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Dear Folks,
On our site, VHeadline.com, I read where the Chicago Transit Union has refused an opportunity to alleviate commuting costs for hundreds of thousands in the Windy City's low-income neighborhoods. This is unacceptable. To read our article in full, please go to this link: Chicago is refusing Venezuelan discounted oil to low-income neighborhoods After you have read our article in full, I am strongly urging all of you to take action to demand that the elected officials I wrote below take action and accept that aid package coming from CITGO oil and President Hugo Chavez.
The contact information is provided for your use below. I ask that you pass this on to others also urging them to contact them as well. Thank you,Mary!
Mayor Richard M. Daley
Office of the MayorCity Hall - 121 N. LaSalle, Room 507
Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: 312-744-3334 Fax: 312-744-8045
Email:
http://tinyurl.com/cqbc6 To Mayor Daley, December 30, 2004
It has come to my attention that on December 28th, The Chicago Transit Authority refused an opportunity to alleviate commuting costs for hundreds of thousands in the Windy City's low-income neighborhoods. Instead of accepting deeply discounted fuel from the Venezuela-owned CITGO Petroleum Corporation, the city is instead raising fares to solve budget shortfalls. That is simply unacceptable, Mayor Daley and it is up to you to fix this on behalf of those who elected you to office.
I am of the belief that this is purely a political move since there is heighten tension between Washington, D.C. and Venezuela and the citizens of your city should NOT be caught in the crosshairs. As a journalist for VHeadline.com which is a Venezuelan news site, I was sent to the Bronx to cover that delivery and to see the faces of those who would receive this oil was phenomenal.
A woman even came up to me and said: “Thank you, President Chavez” When I saw the CITGO oil truck roll up after the signing ceremony, my first thought was, the Calvary has arrived. I felt that way and so did others since Bush is doing nothing to help the poor in this country. Even Representative Jose Serrano stated: “America is not taking care of its own” Both Representative Jose Serrano and Representative William Delahunt should be applauded for brokering this deal with President Chavez and CITGO when President Chavez traveled to this country back in September.
They both put people before politics and you should do the same. As I type this letter, I know that residents in both Boston and in the Bronx are being kept warm and they have President Chavez and the CEO of CITGO Felix Rodriguez to thank. I will be sending a copy of this letter out to Governor Blagojevich, Senator Obama, Senator Durbin and out to many political activists.
I will also be sending this out to those within the Chicago media.
Sincerely, Mary MacElveen
Columnist for VHeadline.com mary@vheadline.com
Governor Blagojevich
207 State House
Springfield, IL 62706
Phone: (217) 782-0244 Fax: (217) 524-6262
Email:
http://www.illinois.gov/gov/contactthegovernor.cfm Senator Barack Obama
Washington D.C. Office
713 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2854
Fax: (202) 228-4260
Email:
http://obama.senate.gov/contact/ Senator Dick Durbin
Washington, DC
332 Dirksen Senate Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2152 Fax: (202) 228-0400
Email:
http://durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm#contact