Kaptin Dumbass
03-28-2002, 02:55 AM
i was just on another website (i won't mention which one because i don't want everyone to shit their pants and accuse me of site spamming) and i can across an article that seems very important. i affects all of us so please take the time to read it. instead of typing what it's all about i'm just gonna paste it here instead...
Skateboarders, regardless of age, or size, or ability have the opportunity to help skateboarding and preserve public skateparks throughout the United States. It's simple, all we need to do is send letters to a few California legislators. Well, a few thousand letters. Maybe a few hundred thousand letters.
Why? There's a new law in California, SB 994, now being considered by California politicians, that will allow California cities to keep open the skateparks they've already built, and allow for hundreds more skateparks to built. SB 994 will guarantee public skateparks in California for the next five years, but only if we convince the legislators to approve SB 994 and send it to California's governor, Gray Davis.
Even if you don't live in California this law will affect you if you're a skateboarder. If SB 994 is not approved, if California legislators don't feel it's important, then the public skateparks in California could be shut down and close as of January 1, 2003. If California's parks closed other states' insurance providers and politicians would surely wonder why, and then perhaps re-evaluate whether their public parks should remain open.
California's liability law, SB 994, is important to every skateboader, everywhere. Skateboarders can help skateboarding by writing letters to these few legislators, urging their support of the new law. It's not just skateboarders, either, it's skateboarders parents, friends, teachers, business associates...anyone can write these legislators letters to let them know we want public skateparks as part of skateboarding's future.
Below is a sample letter that you can use to send and a list of people you need to send them to. And tell your friends. Pass it on.
Don't wait. Do it today! Do it right NOW!
SAMPLE LETTER:
Copy and paste into you email or document program and email, fax and/or mail to the list of politicians listed below. Now, today, pronto!
March 8, 2002
Dear Senator (name),
As a long-time skateboarder I'm urging you to support SB 994.
California's skateboarders need safe places to practice their sport of choice.
Thank you for your consideration.
Appreciative Skateboarder,
(sign name / address / email address)
This is the list of California Assemblymembers who need to receive thousands of letters from skateboarders expressing their support for SB 994. These assemblymembers are all members of the assembly's judiciary committee. It's the committee that will make or break SB 994.
Assemblymember Darrell Steinberg
assemblymember.steinberg@assembly.ca.gov
(he serves the area of Sacramento)
Assemblymember Robert Pacheco
State Capitol, 4177
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2060
916-319-2160 fax
assemblymember.robert.pacheco@assembly.ca.gov
(he serves the area of City of Industry)
Assemblymember Tom Harman
State Capitol, 515
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2067
916-319-2167 fax
assemblymember.Harman@assembly.ca.gov
(he serves the area of Huntington Beach)
Assemblymember Patricia Bates
State Capitol, 6031
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2073
916-319-2173 fax
assemblymember.bates@assembly.ca.gov
(she serves the area of Oceanside and Laguna Niguel)
Assemblymember John Dutra
PO Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
916-319-2020
916-319-2120 fax
assemblymember.dutra@assembly.ca.gov
(he serves the area of Fremont)
Assemblymember Hannah Beth Jackson
PO Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
916-319-2035
916-319-2135 fax
assemblymember.Jackson@assembly.ca.gov
(she serves the areas of Santa Barbara and Ventura)
Assemblymember Howard Wayne
PO Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
916-319-2078
916-319-2178 fax
assemblymember.wayne@assembly.ca.gov
(he serves the area of San Diego)
Assemblymember John Longville
PO Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
916-319-2062
916-319-2162 fax
assemblymember.Longville@assembly.ca.gov
(he serves the area of San Bernadino)
Assemblymember Ellen Corbett
PO Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
916-319-2018
916-319-2118 fax
assemblymember.Corbett@assembly.ca.gov
(she serves the east bay area Hayward / San Leandro)
Assemblymember Kevin Shelley
State Capitol, 319
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2012
916-319-2112 fax
assemblymember.shelley@assembly.ca.gov
(he serves the area of San Mateo)
guys i think we all need to do what we can to make sure that skateparks continue to be built!
Skateboarders, regardless of age, or size, or ability have the opportunity to help skateboarding and preserve public skateparks throughout the United States. It's simple, all we need to do is send letters to a few California legislators. Well, a few thousand letters. Maybe a few hundred thousand letters.
Why? There's a new law in California, SB 994, now being considered by California politicians, that will allow California cities to keep open the skateparks they've already built, and allow for hundreds more skateparks to built. SB 994 will guarantee public skateparks in California for the next five years, but only if we convince the legislators to approve SB 994 and send it to California's governor, Gray Davis.
Even if you don't live in California this law will affect you if you're a skateboarder. If SB 994 is not approved, if California legislators don't feel it's important, then the public skateparks in California could be shut down and close as of January 1, 2003. If California's parks closed other states' insurance providers and politicians would surely wonder why, and then perhaps re-evaluate whether their public parks should remain open.
California's liability law, SB 994, is important to every skateboader, everywhere. Skateboarders can help skateboarding by writing letters to these few legislators, urging their support of the new law. It's not just skateboarders, either, it's skateboarders parents, friends, teachers, business associates...anyone can write these legislators letters to let them know we want public skateparks as part of skateboarding's future.
Below is a sample letter that you can use to send and a list of people you need to send them to. And tell your friends. Pass it on.
Don't wait. Do it today! Do it right NOW!
SAMPLE LETTER:
Copy and paste into you email or document program and email, fax and/or mail to the list of politicians listed below. Now, today, pronto!
March 8, 2002
Dear Senator (name),
As a long-time skateboarder I'm urging you to support SB 994.
California's skateboarders need safe places to practice their sport of choice.
Thank you for your consideration.
Appreciative Skateboarder,
(sign name / address / email address)
This is the list of California Assemblymembers who need to receive thousands of letters from skateboarders expressing their support for SB 994. These assemblymembers are all members of the assembly's judiciary committee. It's the committee that will make or break SB 994.
Assemblymember Darrell Steinberg
assemblymember.steinberg@assembly.ca.gov
(he serves the area of Sacramento)
Assemblymember Robert Pacheco
State Capitol, 4177
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2060
916-319-2160 fax
assemblymember.robert.pacheco@assembly.ca.gov
(he serves the area of City of Industry)
Assemblymember Tom Harman
State Capitol, 515
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2067
916-319-2167 fax
assemblymember.Harman@assembly.ca.gov
(he serves the area of Huntington Beach)
Assemblymember Patricia Bates
State Capitol, 6031
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2073
916-319-2173 fax
assemblymember.bates@assembly.ca.gov
(she serves the area of Oceanside and Laguna Niguel)
Assemblymember John Dutra
PO Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
916-319-2020
916-319-2120 fax
assemblymember.dutra@assembly.ca.gov
(he serves the area of Fremont)
Assemblymember Hannah Beth Jackson
PO Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
916-319-2035
916-319-2135 fax
assemblymember.Jackson@assembly.ca.gov
(she serves the areas of Santa Barbara and Ventura)
Assemblymember Howard Wayne
PO Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
916-319-2078
916-319-2178 fax
assemblymember.wayne@assembly.ca.gov
(he serves the area of San Diego)
Assemblymember John Longville
PO Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
916-319-2062
916-319-2162 fax
assemblymember.Longville@assembly.ca.gov
(he serves the area of San Bernadino)
Assemblymember Ellen Corbett
PO Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0001
916-319-2018
916-319-2118 fax
assemblymember.Corbett@assembly.ca.gov
(she serves the east bay area Hayward / San Leandro)
Assemblymember Kevin Shelley
State Capitol, 319
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2012
916-319-2112 fax
assemblymember.shelley@assembly.ca.gov
(he serves the area of San Mateo)
guys i think we all need to do what we can to make sure that skateparks continue to be built!