March 12, 2010

Fellow Advocates For Answers and Accountability:

On March 9, 2010 voters in the town of Richmond, New Hampshire became the second town in the United States to pass a resolution calling upon Congress to open a new investigation into the events of September 11, 2001. The first resolution of this kind was passed by the voters of Lincoln, Vermont in 2007.

This is very exciting news, but before giving a full read out on the results from the Vote For Answers New Hampshire campaign, we would like to bring your attention to a very important message from Bob McIlvaine. Please click on the link below right now to watch this short minute-and-a-half video of Bob urging all of us to join NYC CAN's forthcoming campaign: "Building What?!"

"Building What?!" is a phone and fax campaign aimed at helping the New York City Council become aware of the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, and amplifying the request from more than one thousand architects and engineers that a new investigation be opened into the collapse of this building.

To make this campaign a success we will need your involvement and the involvement of every American who refuses to stand for the unscientific Building 7 report handed down by NIST. For 17 business days starting on Monday, March 15, we will channel the energy and strength of our movement into one voice to ensure that every member of the New York City Council will no longer be oblivious to the mysterious collapse of World Trade Center Building 7. Each morning, NYC CAN will send out an action alert asking you to phone or fax three city council members for that day until we reach all 51 council members. Thousands of phone calls and faxes will reinforce and pave the way for NYC CAN's ongoing meetings with individual council members.

Please go to the "Building What?!" page to learn more.

In New Hampshire, the Vote For Answers resolution instructing New Hampshire's congressional delegation "to pursue a new and independent investigation to address thoroughly all of the evidence and unanswered questions related to the events of September 11, 2001" passed 48 to 45 in Richmond (52% in favor).

To our disappointment seven other towns voted down the resolutions; however, the overall percentage of votes in favor (in towns where exact results were recorded) was 23%. In referendums on social issues where values matter more than awareness of the facts, 77% to 23% might be a landslide. However, because of the painful implications of 9/11 not being what we were told, and the media blackout on critical examination of the official 9/11 account, about 1 in 4 voters calling for a new 9/11 investigation is an accomplishment we can be proud of -- it shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that questioning 9/11 is anything but fringe.

Among the four towns that have yet to vote, Barnstead will vote on Saturday, March 13, and Peterborough, Stoddard and Hanover will vote on May 11.

In addition to passing the resolution in Richmond and getting nearly 1 in 4 voters to vote in favor, Vote For Answers New Hampshire has garnered unprecedented local media coverage. The Keene Sentinel, Union Leader, Valley News, Brattleboro Reformer and Concord Monitor all published entire articles on the campaign prior to the town meetings -- with more coverage sure to emerge following the results. It has also been mentioned in countless other articles and letters to the editor throughout the region, including an article in the Concord Monitor.

To everyone who contributed to the campaign, NYC CAN and the Monadnock 9/11 Truth Alliance thank you for helping us bring our message to countless thousands of New Hampshire residents.

Please go to Vote For Answers NH to get a full read out on the election results.

Moving Forward

While devoting intense effort to getting the remaining resolutions passed in Barnstead, Peterborough, Stoddard and Hanover, the dedicated activists in the Monadnock 9/11 Truth Alliance and other parts of New Hampshire will use the foundation they have built to begin pursuing three new endeavors: 1) working with the Keene City Council and other City Councils to pass similar resolutions, 2) working with State Representatives to introduce a similar resolution in the State House of Representatives that would be voted on in early 2011, and 3) organizing to expand Vote For Answers New Hampshire to several dozen towns in 2011.

On the national front, NYC CAN will push forward with ballot initiatives in other states where voters can petition for non-binding resolutions to be on the ballot. In states where laws prevent voters from petitioning for non-binding resolutions, we will work with supportive elected officials to place resolutions on local ballots directly, without petitioning, or for city councils to pass resolutions on their own.

NYC CAN's top ballot initiative priority is Boston, where a feasible sum of 3,600 signatures will allow for non-binding "public policy questions" to be placed on ballots in all 18 Massachusetts House of Representatives Districts located in Boston (200 signatures are needed per district). There are also opportunities to petition for resolutions in Detroit and in cities throughout Wisconsin, and a number of cities across the country present opportunities for city councils to place resolutions directly on the ballot.

If you are interested in doing a ballot initiative where you live, or if you have friends on local boards and city councils who would be able to place a resolution on the ballot -- or better yet, pass a resolution on their own -- please contact us about getting a campaign started.

Lastly, please consider donating a manageable amount of $25 to help NYC CAN fund a new Zogby opinion poll and to support our ongoing work with the New York City Council, the Vote For Answers ballot initiatives, and other important efforts. With the significant increase in media coverage, it is time for a new opinion poll to bolster our message to elected officials. It is only because of your tremendous support that we are able to continue our work.

Sincerely,

Ted Walter
Executive Director

Thinkers think and talkers talk. Patriots ACT.

www.NYCCAN.org