[Summit] Gas meter hearing tomorrow afternoon

[Jonathan Howard]

Kari Lang of West Broadway Neighborhood Association and Jessica  
Jennings in that neighborhood have been leading opposition to National  
Grid's ongoing efforts to force us to replace current indoor gas  
meters with an ugly appliance to be installed on the front of all  
homes. National Grid says this is for safety, but can't point to any  
cases where this would have prevented an accident. It is clear that  
the exterior installation will facilitate gas shutoffs for folks late  
with their payment (or said to be).

If you can be at the State House tomorrow at 4:30, you can help  
prevent this. You can visit our website: summitneighbors.org, for the  
text of the bill. Here is Kari's appeal to Summit neighbors:

Hello fellow neighborhood groups,
I plan to call you all individually but in the interest of the time  
sentivity of this issue, I send this email first.

Representative Costantino has just informed the West Broadway  
Neighborhood Association (WBNA) that THIS Wednesday, 2/11/09, at  
4:30PM in Room 203, RI State House, the House Committee on  
Corporations will hold a hearing on H5088.  This is the legislation to  
protect Rhode Island homes against visually-intrusive exterior gas  
meter locations.  Many of you are aware of this issue and the damage  
it can do to historic and non-historic homes in every corner of RI  
(National Grid's plans for gas meter relocation applies to all of RI  
and goes beyond the West Side of Providence). Undoubtedly, National  
Grid will be there in full force with lawyers et all, which makes it  
all the more imperative that the people of RI bring out a larger crowd  
to speak to the importance of passing this legislation.

We appreciate that you share our concern for this issue and ask that  
you:
1) come on Wednesday and testify
2) sent an email to your friends, neighbors, and other groups who  
would care about this issue.
Representative Costantino emphasized the importance of having a large  
crowd of people from throughout the state.
  3) let us know if you plan on coming

Having someone from your organization at the hearing to testify would  
make an impact.  Thank you!
Kari Lang and Jessica Jennings


House Committee on Corporations Hearing on H5008, the legislation to  
protect historic homes against visually intrustive exterior gas meter  
locations
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 4:30 PM
RI State House, Room 203
Please help spread the word across Rhode Island! RIers come out to  
testify in favor of H5088



Kari Lang, WBNA
Email: Kari at wbna.org

Jonathan Howard
Cause & Effect. Inc.
178 Ninth Street,
Providence, RI 02906
401.331.2272

jon at ceffect.com





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