DC United Stadium Advocacy Info::www.dcunitedpetition.com [Archive]

Riz

12 Sep 2007, 09:51 AM

It’s time to stand up and be counted, folks, now more than ever.

It is crucial that our side of the issue be heard , loudly and clearly, and crucial that we send a strong and loud message to the Mayor that we want our stadium NOW.

Please sign the petition TODAY. And more importantly, get 10 of your friends to sign on.

http://www.dcunitedpetition.com

OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE 5,000 SIGNATURES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY BY MLS CUP ON NOVEMBER 18, 2007

Here is the petition link for folks outside the DC Metro area: http://www.petitiononline.com/dcu2007/petition.html

Add this link to your signature both on BS and anywhere else that you post, and get your friends, family and colleagues to sign it today!

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Please continue call, write, fax, or e-mail Mayor Adrian Fenty's office to let him know you want the D.C. United plan adopted for Poplar Point, and you want the Stadium opened by spring 2010.

If you live in the District, please also contact your Council member.

Reminder: DO NOT CONTACT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IF YOU ARE NOT A DC RESIDENT.

Mayor Adrian Fenty
Mayor, District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-727-1000
adrian.fenty@dc.gov

Dan Tangherlini
City Administrator, District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 310
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 727-6053
dan.tangherlini@dc.gov

Neil Albert
Deputy Mayor, Planning and Economic Development, District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 317
Washington, DC 20004
Tel: (202) 727-6365
Fax: (202) 727-6703
Assistant: Angela Scott, angelar.scott@dc.gov

Matthew D. Cutts, Esq.
Chair, DCSEC Board of Directors
DC Sports & Entertainment Commission
2400 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington DC 20003
Phone: 202-547-9077
Fax: 202-547-7460
Email: mcutts@pattonboggs.com

Info for DC residents:

Use this link to find out what ward you live in - http://citizenatlas.dc.gov/atlasapps/reporthometab.aspx

Chairman Vincent Gray (At-Large)
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 724-8032
Email: vgray@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Carol Schwartz (At-Large)
Committee on Economic Development
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 404
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 724-8105
Email: cschwartz@dccouncil.us

Councilmember David Catania (At-Large)
Committee on Finance and Revenue
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 110
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 724-7772
Phone: (202) 724-8052
Contact online: http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/CATANIA/contact/

Councilmember Phil Mendelson (At-Large)
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 402
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 724-8064
Celeste Duffie, Constituent Service Representative
Phone: (202) 724-8137
Email: cduffie@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Kwame Brown (At-Large)
Chairperson, Committee on Economic Development
Committee on Finance and Revenue
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 506
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 724-8174
Contact online: http://www.kwamebrowndc.com/contactus.cfm

Councilmember Jim Graham (Ward 1)
Committee on Finance and Revenue
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 105
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 724-8181
Email: jim@grahamwone.com

Chairman Pro-Temp Jack Evans (Ward 2)
Chairperson, Committee on Finance and Revenue
Committee on Economic Development
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 106
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 724-8058
Email: jackevans@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Mary Cheh (Ward 3)
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 108
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 724.8062
Email: mcheh@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Muriel Bowser (Ward 4)
Committee on Economic Development
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 406
Washington, DC 20004
Email: info@muriel4ward4.com

Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. (Ward 5)
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 724-8028
Fax: (202) 724-8076
Email: hthomas@dccouncil.us

Councilmember Tommy Wells (Ward 6)
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 408
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202-724-8072
Fax: 202-724-8054
Contact online: http://www.tommywells.org/component/...tact/Itemid,3/

Councilmember Yvette Alexander (Ward 7)
Committee on Economic Development
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 724-8068
Contact online: http://yvettealexanderforward7.com/contact/index.php

Councilmember Marion Barry (Ward 8)
Committee on Finance and Revenue
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 102
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 724-8045
Email: mbarry@dccouncil.us

Talking Points

1. United has kept their promises to the community - the soccer academy, involving the community in their plans, follow through with the job training, affordable housing, minority investment and Fredrick Douglass gardens.

2. The stadium will be privately financed AND United is offering to purchase the rest of the land at fair market value - there is no giveaway.

3. United is asking for the city to invest in the infrastructure of Poplar Point - the city owes it to Anacostia to make these investments (they don't bat an eye west of the river - an example being the lowering of the Douglass Bridge for the stadium district). If the land was divided among many developers, the city would be on the hook for infrastructure anyway.

4. The best choice for the city is the United plan. The United development plan spreads the parkland throughout the development and increases the density of development. This satisfies the statutory requirements while also getting more tax revenue for the city and more jobs and retail/restaurants for Ward 8.

5. Finally, the underlying purpose of the land swap was to expand the District's tax base. The United plan does this while also working for the community and the District.

**Massive thank you to b1968k for these points to use. If people have edits or additions to these points, please PM me.

Other Media to Contact about Poplar Point:

The Kojo Nnamdi Show - DC Politics Hour (every Friday at 12noon)
http://www.wamu.org/programs/kn/dcph/
(listen live on 88.5 FM or online at http://www.wamu.org/listen/)

NBC4 Connecting With Mayor (every Thursday morning) - http://www.nbc4.com/politics/10833361/detail.html

WTOP Newsradio Ask The... -
http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=611201&nid=524

Join the DC United Stadium Supporters Facebook group - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18293023912

Please use the stadium thread for discussion - and please shoot me an PM if you have any additions or edits to this sticky. Thanks!

Riz

11 Oct 2007, 08:17 PM

Please contact me as soon as possible if you would be willing to help spread the word and help to keep our grassroots movement growing.

We need folks from all wards in DC and all across the DC metro area to get active and get involved in this effort to get our stadium and ensure that DC United remains in DC.

Please PM me or send me an email at marissa.dc@gmail.com to let me know if you're up for the task. Thanks!

And now, a message from Dangermouse37:

<Cue stirring music...>

Look everyone, this thing is far from over...

- the owners have spent too much time and money to let it drop

- the team brings revenue to the city and the city knows it

- no decisions have been made and we're a long way from any approval of any plan for Poplar Point

We may find Fenty's reasoning as strange as that red card just given by Brian Hall, but badmouthing him won't get us a stadium in the District.

Organizing and showing that we care -- and vote, and go to games, and spend money at games -- will.

Don't bitch. Do something. Sign the petition. Talk to fans on the quiet side. Talk to people who don't know Big Soccer exists. Talk to people who vote in the District who believe that DC's actual WINNING TEAM deserves to have a stadium -- here in DC. And remind them that unlike other teams, United's stadium won't be financed by our tax dollars but PAID FOR BY THE TEAM.

And I'll admit the news today isn't what I'd hoped for. But as in RFK, so in life. Hell, we were down 0-1 at the end of the first half versus Toronto.

This game is far from over. Time to make our voices heard.