Eric Frost
June 4th, 2008, 09:50 AM
<TABLE id=content_LETTER.BLOCK5 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=10 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #626262; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" align=left styleclass="style_MainText">We're passing on information from our friends and colleagues at Save Grant Park (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014yOuAA2Uwetyzj435LiIumz4xcdWVFGYNXy1BO 9IwtkJPQDQUDEiAHS-rj7xE7d3prsQhl4jaRzfu1HzpIqgREGiCnNaFgN6TlDGr8-a9zgfh9Znn5sb_g==). If you want to get information directly from them, please go their web site and sign up for their newsletter.
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #626262; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" align=middle>http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101093164665/promolandscaper_div1.gif</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE id=content_LETTER.BLOCK8 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=10 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #626262; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" align=left styleclass="style_MainText">Let's All Work Together to Save Our Parks!
Protect Our Parks is part of the Save Grant Park Coalition. We see the land grabs in Lincoln Park and Grant Park as very similar in a number of ways:
- in both cases a private institution with clout and connections muscled their way onto public park land, attempting to grab priceless lake front property for their private use
- in both cases the legal process for review and planning were ignored and abused
- in both cases the public's wishes were ignored and defied
- in both cases no alternative sites were considered where the proposed facility would make sense (and be welcomed)
- in both cases thousands of angry neighbors, park lovers and concerned citizens have rallied to protect their parks and demand an end to sweetheart deals and trading away of public land
Protect Our Parks opposes the Children's Museum land grab in Grant Park.
Here's how you can participate:
(1) Call your Aldermen now to tell them to vote NO on putting the Children's Museum in Grant Park. Find your Alderman here: <A href="http://www.chicityclerk.com/citycouncil/alderman/find.html" target=_blank linktype="undefined" track="off">http://www.chicityclerk.com/citycouncil/alderman/find.html
(2) Sign the online petition at http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-grant-park.html (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014yOuAA2UwevnkORgBx3qVUnoxk7gHob5kia7rB p2xFlVLKGaD9igFK210KJAOPUByL_RFw4UTZwmQ9e_QZRCoQ4W tzJibIUILZV3_zJPR9j7-R995JfJmhgNwUL0plG5jhUkW5YdEhfAh0FrLp54VNAdWtezHDk M).
(3) Come to the City Council Chambers on Wednesday, June 11 at 10am. Bring a sign, perhaps something like "Open and Clear - Hands Off Grant Park!"
(4) For more information, go to www.savegrantpark.org (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014yOuAA2Uwetyzj435LiIumz4xcdWVFGYNXy1BO 9IwtkJPQDQUDEiAHS-rj7xE7d3prsQhl4jaRzfu1HzpIqgREGiCnNaFgN6TlDGr8-a9zgfh9Znn5sb_g==).
We're all in this fight to protect our parks together!
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE id=content_LETTER.BLOCK10 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=10 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #626262; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" styleclass="style_MainText">Thanks for your interest and support!
Your neighbors at POP.
www.protectourparks.org (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014yOuAA2Uwetyzj435LiIumz4xcdWVFGYNXy1BO 9IwtkJPQDQUDEiAHS-rj7xE7d3prsQhl4jaRzfu1HzpIqgREGiCnNaFgN6TlDGr8-a9zgfh9Znn5sb_g==)
info@cklpp.org (info@cklpp.org)
312-276-5165
Sign our NEW online petition at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Keep_Lincoln_Park_Green (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014yOuAA2Uwet9iESDCHeixAF5vur6bBwsDX3G1r FItguBVRZWOS2FL60XmrFAYCjyxOKPjZhAaPPhfqcb93FFiPnI 9RYDIjrJ_BV5rJD4-w6c1rjm3fxXRNJ17HWY_UJB1adx08Ap1WqEOVocfXSNrkKJgNO oel_zaGhVWh3oHJU=)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #626262; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" align=middle>http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101093164665/promolandscaper_div1.gif</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE id=content_LETTER.BLOCK8 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=10 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #626262; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" align=left styleclass="style_MainText">Let's All Work Together to Save Our Parks!
Protect Our Parks is part of the Save Grant Park Coalition. We see the land grabs in Lincoln Park and Grant Park as very similar in a number of ways:
- in both cases a private institution with clout and connections muscled their way onto public park land, attempting to grab priceless lake front property for their private use
- in both cases the legal process for review and planning were ignored and abused
- in both cases the public's wishes were ignored and defied
- in both cases no alternative sites were considered where the proposed facility would make sense (and be welcomed)
- in both cases thousands of angry neighbors, park lovers and concerned citizens have rallied to protect their parks and demand an end to sweetheart deals and trading away of public land
Protect Our Parks opposes the Children's Museum land grab in Grant Park.
Here's how you can participate:
(1) Call your Aldermen now to tell them to vote NO on putting the Children's Museum in Grant Park. Find your Alderman here: <A href="http://www.chicityclerk.com/citycouncil/alderman/find.html" target=_blank linktype="undefined" track="off">http://www.chicityclerk.com/citycouncil/alderman/find.html
(2) Sign the online petition at http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-grant-park.html (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014yOuAA2UwevnkORgBx3qVUnoxk7gHob5kia7rB p2xFlVLKGaD9igFK210KJAOPUByL_RFw4UTZwmQ9e_QZRCoQ4W tzJibIUILZV3_zJPR9j7-R995JfJmhgNwUL0plG5jhUkW5YdEhfAh0FrLp54VNAdWtezHDk M).
(3) Come to the City Council Chambers on Wednesday, June 11 at 10am. Bring a sign, perhaps something like "Open and Clear - Hands Off Grant Park!"
(4) For more information, go to www.savegrantpark.org (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014yOuAA2Uwetyzj435LiIumz4xcdWVFGYNXy1BO 9IwtkJPQDQUDEiAHS-rj7xE7d3prsQhl4jaRzfu1HzpIqgREGiCnNaFgN6TlDGr8-a9zgfh9Znn5sb_g==).
We're all in this fight to protect our parks together!
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Your neighbors at POP.
www.protectourparks.org (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014yOuAA2Uwetyzj435LiIumz4xcdWVFGYNXy1BO 9IwtkJPQDQUDEiAHS-rj7xE7d3prsQhl4jaRzfu1HzpIqgREGiCnNaFgN6TlDGr8-a9zgfh9Znn5sb_g==)
info@cklpp.org (info@cklpp.org)
312-276-5165
Sign our NEW online petition at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Keep_Lincoln_Park_Green (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014yOuAA2Uwet9iESDCHeixAF5vur6bBwsDX3G1r FItguBVRZWOS2FL60XmrFAYCjyxOKPjZhAaPPhfqcb93FFiPnI 9RYDIjrJ_BV5rJD4-w6c1rjm3fxXRNJ17HWY_UJB1adx08Ap1WqEOVocfXSNrkKJgNO oel_zaGhVWh3oHJU=)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>