Thursday, December 15, 2005
Please Vote to Save New Orleans
The New York Times on December 11 wrote that the nation is about to
lose New Orleans: "The moment is upon us when a major American city
will die, leaving nothing but a few shells for tourists to visit like
a museum."
These are sobering words for millions of Americans who genuinely love
the city of New Orleans. We are residents and former residents of the
city. We are tourists and conventioneers; history buffs and
architecture aficionados. We are jazz lovers, art collectors and
epicureans. We are tango dancers, teachers and promoters.
We are Americans who care about the future of New Orleans.
Please do not let New Orleans die. Please support every effort to help
its residents rebuild, restore and repopulate their great city. It is
up to us to save this significant American city.
Revitalizing New Orleans means building higher and stronger levees,
engineering better flood protection systems and the restoration of the
Gulf's wetlands. Each of these initiatives requires federal funding,
and your vote of support.
Please vote to save New Orleans.
This week, Congress will make a critical decision that may singularly
determine how a storm-devastated New Orleans will rebuild, and how
many of its scores of displaced residents will return to live and work
and dance tango among each other and with visitors from all over the
world.
Your legislative leaders have the power to fund a rebuilt levee system
designed to withstand the most powerful storms. Funding approval is
critical to the stability and the security of one of America's most
cherished cities.
Today, you have the power to be a Voice for New Orleans. Please take a
moment to send an e-mail to your legislators and ask them to support
the future of New Orleans. Let them know that protecting this city is
important to you, please.
Take action now at
http://www.democracyinaction.org/ovno/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1682
lose New Orleans: "The moment is upon us when a major American city
will die, leaving nothing but a few shells for tourists to visit like
a museum."
These are sobering words for millions of Americans who genuinely love
the city of New Orleans. We are residents and former residents of the
city. We are tourists and conventioneers; history buffs and
architecture aficionados. We are jazz lovers, art collectors and
epicureans. We are tango dancers, teachers and promoters.
We are Americans who care about the future of New Orleans.
Please do not let New Orleans die. Please support every effort to help
its residents rebuild, restore and repopulate their great city. It is
up to us to save this significant American city.
Revitalizing New Orleans means building higher and stronger levees,
engineering better flood protection systems and the restoration of the
Gulf's wetlands. Each of these initiatives requires federal funding,
and your vote of support.
Please vote to save New Orleans.
This week, Congress will make a critical decision that may singularly
determine how a storm-devastated New Orleans will rebuild, and how
many of its scores of displaced residents will return to live and work
and dance tango among each other and with visitors from all over the
world.
Your legislative leaders have the power to fund a rebuilt levee system
designed to withstand the most powerful storms. Funding approval is
critical to the stability and the security of one of America's most
cherished cities.
Today, you have the power to be a Voice for New Orleans. Please take a
moment to send an e-mail to your legislators and ask them to support
the future of New Orleans. Let them know that protecting this city is
important to you, please.
Take action now at
http://www.democracyinaction.org/ovno/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1682
