URGENT: Healthy Saturdays opponents are planning a press conference Tuesday a.m. prior to the Board of Sups meeting. We need to ensure that we can counter with facts and keep up the support.... we are closer than we have ever been on this one. Please help: 1) Please hold some time Tuesday at lunch to drop by city hall and show support for healthy saturdays "wave some signs, etc". We will likely need a press conference ourselves to make sure the facts get out. If you can stay for part of the hearing that would be good 2) Let me know if you can spend an hour or two monday night at the bike coalition helping put the event together (eg eat some pizza, make some signs) 3) If you are available Tuesday afternoon to come watch the debate and vote, send me your cell phone and we will phone tree when it comes up. It will be important to have some supporters there. 4) Please forward this email to other folks. We need to get the word out on this final push. Stay tuned for more info (eg exact time and place of our press conference.) Remember, Sundays have been wildly successful for 39 years, even before there was a garage in the park. Now that there is a garage it is time to try Saturdays. This was promised by the opponents and car free space in the park does NOT hurt the de Young We ARE winning this, we have the votes on the board but it is critical that we have a stronger turnout here, otherwise we may be susceptible to the delay tactics that the opponents are currently pushing. GREAT COVERAGE IN THE PRESS: ------------------------------------------ SF Weekly: Artistic, Deception http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/2006-04-19/news/smith.html ------------------------------------------ SF BAY Guardian: Dede Wilsey's Whoppers http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=326 ------------------------------------------ BeyondChron: Healthy Saturdays Opponents face major set backs as misinformation campaign backfires http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=3165 ------------------------------------------ Please turn out Tuesday before lunch at City Hall! We can win this one. Take care Ted more info at ww.SFBike.org/ggp