Dear Spikey:

I am a public access producer on Long Island and try to show as many
worthwhile programs as I can on our local channel.  Please let me know when
your tape is available.

Robert M. Goldberg
Jericho, NY
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>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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