ltolman
June 20th, 2006, 08:51 AM
The Mass. Legislature passed a bill June 15 containing $205,000 for the planned MAJOR TAYLOR statue in Worcester -- enough to get this project to the finish line. It's part of a gazillion-dollar supplemental state budget.
HOWEVER, Gov. Mitt Romney can veto the line item. The governor's office needs to hear from Major Taylor fans THIS WEEK. Even those who don't live in Massachusetts. 617-725-4000.
Massachusetts can take great pride in Major Taylor's story, as this was the state that allowed his talent to flourish while others drew "the color line."
PLEASE, please, please make the call for the Major Taylor statue. The state funding, on top of the $70,000+ we've raised from the private sector, would let us put the selected scupltor right to work. We've been working since 1999 to get this memorial to the 1899 world cycling champ, and this is our best chance to GET IT DONE.
A governor's line-item veto is a very real possibility. Let's make the push now -- while there's just one person to lobby, the governor -- so we don't have to lobby every single senator and representative in an effort to get a
veto override.
Every phone call counts, even those from out of state, given Mitt Romney's presidential ambitions. It's a two-minute call -- just say you're in favor of the Major Taylor memorial and give your name & address.
E-mails are given less weight. But old-fashioned letters are good: Gov. Mitt Romney, Room 360, State House, Boston, MA 02133.
You don't have to make a big speech when you call, 617-725-4000. Just say you support the appropriation for the MAJOR TAYLOR MEMORIAL
in Line 7004-0097. If you want you can say any or all of the following:
that recognition is overdue for the 1899 world champ,
a forgotten Massachusetts hero
who overcame racial prejudice
half a century before Jackie Robinson ...
... and it will be Worcester's first public monument to an African-American.
P.S. After you've made the call, please let us know at info@majortaylorassociation.org. We're trying to keep count.
HOWEVER, Gov. Mitt Romney can veto the line item. The governor's office needs to hear from Major Taylor fans THIS WEEK. Even those who don't live in Massachusetts. 617-725-4000.
Massachusetts can take great pride in Major Taylor's story, as this was the state that allowed his talent to flourish while others drew "the color line."
PLEASE, please, please make the call for the Major Taylor statue. The state funding, on top of the $70,000+ we've raised from the private sector, would let us put the selected scupltor right to work. We've been working since 1999 to get this memorial to the 1899 world cycling champ, and this is our best chance to GET IT DONE.
A governor's line-item veto is a very real possibility. Let's make the push now -- while there's just one person to lobby, the governor -- so we don't have to lobby every single senator and representative in an effort to get a
veto override.
Every phone call counts, even those from out of state, given Mitt Romney's presidential ambitions. It's a two-minute call -- just say you're in favor of the Major Taylor memorial and give your name & address.
E-mails are given less weight. But old-fashioned letters are good: Gov. Mitt Romney, Room 360, State House, Boston, MA 02133.
You don't have to make a big speech when you call, 617-725-4000. Just say you support the appropriation for the MAJOR TAYLOR MEMORIAL
in Line 7004-0097. If you want you can say any or all of the following:
that recognition is overdue for the 1899 world champ,
a forgotten Massachusetts hero
who overcame racial prejudice
half a century before Jackie Robinson ...
... and it will be Worcester's first public monument to an African-American.
P.S. After you've made the call, please let us know at info@majortaylorassociation.org. We're trying to keep count.