<span style="font-family: verdana;">Dear ALL,</span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> I have already signed this petition and plan to get active in this group. A light rail system on Richmond avenue would be VERY useful and it would enhance the quality of transportation in Houston. It would reduce traffic, increase area business, open up oppurtunities for those who cannot drive or for those who do not own a vehicle, and it would be helpful towards the environment by reducing smog, air pollution, and carbon dioxide emissions.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Please join me in signing this online petition and in supporting this pro-business, pro-consumer, pro-enhanced communities movement.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family:
verdana;">Thanks,</span><br style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ivan Espinosa</span><b><i></i></b><br><blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" valign="bottom"><img alt="RichmondRail.org header" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs067/1101353232773/img/1.jpg?a=1101353882977" nosend="1" align="middle" border="0" height="152" vspace="2" width="600"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="30"><img src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/spacer.gif" nosend="1" height="1" width="30"></td> <td style="background-color: rgb(192, 255, 192);" align="left" bgcolor="#c0ffc0" valign="top"
width="15"><img src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/topcorner.gif" nosend="1" height="14" width="14"></td> <td style="background-color: rgb(192, 255, 192);" align="left" bgcolor="#c0ffc0" width="510"><table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 153); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#666699" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><font style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: normal; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#006600" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="1">July 17, 2006</font></font> </td> <td valign="top"><font style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(153, 102, 0); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;" color="#996600" face="Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif" size="4"><font style="font-weight: bold;
font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: normal; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#006600" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="5">RichmondRail.org Action Alert</font></font> <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 153); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#666699" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="3"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-style: normal; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#003300" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Building support for rail on Richmond</font></font></div></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="75"><br></td> <td valign="top"><font style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"> <div><font style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt;
color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: normal; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#006600" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><br>We asked you to sign our <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=blf67wbab.0.bwu77wbab.fmkj7wbab.208&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Frichmondrail.org%2Fsupport%2Fpetition.php">online petition</a> to show your support for rail on Richmond, and you did! In just 15 days, more than 700 Houstonians have signed: <b>"I support neighborhood-friendly light rail on Richmond Avenue."</b> Thank you!</font></div> <div><font style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: normal; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#006600" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">We told you we would make sure your voice is heard. On Thursday, <b>we delivered the first batch of petitions</b> -- all 46 pages of them
-- to Rep. Culberson, Mayor White, Judge Eckels, and other elected officials at the city, county, state, and federal levels! But we can do more...</font> </div></font></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="35" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 128, 0);" bgcolor="#008000"> <td width="16"><img src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/left-round.gif" nosend="1" height="35" width="16"></td> <td align="left"><font style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;" color="#ffffcc" face="Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif" size="4"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: normal; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#ffffff" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Help
spread the word to your friends and neighbors!</font></font></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 12px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;" valign="top"><br></td> <td style="background-color: rgb(192, 255, 192);" align="left" bgcolor="#c0ffc0" valign="top"> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(192, 255, 192);" align="left" bgcolor="#c0ffc0" valign="top" width="510"><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=blf67wbab.0.awu77wbab.fmkj7wbab.208&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Frichmondrail.org%2Fflyer.pdf" shape="rect"><img alt="RR flyer" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs067/1101353232773/img/2.jpg?a=1101353882977" nosend="1" align="left" border="0" height="227" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="176"></a> <div><font style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><font style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt;
font-style: normal;" size="2"><br>You know that Richmond Avenue is where the people are. You know that building urban <b>rail on Richmond will be good for our neighborhoods</b>. But do your friends and neighbors know? Help us spread the word! Download and print our <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=blf67wbab.0.awu77wbab.fmkj7wbab.208&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Frichmondrail.org%2Fflyer.pdf">RichmondRail flyer</a> <i>(550 kb PDF)</i>. Then share it with others and talk about it!</font> <div><font style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;" size="2">You also know that <b>rail is good for business</b>. Rail transit brings customers... without their cars! But do your favorite Richmond businesses know? The next time you head out for fajitas, Guatemalan, hotdogs, or Chinese burger fusion, take our <a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=blf67wbab.0.awu77wbab.fmkj7wbab.208&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Frichmondrail.org%2Fflyer.pdf">flyer</a> and talk to the owner, staff, and other customers. Let them know that you want their business to thrive and that rail is an important part of our mobility future!</font> </div></font></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="35" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 128, 0);" bgcolor="#008000"> <td width="16"><img src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/left-round.gif" nosend="1" height="35" width="16"></td> <td align="left"><font style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;" color="#ffffcc" face="Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif" size="4"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
font-style: normal; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#ffffff" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">John Culberson says our time is running out -- August 1 deadline!</font></font></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 12px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;" valign="top"><br></td> <td style="background-color: rgb(192, 255, 192);" align="left" bgcolor="#c0ffc0" valign="top"> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(192, 255, 192);" align="left" bgcolor="#c0ffc0" valign="top" width="510"><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=blf67wbab.0.eezr6wbab.fmkj7wbab.208&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Fculberson.house.gov%2Fcontactinfo.aspx" shape="rect"><img alt="Rep. Culberson press statement" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs067/1101353232773/img/3.jpg?a=1101353882977" nosend="1" align="left" border="0" height="213" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="151"></a> <div><font style="font-size: 10pt;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><font style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;" size="2">Congressman Culberson keeps claiming that he won't let METRO build rail anywhere the people don't want it. In a press statement Friday, Culberson said:<br> <blockquote><i>"I agreed to wait for two weeks before making a decision based primarily on the input I receive from Richmond residents and business and property owners."</i></blockquote><b>That gives us until August 1st to prove that Houstonians want rail on Richmond!</b></font> <div><font style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;" size="2">Our RichmondRail <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=blf67wbab.0.bwu77wbab.fmkj7wbab.208&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Frichmondrail.org%2Fsupport%2Fpetition.php">petition</a> is critical. The more
petitions we get, the harder it will be for Culberson to claim that no one wants rail on Richmond! Can you help us build our base? <b>Ask your friends, neighbors, and coworkers to sign the RichmondRail petition</b>, and ask them to do it soon. Use our <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=blf67wbab.0.bwu77wbab.fmkj7wbab.208&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Frichmondrail.org%2Fsupport%2Fpetition.php">easy online form</a>, or download a <a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=blf67wbab.0.cwu77wbab.fmkj7wbab.208&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Frichmondrail.org%2Fsupport%2Frr_petition.pdf">paper petition page</a> <i>(50 kb PDF)</i>. The closer people live or work to Richmond, the better!</font> </div></font></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="35" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr style="background-color: rgb(0, 128, 0);" bgcolor="#008000"> <td
width="16"><img src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/left-round.gif" nosend="1" height="35" width="16"></td> <td align="left"><font style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;" color="#ffffcc" face="Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif" size="4"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-style: normal; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#ffffcc" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Get the latest facts from METRO -- 3 meetings scheduled</font></font></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 12px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left;" valign="top"><br></td> <td style="background-color: rgb(192, 255, 192);" align="left" bgcolor="#c0ffc0" valign="top"> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(192, 255, 192);" align="left" bgcolor="#c0ffc0" valign="top" width="510"><a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=blf67wbab.0.fezr6wbab.fmkj7wbab.208&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Fmetrosolutions.org" shape="rect"><img alt="MetroSolutions logo" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs067/1101353232773/img/4.jpg?a=1101353882977" nosend="1" align="left" border="0" height="45" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="198"></a> <div><font style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">While METRO's alternatives analysis study is expected to take until December 2006, CEO Frank Wilson promised the public we "can peer over METRO's shoulder" as the technical work progresses. </font><div><font style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Here's our chance to learn the latest: <a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=blf67wbab.0.fezr6wbab.fmkj7wbab.208&ts=S0196&p=http%3A%2F%2Fmetrosolutions.org"><b>METRO has scheduled three open houses</b></a> for us to review the first conceptual drawings and ask questions of staff. </font></div><ul> <font style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"> <li><b>Tuesday, July 18</b>, 2006 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm<br>Holiday Inn Select, 2712 Southwest Fwy<br> </li><li><b>Monday, July 24</b>, 2006 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm<br>Third Ward Multi Service Center, 3611 Ennis<br> </li><li><b>Tuesday, July 25</b>, 2006 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm<br>St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 5501 South Main St. </li></font></ul><font style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"
size="2"><b>Arm yourself against misinformation and fear-mongering. Come out and get the facts!</b> </font></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(192, 255, 192);" align="left" bgcolor="#c0ffc0" valign="bottom"><img src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/bottom-corner.gif" nosend="1" height="14" width="14"></td> <td style="background-color: rgb(192, 255, 192);" bgcolor="#c0ffc0" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left"> <div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 153); font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;" color="#666699" face="Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif" size="2">Contact Information</font> <font style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#000000"
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