Bill, I'm for a solution.
Dick
From: Bill Blackmore
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Date: 08/11/06 16:41:32
To:
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Subject: Train Noise in Fairfield
Dear Friends,
I hope you will not mind me emailing
you about an issue that I think needs to be revisited by our City
Council. If this does not interest you, simply do not respond or
let me know and I'll make sure you don't get anymore emails from me
about this matter. I am sending this to friends and
acquaintances that I believe either live or work near the tracks or
are likely to support a better and quieter quality of life near the
train tracks.
I want to give you the short history
of the recent debate about train noise in Fairfield. (This is
100% about the train whistles or horns, not the train and train tracks
themselves). I think this will be useful, since I didn't know
this myself until Mayor Malloy filled me in recently. A couple
of years ago (give or take a little) some local residents asked the
City Council to consider a solution that would have allowed trains to
pass through Ff. without honking. There was quite a debate,
letters to the Editor, etc., and in the final analysis the Council
members decided based on the feedback that they got that the community
was opposed to implementing a solution of this sort. The figure
I heard was that calls against a solution ran 5-1 to those in favor.
I have been told in no uncertain terms that because of this, the
issue cannot be successfully raised again with the current Council.
So what is the point here? I
don't know this for sure, but I am quite convinced that our Council
members did not get all that many calls, although I am sure they got
more against than for. My guess is that those of us who pay more
attention to quality of life issues simply got outhustled by someone
with a "town vs. gown" axe to grind. Somebody
organized some like-minded individuals, and they made a lot of calls,
and the other side didn't. End of story.
Personally, I do not believe that
this issue is so lopsided. Also, now that our Civic Center is
under construction in close proximity to the tracks and slated to open
late next year, there is another basis on which to raise the issue of
the train noise. I don't like seeing something that I have
wanted to see happen for the entire time I have lived in Ff. get
shelved, especially since it was not going to cost taxpayers a dime.
(I believe this is correct, but am in the process of verifying
for sure).
What am I asking you to do?
Right now its very simple. I am making an email list of
residents of Ff. who want to see the train whistles silenced once and
for all. To put your name on this list, simply send an email to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (quiet trains). If you know anyone who you
think would support an initiative of this sort, please forward this
email to them so they can opt in if they want to do so. Once
this list reaches critical mass, we will unleash a campaign of letters
and emails to our City Council members to convince them that the time
has come for the train whistles to be silenced. I don't think
this will happen in the next month or so, as timing is critical.
I am finding out what sort of call volume the Council members
got last time around, so we will have a basis on which to guage the
level of support required.
Thanks for your time and attention.
Regards, Bill Blackmore
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