It’s Mayor Gridlock vs. The People’s Monorail
Game On People! Meet from 5-7 pm Thursday
Now that the monorail has a great financing plan, Mayor Gridlock is just pretending nothing has changed. He has shown his true colors.
It’s time to show the Mayor for what he is: a hypocrite and an opportunist who wants to spend our money on more roads and an overpriced tunnel instead of the monorail we voted for. If he thought after four votes we were going to take his betrayal lying down, he is seriously mistaken.
We have to let everyone know that Mayor Gridlock isn’t a leader. He’s just a politician.
Introducing MayorGridlock.com
Check out the nice little secret diary for Mayor Gridlock over at mayorgridlock.com. Check it out and see how the mayor doesn’t deal with our transportation problems year after year after year. Plus you’ll get to see great pictures of all the ribbons he has cut! Remember: ribbons don’t cut themselves!
Come Get the Word Out From 5pm to 7pm at City Hall
Come by between 5pm to 7pm after work in front of Seattle City Hall to help us catch people on their way home from work, hold signs and hand out information once we’ve got their attention. Seattle City Hall is on 4th Avenue between Cherry and James. We’ll have the signs and handouts there, so just bring yourself and Our goal isn’t to stand around and agree with each other or deliver fierce speeches about how upset we are. Our goal is to reach the people around us through a smart message, some humor and the undeniable need for the monorail. Hopefully, we’ll leave them thinking about why a yes vote is so important.
Here’s are the fliers we’ll be handing out.
We will work in teams of three or four spread around city hall with two people holding signs and two people handing out information. Our goal is to get out the vote, to change minds and to make sure our monorail gets built.
Why We Are Trying Something Slightly Different
Protests are interesting things. A bunch of people get together who agree with each other and rally to their cause. The protesters feel good about themselves, the press may or may not have a story, but what about all those people who walked by, who weren’t sure what you were so excited about and then headed off to their destination? Those are the people you want to reach. Have you ever found yourself by a protest and just kept on walking.
Let’s experiment in the days ahead with way to start a dialog with those people who usually walk by with smart messages and easy information to take home.
Staple Hammers and Posters Available
We will also have staple hammers and run-free posters available tomorrow for those who requested them. Information rich brochures are a few days away, but they’re coming.
October 20th, 2005 at 8:28 am
I’ll be there!
October 20th, 2005 at 9:21 am
[...] 2045 Seattle will be at City Hall tonight from 5 - 7 PM holding signs with quotes from the Mayor and passing out fliers. Come join in on the fun! [...]
October 20th, 2005 at 3:04 pm
Steve and I are coming. I’d like to volunteer to hold a sign rather than talk to people because I’m all tired and stuff, and don’t feel up to being persuasive.
October 21st, 2005 at 7:13 pm
Over the past two weeks, I’ve been putting up signs in my neighborhood to vote YES on the monorail but, mysteriously, they dissappear! Do you think Mayor Gridlock has a lead on this?