|
Letters and Petition
to Senator Murray
With the formation of the Deficit Supercommittee and the designation of Washington Senator Patty Murray as one of its two
co-chairs, national attention has been shifting to Washington and to the efforts of Washington NARFE members to state our
position. To support these efforts, NARFE
has designated a coordinator for Washington Protect America's Heartbeat campaign, Jackie O'Ryan. She will be working with
Federation and Chapter leadership over the next few months. The first activity is to collect as many letters as possible from Washington
NARFE members to Senator Murray in October. The letter, below, a standard body, and space for an individual "Post
Script" where members can tell their own stories and state their position. We want the members to sign the letters, handwrite
the P.S. section. The signed letters should be returned to chapter leaders and forwarded to Jackie.
Washington NARFE Letter to Senator Murray and the Super Committee in .doc format
Washington PAH Letter to Senator Murray and the Super Committee in .pdf format
On November 3, a NARFE delegation, consisting
of members of the Federation board, the Seattle Chapter president and Lanny Ross, Region IX VP, met with Senator Murray's
state chief of staff to deliver 500 letters from your, our members, and to discuss our concerns on the proposed cuts to wages,
benefits and retirement annuities. A brief video of the meeting is available below.
Thank you to those who signed letters and wrote
comments. For those who were not able to sign letters, petitions will be available at the upcoming health fairs in various
locations in the state through the end of the month. If you can't make a health fair, the petition is also available
on the NARFEWA.net web site under "What's New" or Protect America's Heartbeat. Just print it out and
take it to your work place or other locations where you will find Federal employees and retirees and ask them to sign. We still have lots of work to do so make your voice heard by making a phone call, writing
a letter, signing a petition or go to the NARFE web site under the Legislative Action Center to send a message to Senator
Murray, Senator Cantwell and your respective Representative. Thank you for your continuing support of our effort. Sandy Cagle, President
Washington State Federation of Chapters
Link to YouTube video of November 3 Presentation of 500 NARFE letters to Senator Murray's Chief of Staff
PETITION In addition to the letters to Senator Murray,
below is a .PDF Petition that can be used at current Health Fairs. This is aimed primarily at Active Federal Employees
who attend the fairs or other public events. A NARFE member who is manning the booth should encourage fair attendees
to read and sign the petition on the spot. It is important that these be filled out and returned to Jackie O'Ryan as
quickly as possible, no later than November 15, so it can reach Senator Murray's office while the Super Committee is stll
in deliberations. Before the petitions are mailed, the chapter should make a copy to capture the signer's contact data
for future discussions.
Petition to Senator Murray
PETITIONS TO WASHINGTON
SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
Once the "Super Committee"
presents its findings to Congress on November 23, the Senate and House will have a month to complete an "Up or Down"
vote by Christmas. If that fails, the issues will go into "Sequestration" with pre-set cuts. In the
time prior to that final vote, it would be appropriate for Chapters to gather and forward signed petitions stating the NARFE
position to your Senators and Representative.
Download Petition to Dear Senator
Download Petition for Senator Cantwell
Download Petition to Dear Washington Member of Congress
Download Petition for Representative Inslee - CD-1
Download Petition for Representative Larson - CD-2
Download Petition for Representative Herrera-Beutler - CD-3
Download Petition for Representative Hastings - CD-4
Download Petition for Representative McMorris-Rodgers - CD-5
Download Petition for Representative Dicks - CD-6
Download Petition for Representative McDermott - CD-7
Download Petition for Representative Reichert - CD-8
Download Petition for Representative Smith - CD-9
Protect America's Heartbeat
Toolkit
The Campaign calls for a variety of actions
at the local level, and to support them, provides a "Toolkit" with suggestions and sample resources that can be
used by the Federation and Chapters.
Download Protect America's Heartbeat Toolkit - August 2011
Protect America's Heartbeat
Poster:
Download "Protect America's Heartbeat" Poster
Demographics
How many Federal Employees and Retirees are in Washington State? Where are they located
by Congressional District? Where are the NARFE Chapters that support them? Where are the major Federal Agencies located in Washington cities and towns?
Download "Where are Washington Federal Employees by Congressional District with Employee and Retiree Counts.pdf"
Federal
Employee Washington and National "Factoids"
When you are supporting the Protect America's Heartbeat campaign, you needs information to pass on. Here are some
"Factoids" about Federal Employees and Retirees nationally and in Washington state:
Download "Factoids"
Washington Media Links
Need
a link to your local and weekly newspapers to send them Protect America's Heartbeat news releases, Opinion Editorial pieces
or Letters to the Editor? Find them at:
www.newslink.org/wanews.html
|
