Good News/Bad News

The Good News: Today was our best day at Market so far. With four of us gathering petition signatures for 3-hours, we totaled 91.

The Bad News: After 5-months of petitioning, we have just over 2100 signatures. With about a month to go, we need at least 2900 more. That means roughly 100 per day for the next 30-days.  Judging from what we've managed in 5-months (i.e., 148-days), that's going to be tough. Time is running out, and we really need your help. Here's how:

• If you have not signed a hard-copy petition yet, do so. If you endorsed the on-line petition, that's great, but we need your actual signature on a paper petition for it to support getting this on the Fall general election ballot.
• If you are gathering petition signatures yourself, please step up your efforts.
• If you would like to gather signatures, please contact us and petition(s) will be provided.

6/6 Fairhaven Farmers' Market Report

Just one of us at this event on Wednesday. Crowds were heavier than expected. Four hours of tabling netted more than three dozen petition signatures.

Our time to gather 5000 to 7000 petition signatures is down to just over a month, and our total is just over 2000. So without lots more volunteers, our efforts to get Bellingham Initiative No. 2012-01 on the November general election ballot as PROPOSITION NO. 1 appears pretty much doomed! Please advise if you can help! Later . . .

6/2 Farmers' Market Report

Although challenged by the rain, just two of us managed to gather more than 3-dozen petition signatures today. With the help of a yard umbrella and clear plastic bags, we were able to keep our petitions dry and "signable"!

We'll be "on the green", as it were, for the opening day of the Fairhaven Farmers' Market on this next Wednesday afternoon.  If you are a registered voter, live within the City and support the idea of getting Bellingham Initiative 2012-01 on the November general election ballot as Proposition No. 1, please stop by our table and sign a petition.  THANKS!  Later . . .

29th May, 2012 Update

• Collected more than 40 petition signatures at the Saturday, 5/26 Farmers' Market.  We'll be back there again next Saturday, 6/2.
• Not so many petition signers at Ski to Sea, probably because folks were more interested in the revelry of the event than limiting fireworks in our City.
• Our first petition signature collection efforts today at both dog off-lease areas were very productive.  We'll definitely be returning many times in the next 6-weeks.   

Busy Memorial Day Weekend

The weather has turned gorgeous, and we will be out and about gathering petition signatures over this Memorial Day Holiday:

• On Saturday, we will be tabling at the Farmers' Market, between 10AM and 1PM, at the corner of Railroad and East Chestnut.
• On Sunday, the Democracy for America folks will be tabling for us in Fairhaven, starting at 10AM, at the rear of Village Books, near the Village Green.

If you are a registered voter in Bellingham, please stop by either location and sign our petition to get Proposition No. 1 on the ballot in November. Later . . .

Another Northwest Citizen Piece

Local activist Richard Conoboy just yesterday posted, in the Northwest Citizen, another interesting article regarding our efforts to limit fireworks in the City to professionally-staged public fireworks displays. It's an update to his January 20, 2011 article in this local newspaper (http://www.nwcitizen.com/entry/fireworks-in-bellingham) and it's worth a look: http://www.nwcitizen.com/entry/no-fireworks-by-conoboy.  Later . . .

Southside Community Meeting Report

Glad to report successful petition signature gathering at the Southside Community Meeting last evening. Filled one full petition. That's another twenty (20) toward the 5000 to 7000 signatures we need before the 2nd week in July to get PROP NO. 1 on the ballot in November. Later . . .