SAVE PEDAL EXPRESS !!!

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Author: Jason Meggs
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 00:00

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                       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.

Re: SAVE PEDAL EXPRESS !!!

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Author: stash810
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 00:00

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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.

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