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Thursday, June 15, 2006

What are You Doing This Weekend?

Posted by on June 15 at 10:51 AM

Since 78% of you don’t want the Sonics to get a public subsidy, how about helping out I-91, the initiative that would prevent just that?

Here’s a message from I-91’s Chris Van Dyk:

With over 10,000 signatures gathered, we are nearing the half-way point for our stadium-stopping ‘Sonics Pay Their Own Way’ Initiative 91. We need about 25,000 signatures to qualify 18,000 valid, by July 6th, to get I-91 on the ballot this November. Much of the credit for signatures gathered goes to SEIU Local 775—Washington State’s long term care union. A big thank you, to everyone who has helped! Any help you can give is most appreciated—if you need more petitions, please let us know. This weekend, we are planning a major push at the Fremont Fair. (If you like to avoid crowds, head to your favorite grocery store or farmer’s market!) We will be set up near the “Bridge Entrance” (the entrance nearest the Fremont Bridge) with petition boards and make-yourself-obvious-in-a-crowd yardsigns to carry. We will be there from 10:00am on, Saturday and Sunday, and if you don’t see us, call 206-854-6127. (It has been suggested that we be the first initiative drive to gather signatures in the buff at the Fremont Fair. Although the Sonics might want the shirt off your backs, please be advised, as a political organization somewhat more sensitive to public opinion than the Sonics, we don’t.) The reception to I-91 is powerful—as a recent Elway poll indicated, 78% of the public are with us, and about four out of five sign Initiative 91, and willingly. Getting signatures is just a matter of being out there. So have fun while you do it, by joining us at the Fremont Fair. Please stop by and help if you can, for a few hours. If you think you might, please email or give me a call. And if you have signed petitions in hand, please send them in! And thanks much for your help already! Chris Van Dyk, Co - Chair Citizens for More Important Things PO Box 4473 Seattle, WA 98194 cvandyk5@msn.com

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After the Sonics are wisely told no way, will the Citizens for More Important Things actually stick around to help with the more important things, or disappear like you did following the Mariner and Seahawks stadium battles?

What specifically does this initiative accomplish? And don't give me that vague, idealist theoretical bullshit about how it's good for the city and it sends a message to the Sonics or something. What actual concrete specific legal ramifications come to pass if the initiative becomes law?

Already signed it, so I'm going to be the Green Mesmerist in the League of Big Green Hat Superheroes at the Fremont Solstice Parade, passing the green hat to pay for next year's Fremont Solstice Parade and Pageant. details (and a pic of a friend of mine, Purple Mark) at www.fremontartscouncil.org if you want to attend or participate.

Also, the initiative (which I HAVE read, kthx) is vague, lacks concrete provisions and accomplishes nothing significant.

My point in my first comment is that, in asking people to sign the initiative in his post, Josh should've done the right thing and pointed out to the uninitiated what it would accomplish if passed, i.e. he should've explained WHY people should sign it.

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