Seattle Area
Soaring Society

Save 60-Acres Campaign 2008

SASS has lost its lawsuit against King County and the loss of 60-Acres is imminent.  SASS has elected to fight the lease of our flying field to soccer by contacting the King County Council and bringing them up to speed on the situation.  Its a two prong attack, one prong is to form 4-person teams that will personally meet with each council member.  The other prong is a letter writing campaign.


                                King County Council Members

First Prong: WE need your help, we'll be setting up face-to-face meetings with the King County council members to go over the impact of leasing 60-Acres to soccer.  If you can join one of the four-person teams, please contact the team leader.    Four Person KC Council Teams   District 1 - Bob Ferguson (D), Team Leader: District 2 - Larry Gossett (D), Team Leader: Brian Keefe District 3 - Kathy Lambert (R), Team Leader: District 4 - Larry Phillips (D), Team Leader: District 5 - Julia Patterson (D),   Team Leader: Seth Arlow District 6 - Jane Hague (R),   Team Leader:  Loren Steel District 7 - Pete von Reichbauer (R), Team Leader: District 8 - Dow Constantine (D), Team Leader:  Seth Arlow District 9 - Reagan Dunn (R), Team Leader:  Steve Allmaras

Second Prong: EVERYONE needs to write letters for this campaign.  If you can't find time to write letters, you're going to be looking for a new hobby this summer...  there won't be any sailplane flying in western Washington.  Period.     Letter Writing Campaign   These letters will be addressed to the King County Council, they can be emails or postal mails.  Sherman has prepared a long list of topics to write about in your letters.  Consider writing 10 different letters to each council member, each letter with a different topic selected from the topics page. We've also included a detailed sample letter from club member Rick Helgeson Resources: Addresses Page Topics Page Rick Helgeson's Sample letter Save 60-Acres Website with lots more 60-Acres info

Back row (left to right): Pete von Reichbauer (R), District 7, Vice Chair Dow Constantine (D), District 8, Kathy Lambert (R), District 3, Bob Ferguson (D), District 1 Front row (left to right): Larry Phillips (D), District 4,  Jane Hague (R), District 6, Larry Gossett (D), District 2, Chair Julia Patterson (D), District 5, Vice Chair Reagan Dunn (R), District 9