Sierra Club - Bucks County Chapter

Field Update

Bucks County

Activities in the past two months

Petitioning at Levittown St. Patricks Day parade (10 vols)

Lit Drop in Doylestown (3 vols)

Lit Drop in Yardley (6 vols)

Lit Drop in Richboro (3 vols)

First Friday Petitioning (3 vols)

Obama Birddog (Truman HS in Bristol )

There have been other volunteers who have written a letter to the editor or dropped off literature in their own neighborhood.

Staff went to BCCC to talk with students about our campaign and got petition signatures, but not many volunteer leads.

Upcoming Activities

Lit Drop in Levittown at 11am Pennsbury HS (4/12) (9 vols signed up)

Lit Drop in Doylestown TWP at 11am Doylestown TWP bldg (4/13) (4 vols signed up)

Quakertown Community Meeting (4/15)

Cynara and Henry D’Silva house parties (before 4/22)

Primary Day/Earth Day Action: Adopt a Poll to hand out our Wind not Windfalls literature and stickers (4/22)

New Hope/Solebury Cool Cities presentation/discussion (4/27)

-Wayne and Henry D’Silva attending

Newtown EAC Cool Cities presentation (5/21)

-Henry D’Silva is leading the effort

Looking for volunteers for two specific activities:

1) Birddogging the candidates (or their surrogates) when they come to Bucks.

This is usually last minute and in the middle of the day. Volunteers would help with handing out our literature, holding signs, and (if so inclined) asking a clean energy question to the candidate.

2) Adopt a Poll on Tuesday, April 22nd

Volunteers to hand out our literature and get petition signatures at polling places. These can be at their own or at high value polling places (ie- where a candidate for office votes or where the media will be covering). Looking for a commitment of two hours in either the morning or the evening. This has to be independent, so people would be asked to wear one hat while volunteering with the Sierra Club (ie- no combining EDay responsibilities like being a committee person or volunteer for a candidate and participating in the “Adopt a Poll” activity).

Lower Makefield Pushing Green Building Standards

The Bucks group is selling compact fluorescent light bulbs and Sierra Club Calendars to help raise money for the group ! Compact fluorescent light bulbs save $101.25 for each $6.00 bulb!! An elegant Sierra Club pack of 3 bulbs makes holiday gift giving easy. Order yours today via our handy order form.
Calender 2008 order form. Please email Lionel Ruberg if have any questions: lionellcr@verizon.net

Say no to TOLL Brother Yes to Upper Makefield
Toll Brother has been given credit for stepping aside and selling 200 acres for a veteran's cemetery. It turns out that Toll didn't do anything patriotic this was a pure business move. Toll now gets to build about the same number of houses it wanted on two seperate tracts, Melsky, owned by Council Rock, and the balance of the Dolington tract they are keeping. n a year where Toll Brothers had record profits it would not have been a burden for Toll to do the right thing and donate the land or sell it at a fair price, they 25 million at the start of negotiations. Now they get to end 10 years of litigation and rezone the remaining land they own for the number of home they wanted in the first place. Why is Council Rock selling land already purchased with taxpayer's money? Shouldn't the Schoold Board ask the taxpayers if they want to sell land to a developer for more sprawl and ultimatelty higher taxes? Does this make any sense? Toll held our veteran's hostage to get a better deal for themsleves during a time of war. People must vote with their dollars and not buy any Toll products. Cemetery zoning questioned Toll wants unappealable approvals Third party enters cemetery fray, Strings Melsky Density 4/11/08

Sierra Club Bucks County Group

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Lower Makefield Pushing Green Building Standards

Township signs on to solar power agreement

Veteran's Cemetery at Dolington Updates