Date: Mar 29, 2008 7:50 AM
Friends -
There is a nice, long article about the impact of the budget cuts on
the state archives building in the March 28 edition of the Arizona
Capitol Times. You have to be a subscriber and registered on the
Capitol Times website to read the entire article on-line, but you can
look at the headline here:
http://azcapitoltimes.com/
It is important that we leverage this publicity in two ways:
1. Write a letter to the Capitol Times in support of proper funding
for the state archives building. This means limiting the budget cut
to $2 million or less. If the cut remains at $3.5 million there will
not be enough money to move the documents into the new building. You
can submit a letter via e-mail to: editor@azcapitoltimes.com or fax
it to (602) 253-7636. In your letter remind folks how long it has
taken Arizona to construct the new building and what a waste it would
be not to be able to use it. Each day of delay means continued
deterioration of valuable historic documents and artifacts.
2. Contact your legislators. Reference the article in the Capitol
Times and tell them the same message. It is very important that they
hear from a large number of people on this. If you need contact
information for legislators, go the the ALIS website:
http://www.azleg.gov/alisStaticPages/HowToContactMember.asp
Thanks very much for all your hard work over the years. We are very
close but need a little extra push right now.
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