Post #437736 by retrodiva on Wed, Mar 4, 2009 7:03 AM

If anyone here is on facebook there is a Save The Tonga Room group.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=52865973611

This is a great post from that group regarding with a link to the online petition to save the Tonga and contact info for people to voice your opinion to. I apologize if any of this has already been posted.

Please, please please sign the petition. Takes about two minutes and currently they only have a little over 300 signatures. The goal is 1,000.

In addition to signing the petition at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-the-tonga-room---san-francisco, have your voice heard by contacting the following people:

SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING DEPARTMENT/COMMISSION

Send an email urging the Planning Dept to not approve the project unless the historic Tonga Room is specifically included in the retention of the historic Hotel building.
[email protected]
[email protected]
Christina Olague, President San Francisco Planning Commission - [email protected]
Ron Miguel, Vice President San Francisco Planning Commission - [email protected]
Kathrin Moore, Commissioner San Francisco Planning Commission - [email protected]
Tel: 415-575-9051.
Mail: SF Planning Dept, 16560 Mission St Suite 400, SF, CA 94103-2479

FAIRMONT HOTEL

Send an email urging the Fairmont Hotel to leave the Tonga Room intact in its original location due to its historical and cultural value (and promise to spend your $$ there in the future in support of their business).
Thomas Klein, General Manager - [email protected];
Susan Sagy, Fairmont’s Planning Consultant - [email protected];
Mail: 220 MONTGOMERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104.

NEWS MEDIA

Contact anyone you know in the Bay Area newspaper or tv news biz about this issue.

SAN FRANCISCO CITY GOVERNMENT

Mayor Gavin Newsom: [email protected]
David.Chiu, Supervisor District 3 and President of Board of Supervisors - [email protected];

[ Edited by: retrodiva 2009-03-04 07:11 ]

[ Edited by: retrodiva 2009-03-04 07:33 ]