My son Gabriel and I are doing a song at Joe Crookston's free concert at CSMA tonight at 7:30pm. There will be some great music there, stop out if you can.
Joe just sent me a note that I'd like to pass along. Pass it on, it's a message that needs to get around! Take care, Eric “Dear Eliot Spitzer” Joe Crookston September 14, 2007 Hello all, Please check this out! http://www.mpnnow.com/homepage/x428360222 As you know, for the last year, I have been working on my “Finger Lakes" Project. Eliot Spitzer was the brainchild behind the payola settlement with Sony BMG, This settlement money is where the funding for my project came from. It wasn’t tax money… In my travels, I have learned a great deal about the pending sale of Canadice and Hemlock Lakes. These two lakes make up more than 7000 acres of absolutely pristine undeveloped land in the western part of NY State. Rochester has beautifully taken care of this land for 100 years… Now, however the city needs the money and they are planning on selling it… It is a critical point in the process where it is unclear whether the land will be sold to investors for development, or the lakes will be preserved and protected… SO….. One of the songs I have written is called, "Dear Eliot Spitzer" The song is a letter to Eliot asking him to use his vision and persistence to take a stand and make it a priority to preserve this rare habitat...As of a few days ago, the song has been spreading around NY…which was my intention.. Eliot Spitzer created this funding for me to create art. So, I thought I would turn it around, and write him a song…Thanking him for giving me the opportunity to explore New York State, and urging him to deeply consider the preservation of these lakes... I sent the recorded song to Morgan Wesson, The editor of the Daily Messenger Newspaper in Canandaigua, and he has sent it to Eliot Spitzer. There is an article about the song in today’s Daily Messenger at: http://www.mpnnow.com/homepage/x428360222 and you can listen to the song as well, A song from the Finger Lakes, Thanks for reading… Joe Crookston Ithaca, NY ____________________________________________________________________________________ Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
