[Capr-announce] life safety and property protection initiative 958

[Rodney McFarland]

  _____  

From: Frank M. Penwell [mailto:iwp at rockisland.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:58 PM
To: Rodney McFarland; Fred W. Penwell
Cc: vivian
Subject: Fw: life safety and property protection initiative 958

 

Hi Rodney,

    I saw you note asking for volunteers for petition collectors.  It
occurred to me that most of the CAPR group might not even be aware of what
I-958 is and what Fred was asking for.  Below is a copy of an email we are
sending out all over the state.  In fact, one email caused someone in the
state fire marshals office to send our a notice to all the fire departments
in the state.   As a result, I got several encouraging phone calls.  Please
send the below information out to the membership at large.  If we want to
make change and work on getting our property rights back, we need to put our
shoulders to the wheel and that means lots of volunteer time needs to be put
in all along the way.  An event that has 30,000 people attending does
deserve to have many volunteers there collecting signatures.  Thanks for
your help and support.

Frank   :  )    Also, people can visit the web site at:
http://yesoni958.squarespace.com/

 

Yes on I-958

P.O. Box 796

Friday Harbor, WA  98250

360-378-3776

 

            Dear CAPR Members,

            We are gathering signatures for Initiative 958.  The complete
text is below.  We believe this initiative would be helpful and beneficial
to your business or organization, as well as save lives and protect
property.  Many current governmental regulations discourage and intimidate
property owners, as well as make it expensive and difficult to cut or trim
trees and brush on their own property.   The bottom line on this initiative
is that it will save lives, save personal suffering from loss of personal
property, and it will save the fire departments and police departments' time
and energy.  Interestingly enough, i958 would also save energy and renewable
resources.  The costs associated with replacing destroyed property and
dealing with environmental destruction associated with brush and trees
around homes from fire and wind is significant and avoidable.

            We are asking for your support in: gathering signatures,
endorsements and or monetary contributions.

            Please review the petition below, and if you have any questions
please give us a call or email at: 360-378-3776,  i958 at centurytel.net , or
website: http://yesoni958.squarespace.com/  Thank you for considering our
request.

 

Sincerely, 

Yes On I-958,

Frank M. Penwell

                  

 

Complete Text of Initiative Measure No. 958

1                    AN ACT Relating to safety; and adding a new section to
chapter

2                    70.01 RCW.

3                    BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

4                          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. A new section is added to
chapter 70.01 RCW

5                    To read as follows:

6                          For the safety of human life and the protection
of property,

7                    Washington State property owners have a right to
protect themselves and 

8                    their property from the hazards of wind and fire caused
by trees and 

9                    vegetation on their property.  Property owners have the
right to cut

10                down trees or trim brush on their property without being
encumbered or

11                regulated by fees, licenses, permits or fines from any
state, county, city or other

12                governmental entity.  These safety protection rights are
limited to 

13                trees and vegetation located within an individual property
owner's

14                property lines, and limited to a distance of one hundred
feet from the

15                property owner's home, other buildings on the property,
planned 

16                building sites, or utility lines located over or under the
property.

 

      ----END---

                             Kick off letter to the Editor

 

 
3/2/07

Dear Editor,
            I believe in planning ahead and in promoting life safety issues.
Many current governmental regulations discourage and intimidate property
owners, as well as make it expensive and difficult to cut or trim trees and
brush on their own property.  Trees and brush create storm and fire safety
issues.  This last year's storms caused enough loss of life and property
damage to make this abundantly clear.  Many counties and cities, currently
have regulations that require property owners to hire an arborist before
cutting trees, even if the property owner feels they are a hazard and are
clearly endangering lives or property.  Most property owners do not even
know these regulations are on their property.  When property owners do find
out about these regulations, they become fearful and apprehensive about
cutting or trimming their trees.  

            With that in mind, I filed a life safety and property protection
initiative with the Secretary of State, Sam Reed.  It has been approved by
the state Code Reviser, Jeffrey T. Even, and has been given an initiative
number of 958.  

            I am looking for volunteers and donations to form a Political
Action Committee to fund and pass safety initiative I-958.  We need to
collect about 250,000 signatures ASAP.  I need your help.  Please contact me
on how you can help or to get a petition.  Phone: (360) 378-3776, email:
i958 at centurytel.net, address: Box 796, F.H., web site-
http://yesoni958.squarespace.com/


Sincerely,
Frank Penwell

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/capr-announce/attachments/20070308/f806649e/attachment-0001.html