From: "Drumm, Daniel L." <DRUMM@uwec.edu> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:23:52 -0500 Subject: Help Us Stop the Jail - Today and Wednesday Message-ID: <EEA4CA65D05DC54E874A89D9F51868194FA5839DF5@CHERRYCOKE.uwec.edu>
Hello!
This is a message I've sent to my contacts and thought you might want to do
the same. Feel free to forward this message to as many people as you can.
Also, don't forget to call/email City Council and Plan Commission members
too! Thanks. . .
We've almost won! We have convinced many city officials that a riverfront
jail, or a jail of this size anywhere, is a bad idea.
But we need your help - Without extra input from the public, we may lose th
is fight.
I'm hoping you'll have time and an inclination to help us at this crucial h
our. The CAJE (Citizens for Accountability in Jail Expansion) need people
to contact City Council members regarding the proposed jail project. In ap
prox. 2 weeks, the City Council will vote on the County Board's request to
rezone property for the jail expansion project. We can stop the project an
d get everyone back to the drawing board if the City Council rejects the re
zoning request. We need lots of Eau Claire citizens to contact City Counci
l members and also Plan Commission members (who make recommendations to the
City Council about the rezoning issue), and let them know about our opposi
tion to the project. Will you help?
First, either email, telephone, or write a letter to City Council and/or Pl
an Commission members (just one, several, or all of them). All you need to
say is: (1) you're a voter in Eau Claire, (2) you're opposed to the jail p
roject as it's been proposed, and (3) you do not want the city to go forwar
d with rezoning the designated property. I've attached a contact list for C
ity Council and Plan Commission members for your use.
Second, try to find people to who will make similar contacts. Let's just t
ry to find at least 5-10 people each week who would agree to send emails or
make telephone calls. Then, ask those folks to contact 5-10 people to do
the same thing. We should keep this up until the vote is in.
I've also attached our recent CAJE newsletter plus the poster for the Wedne
sday Aug 6 Jail Awareness Rally at City Hall at 4 PM. Help spread the word
about that too!
Third, If you're interested in supplemental information about the proposed
jail, go to www.jenanddan.com/jail<http://www.jenanddan.com/jail> for: (1)
the jail site plan; (2) the City's comprehensive plan that provides the ci
ty's vision for Eau Claire (which specifically designates protecting the do
wntown riverfront); (3) the National Institute of Corrections EC Judicial S
ystem analysis report (which, among other things, stipulates that the jail
expansion plan is foolish); (4) the EC Citizens for Accountability in Jail
Expansion (CAJE) Review (which provides most of the arguments against the
proposed jail); plus other information. There's also more info on the blog
at www.eccaje.blogspot.com<http://blogspot.com/>.
Thanks again for any help you can provide, and please feel free to get in t
ouch with questions. Also, feel free to distribute this to all your friends
and neighbors who support us!
-- Dan Drumm