Folks-
I sent this to  the national Public Access organization's email list that I
belong to (Alliance for Community Media). What do you think? Any ideas? Can
you help?
DDeBar
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> > From: DDeBar <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Experiment in National PATV
> > Date: Saturday, May 15, 1999 8:07 AM
> >
> > I live in Ossining, NY, in Westchester County. Our Governor, George
> Pataki,
> > is from Peekskill, two towns away.
> > He is, as you may know, probably running for President next year. He
has
> > tried to position himself as an environmentalist.
> > At the moment, our village owns 10 acres of land on the Hudson River,
which
> > they have acquired in the past 5 years. The river was formerly used for
> > industrial purposes, since Europeans first arrived. Now, since uses
have
> > become obsolete, opporunity to clean it up and use for public access to
> > the river presents itself for the first time in past 200+ years.
> > Village is trying to give it to a developer for condos. I am trying to
> > block it, and would like to enlist the help of Pataki. He hasn't yet
> > joined our effort.
> > I propose to do a PATV program about our efforts, and air it in as many
> > markets as possible. I'm hoping that the exposure would make it
expedient
> > for the governor to help us. The idea would be to do one show about our
> > past and current efforts, and then a follow up when we either succeed
or fail.
> > Please e-mail me if you are willing to air it. I will send the tape
free,
> > and will pay for dupes and postage.
> > This would be an interesting use of PA that could really demonstrate
its
> > power to enable citizen participation in government. Your help will be
> > responsible for a model riverfront park that, hopefully, will result in
> > pressure for a cleanup of the Hudson from Albany to NYC.
> > DDeBar
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