several thousand people. Please be there. We need to let the Mayor, the City Council and world know how important our Temple is to us and to those who spend 40 years to build it. Consider bringing your families, your relief societies, quorums and youth groups. This is an opportunity to do something important. Yes it may be cold outside. Yes it is difficult to park downtown (ride Trax). Yes, this could even be considered a sacrifice but we are not asking you to cross the frozen Mississippi River. We need your help. Please pass this on to everyone you know. Keep the petitions going. We need thousands of signatures. New petition form is attached that gives more information. We only have a few days to get the word out. Commit to be there and bring someone with you. If you are new to the effort you can download the previous documents that explains all of what we are doing at www.bridgepoint.com/plaza. You may also e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for your support. -- Rob Hanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.423 / Virus Database: 238 - Release Date: 11/25/2002 // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: [ZION] SLC Main Street Plaza request
I haven't been keeping up on this issue and would like to refresh my mind on the issue before I call. If out of state votes can count, I'll lend my support, but send me the article privately at my address again because I've forgotten about the issue. Thank you. Stacy Smith, Pasadena, CA At 02:39 PM 12/13/2002 +, you wrote: Messages Messages Help From: Rob Hanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 8:12 AM Subject: RE: can Calif. lds help? I appreciate your concern and support to the Main Street Plaza Issue. As of yet, we didn't see the need to seek out involvement of people from out of state. There's however, one thing that you can do to express your support to the church's position. Below is the email we've been passing around since yesterday, Dec. 05. From Rob Hanks, Sent on 12/05/02 I've just learned that there is a phone number we can call to make our wishes known to the City Council on the Main Street conflict. The number is (801) 535-7600. At the prompt, select 1 if you are in favor of the city retaining easement; select 2 if you are in favor of the City turning over easement to the LDS Church. As of yesterday 3000 votes had been cast in favor of retaining easement, and only 300 votes had been cast in favor of turning over the easement. Because this number hasn't been widely circulated, it almost looks like it has been done on purpose so the Church won't get enough votes. Today, I just made the call myself, and the option 2 mailbox is full. Select 0 and speak to a live person. The lady I spoke with told me as of today they can't keep the option 2 mailbox empty! Keep trying if you don't get through at first. Often the mailbox is full. You can also email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or fax your comments to 535-7651. I would encourage you to call and voice your opinion. Even if you don't live in Salt Lake City you can express your opinion. Pass this on to as many people as you can. -- Rob Hanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.423 / Virus Database: 238 - Release Date: 11/25/2002 // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
