March 5, 2007
· Filed under goals, representatives
I just received the following reply from Commissioner Gardner to our invitation for Step It Up. She says:
Dear Toby,
Thank you for the information and the invitation to Step It Up – Frederick. I have noted the date on my calendar and will attend if I am in Town. I may be in Boston watching my son in a play at MIT that same weekend.
I do want you to know that I am preparing a resolution for the County Commissioners to consider which will endorse the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. Howard County and Anne Arundel County have recently endorsed this effort through a local executive order/resolution. As you know, the international agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, has been ratified by 141 countries but the United States is not among them. Thus, local jurisdictions are stepping up to take leadership and I believe we should join them.
I would encourage the City of Frederick to endorse the same US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement.
Jan
Hot damn! Commissioner Gardner is one of the best leaders we have in our community, and this initiative she is taking (that I’ll admit I did not know about) is great! It is one of our events goals! Now we just need to follow her lead and push this over the goal lime!
March 5, 2007
· Filed under representatives
We sent out an invitation to all of our elected officials tonight. Let’s hope they all attend. We invited:
- Frederick City Mayor & Aldermen
- Frederick County Commissioners
- Frederick County Delegation to Maryland House of Delegates and State Senate
- Frederick County Delegation to U.S. Congress (Rep. Bartlett & MD Senators)
- Gov. Martin O’Malley
Please follow up on the invitation urging them to attend. Here are the emails:
jgardner@fredco-md.net, lthompson@fredco-md.net, dgray@fredco-md.net, chjenkins@fredco-md.net, khagen@fredco-md.net, david_brinkley@senate.state.md.us, donald_elliott@house.state.md.us, joseph_bartlett@house.state.md.us, paul_stull@house.state.md.us, galen_clagett@house.statemd.us, richard_weldon@house.state.md.us, alex_mooney@senate.state.md.us, sue_hecht@house.state.md.us, Mayor@cityoffrederick.com, Mhall@cityoffrederick.com, dkoontz@cityoffrederick.com, aimhoff@cityoffrederick.com, psmith@cityoffrederick.com, dkuzemchak@cityoffrederick.com,
And here are the web pages of those who don’t have public email addresses:
- http://bartlett.house.gov/Email_Roscoe/
- http://mikulski.senate.gov/mailform.html
- http://cardin.senate.gov/contact.cfm
- http://www.gov.state.md.us/mail/
And lastly here’s the text of the email:
Dear Representatives of Frederick City and County,
On April 14th the nation and Frederick will take to the streets to urge our leadership at all levels to take action against the dangers of climate change. The rallies are organized through a national campaign, Step It Up. A group of local volunteers in partnership with various local groups are organizing the local rally, and we invite all you to attend the event, hear your constituents’ concerns, and begin work on solutions for this critical issue.
At a national level, Step It Up has been organized by environmental leader Bill McKibben and a coalition of groups. More than 800 communities nationwide will convene local Step It Up rallies on April 14, to join voices in urging our government to take actions to reduce carbon emissions 80% by 2050. For more information, please see http://stepitup.org.
Step It Up-Frederick is our community’s celebration of the national event. The day will begin
with a bike parade from Baker Park to the Carroll Creek amphitheater. Then we’ll gather for
music and a rally for a cleaner future. Afterwards Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” slide
show will be presented in the C. Burr Artz Library. For more information, please see
http://www.stepitupfrederick.com/.
The solution to climate change can only be achieved through a wide scope of action from the federal level down to the municipal. Our event will be calling for Congressional action as well as state and local initiatives such as transit, bike paths, etc. For more information on the event’s goals, please click here.
We do hope to have you attend. If you would be interested in addressing the rally, please let us know: we’d love to have you. Just now our country is recognizing the real threat posed by global warming; as a community, let’s Step It Up to start taking action to preserve our planet! We look forward to your attendance!
Best regards,
Toby Murdock
