4/14/04

PLEASE ATTEND THE COUNCIL MEETING TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Stuart Hall's appeal will come before the City Council tomorrow, March 15. Jay Batt's office said that the best estimate of the time when the Council would take up the Stuart Hall issue is 2:00 p.m. We need you there.

PLEASE BE THERE!!!!!

4/3/04

SAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD-HELP STOP STUART HALL'S DEMOLITIONS

Stuart Hall's appeal of the HCDRC denial of demolition of the landmarked houses at 8134 and 8142 Panola will go before the City Council on April 15, City Council Chambers, City Hall. Meeting starts at 10:00 a.m. but land use matters usually start after 11:30 p.m.

We can stop Stuart Hall's destruction of our neighborhood!!! How?

We have to convince the City Council Members that now is the time to vote for our neighborhood and stop Stuart Hall's destructive expansion. To do this we need to

1. Attend the April 15th Council Meeting. We have to be there in force to get their attention.

2. Write to individual Council Members, especially those who should vote for us or who should not vote because of family relations with the school.

Batt - is a hopeless case but write anyway.
Clarkson - is for neighborhoods and historic preservation. We need to convince her that this time she should vote for our neighborhood and not allow historic homes to be destroyed.
Gill-Pratt - also says she is for neighborhoods. Will she apply that principle outside of her own district?
Gusman - His daughter works as Stuart Hall. He reclused himself from voting last time the issue came before the Council and I think he will again recluse himself for this vote.
Sapir - Has the capability to provide real leadership as an at-large member of the Council, if he doesn't just follow the District Council member's lead.
Thomas - He's the other at-large representative on the Council. He founded the HCDRC and has said he would not vote against their decisions. We need to remind him of this commitment.
Willard-Lewis - She had a nephew at Stuart Hall and her bother was on the Board of Trustees. She should recluse herself and we need to communicate with her about the importance of doing so.

We won the verdict with the HCDRC and Stuart Halls demolition application were denied. We could win again if we show our opposition to these destructive plans in a manner they cannot ignore.

PLEASE!!! Be at this Council Meeting. Help SAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

PS I will try to get a better estimate on what time the issue will come up but I will not be able to get this information until Tuesday or Wednesday before the meeting. Check our web side - www.savethesehouses.org- or call me at 866-7131