🚀 go-pugleaf

Jason Meggs wrote:
> 
> 
>                        SAVE PEDAL EXPRESS !!!!
> 
> Pedal Express is a locally-owned business which has made international
> news.  It's the first human-powered cargo delivery service in this
> country.  It currently handles a significant volume of the local mail
> and packages for the City of Berkeley.  Personally I feel that our
> city has been greatly enriched by the presence of Pedal Express over
> the past five years.
> 
> Unfortunately, Pedal Express is in jeopardy of losing its long-term
> contract with the City because of a bureacratic SNAFU.  There is
> actually a proposal on the agenda of tomorrow (Tuesday, April 20th)
> night's City Council meeting to * BUY * A CAR * to do this job,
> in violation of their standing policies on pollution abatement
> and global warming.  This has arisen because the City Manager
> says he can't think of anytyhing better for an extra employee to do.
> (I can think of PLENTY of better things for him to do!).
> 
> PLEASE:
> 
>      a) CALL MAYOR SHIRLEY DEAN, 644-6484 (510)
> 
>      b) Send a one-click email at
> 
>                 http://www.preservenet.com/EcoCity/
> 
>      c) Come to Berkeley City Council tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7PM
>         City Council meets at Alston and MLK in downtown Berkeley
>         at Old City Hall.
> 
> And if you can put flyers on bikes, that'd be great too.
> Please page me at (510) 720-2818 to help out.
> 
> --Jason Meggs
> 
> P.S. You can also find one-click emails about HOUSING at that
>      web site.  Please visit:
> 
>                 http://www.preservenet.com/EcoCity/
> 
> P.P.S. I am not compensated in any way for doing this, I just
>        don't want our city to take a big step backwards.



Everyone loves lucrative city contracts and subsidies.