TC to save TV - General Tiki

S Son-of-Kelbo Member NOHO, CA Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 590	S Son-of-Kelbo Posted posted on Tue, Jan 30, 2007 11:25 AM The reason you didn't see a petition at that petition site link, CT, is that no petition has been posted there yet. There is a petition in draft form which is at present standing by, until we all can come to some concensus about where/how to start gathering signatures. We must be careful about inviting the Ohana to "sign" any online petition with their email addresses, and be sure that the service this petition site (or any such similar site) provides is not a means of acquiring email identities for sale to spammers. This site appears legit, but I'm not sure yet, and welcome the assessment and opinions of everyone involved to help us all decide if we should proceed here. We can always do an old-fashioned paper petition with the draft language at hand, combined with a "write-in" campaign from those who can't join us in person at TV's on 2-17 & 3-17 (e.g., a "postcard petition"). What matters most is getting the outrage and protest vocalized in any quantifiable form. This we will do, and the process for doing so is in the works. BigBroTiki's comments are very wise: We're in this for love of the place, but the local residents are the ones whose daily lives will be impacted by the threat of Manhattenizing of BH, and our best stragety is to be of use to them, for our mutual success. Contact has been made with the BH Homeowners Association, and they welcome our support, so let's progress toward providing them with the petition signatures, write-ins, etc. we're preparing to garner to add to their fight. Can the LA Conservancy help us coordinate and liase the protest we raise? According to a source at Trader Vic's corporate office, new property owner Benny Alagem has backtracked on his initial olive branch to include TV's in his proposed development (this substantiated by the Times article), and word is they "definitely" want to save their venue in the same place it's been since opening in 1955. Drums speak of more news from here soon... Cheers and aloha, SOK

The reason you didn't see a petition at that petition site link, CT, is that no petition has been posted there yet. There is a petition in draft form which is at present standing by, until we all can come to some concensus about where/how to start gathering signatures.

We must be careful about inviting the Ohana to "sign" any online petition with their email addresses, and be sure that the service this petition site (or any such similar site) provides is not a means of acquiring email identities for sale to spammers. This site appears legit, but I'm not sure yet, and welcome the assessment and opinions of everyone involved to help us all decide if we should proceed here.

We can always do an old-fashioned paper petition with the draft language at hand, combined with a "write-in" campaign from those who can't join us in person at TV's on 2-17 & 3-17 (e.g., a "postcard petition"). What matters most is getting the outrage and protest vocalized in any quantifiable form. This we will do, and the process for doing so is in the works.

BigBroTiki's comments are very wise: We're in this for love of the place, but the local residents are the ones whose daily lives will be impacted by the threat of Manhattenizing of BH, and our best stragety is to be of use to them, for our mutual success. Contact has been made with the BH Homeowners Association, and they welcome our support, so let's progress toward providing them with the petition signatures, write-ins, etc. we're preparing to garner to add to their fight. Can the LA Conservancy help us coordinate and liase the protest we raise?

According to a source at Trader Vic's corporate office, new property owner Benny Alagem has backtracked on his initial olive branch to include TV's in his proposed development (this substantiated by the Times article), and word is they "definitely" want to save their venue in the same place it's been since opening in 1955. Drums speak of more news from here soon...

Cheers and aloha,
SOK

Post #281919 by Son-of-Kelbo on Tue, Jan 30, 2007 11:25 AM