March 1 - Not Tomorrow - is Petition Day

Put March 1 at 9 a.m. on your calendar. That is the day when we will submit petitions to City Council. We are going to wait one more week – and it is the last week that we can wait.

I know that some of you marked tomorrow to come to City Council. Please mark March 1 only instead.

Here is a portion of the message that I sent earlier to those who have been active petition gatherers:

We are going to wait one more week. I know that I keep sounding like the boy who cried wolf – but next Tuesday, March 1, is our drop dead date. Why? City Council will hear TxDOT’s presentation on the Transmountain project and they will consider the Traffic Impact Analysis about building Paseo del Norte and Plexxar. We have to present petitions then.

There are 3 reasons for delaying until the last possible day:

1. It would be great if we can get another 100-200 signatures for both [petitions]. This last week gives us this opportunity.

2. Some of the key players for this petition can’t make it tomorrow but can for March 1.

3. Finally, I have a selfish reason. [A dear friend] lost her father and his Mass and Burial begin at 9 tomorrow at Ft. Bliss. I want to be there for her and her family.

So, one more week. Please keep pushing. All petitions should come to me by next Monday evening.

Jim H. Tolbert
Publisher, El Paso Naturally
Leading the way for sustainable living in the El Paso Southwest
915-525-7364
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