Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 21:23:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Louis Epstein
Subject: WTC Rebuilding Efforts...


Congratulations to Andrew Oliff on getting his Pearl Harbor
analogy published in yesterday's New York Post...had there been
a December's Mission and Coalition of 12/7 Families to keep the
naval base out of commission Hawaii might be Japanese now!!

Nicole Gelinas has pointed me to a new pro-rebuilding article:
http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock081602.asp
Author Duroy Murdock sees the momentum on our side,and links
to and praises Team Twin Towers.

I got into an argument of sorts last night...I found out that
Christopher Grayson of nycsky.com had joined the Soaring Towers
Coalition and couldn't see how the author of the clearly anti
http://www.nycsky.com/pg1_what.html could be considered a rebuilder.
(I criticized his proposal on the list on June 18th,and those who
were at the Javits will recall that poster of his on the 34th
Street lamppost).Anyway,I spoke to Richard Krasney this afternoon
and things are patched up...developments like what Grayson wants
are NOT on the NYSTC agenda.

I note that the typo on the September's Mission website that
I snickered at last week was corrected within days...do we have
a "mole" on this list?I don't like to think that what's said here
quickly finds its way to anti ears,I am careful that everyone I
add to the list has come out in favor of full-scale reconstruction
and I think we need to be able to communicate among ourselves.
If you change sides,please ask me to remove you from the list...
I don't try to read anti-rebuilders' internal emails!

REMEMBER THE HEARINGS THIS WEEK...addresses of sites are at
http://www.put.com/wtc/ of course.Staten Island TOMORROW,
Brooklyn Wednesday,Bronx Thursday.Will we have people at each?

We need to be visibly and audibly present at every hearing we can.
I will at least be at the Manhattan hearing September 5th and will
be sending the list a general guide on effectiveness (lining up early,
taking seats in each speaker rotation zone,talking points to see
get covered,get two- and three-minute versions of your remarks ready
and time them in advance,etc) before the hearing.

Contact me if you'd like to join the petition/literature volunteers.

Send in your Phase I comments to the addresses on the website
NO MATTER WHAT...they'll never listen to people who don't speak up!

See you on the 111th floor on 9-11-11!

-=-=-
The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.