[Trees-executive] Fwd: Update!!

[Pauline Bartolone]

>From: "Gretchen E. Knapp" <geknapp at davesworld.net>
>To: geknapp at davesworld.net
>Subject: Update!!
>Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 15:23:46 -0500
>
>Howdy!
>	We had our regular informational meeting this morning at the Bloomington
>Public Library.
>Not a huge turnout but new faces every time.  Rep. Dan Brady stopped by for
>a few minutes.
>He hadn't replied to our questions from two weeks ago (we sent him a
>reminder fax last Thursday
>and followup phone calls this week).
>
>Questions we asked him this time:
>	1.  Was a transcript of the Rutherford meetings available to us?  Answer:
>Mark Peterson
>had put together a few handwritten notes.
>	2.  Would Rep. Rutherford allow our rep. to observe the Springfield 
>meetings?
>	Answer:  No, not at this point.
>	3.  How would HB 1776 (as summarized in The Pantagraph this morning)
>affect homeowners?
>	Answer:  He wasn't that familiar with the bill and couldn't tell us.
>	(This question was asked several times in different ways and rec'd the
>same answer each time.)
>	4.  To whom should we turn next now that HB 1776 has been sent to the
>Senate and Sen.
>Maitland being indisposed right now?
>	Answer:  Sen. Weaver and Sen. Madigan
>	5.  Would he be attending the meeting on 4/10?  (We faxed him an
>invitation several days ago.)
>	Answer:  No, but Tom Burns would be there to represent our interests.
>	(Mary reported that Rep. Rutherford's office contacted her to say that the
>rep. would not be able
>to attend because he would be out of town.)  Needless to say, we were
>amazed that Brady was unfamiliar
>with this important piece of legislation that will affect his constituents!
>
>	Two neighborhood organizations were represented at this meeting (Franklin
>Park & Dimmit's Grove).
>Their reps. will be meeting with neighbors shortly to urge a letter-writing
>campaign along with contacting
>town/city/county board representatives to urge the interim moratorium and
>heritage tree ordinance.
>
>	My letter was in the Peoria Journal-Star this morning.  Upcoming articles
>on the ribbons and IP situation
>will be in The Vidette and The Argus this week.  The Vidette had two
>articles which mentioned the IP situation
>this week.
>
>	Our next meeting will be Saturday April 21 at 10 a.m. at Heartland
>Community College (new campus on
>Raab Rd.) in room ICB 1103 (the room # was given incorrectly at the
>meeting).  Thank you, Jan, for reserving
>the room for us and for ribboning the trees.  We're certain that ISU and
>IWU wouldn't be in yellow were it not
>for HCC's leading the way!
>
>
>

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