Transportation Budget Actions

from Cassie Steiner, state Sierra Club:

There's some motion in the transportation budget this week. This link is providing to-the-minute updates on this: http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article159879204.html

Now more than ever it's time to call your elected officials, email them your photo petition, submit letters to the editor and tweet/facebook post. Below are some resources that can help you. Please share this email with your networks.

1. Calls:
   
   Find your elected official at https://myvote.wi.gov/en-US/MyElectedOfficials
   
   Script:
   Hi, my name is ____ and I’m a constituent from [hometown].
   
   
   I’m calling because I want to encourage the Representative/Senator to focus on meeting important local needs in the transportation budget.
   
   
   Please cut spending on highway mega-projects and invest instead in local needs - like repairing existing roads and funding public transit that connects people to jobs and the places they want to go. I also want to make sure that public transit stays in the segregated transportation fund.
   
   
   Thank you!
   
2. Photo Petitions (use this release form if you have others do photo petitions): Post on social media with #MyTransportationPriorities and email them to your elected officials
   
3. Letters to the Editor: Here are talking points and a fact sheet  to help you write these. If you have any questions about writing or submitting a letter, please feel free to email me at cassandra.steiner@sierraclub.org
   
4. Like and retweet this: https://twitter.com/wiCMRT/status/883021910375890944
   Like and share this: https://www.facebook.com/CMRTWI/photos/a.1596764417217498.1073741828.1595501130677160/2076508292576439/?type=3&theater

Cassie Steiner PR and Outreach Associate Sierra Club - John Muir Chapter 754 Williamson Street (The Council of the Blind Building) Madison, Wisconsin 53703