PLEASE FOLLOW DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY. WE MUST PRESENT OUR CASE MATURELY AND RESPONSIBLY IN ORDER TO EFFECT CHANGE. ALSO, COMPLETE THE INSTRUCTIONS AFTER THE LETTER BY EMAILING IT, AND POSTING IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUAL EMAIL ADDRESSES AND FACEBOOK PAGES. PLEASE DO NOT DEVIATE FROM THIS PLAN UNLESS YOU CAN PRESENT YOUR CASE WITHOUT EMOTION. WE DO NOT NEED PEOPLE TO GO OFF ON OR BLAST ANY OF THESE PEOPLE. WE NEED TO PRESENT AS A LARGE, CALM, MATURE GROUP OR WE WILL SURELY NOT GET OUR POINT ACROSS. The Atlanta City Council has passed an ordinance prohibiting Drifting on private property located within 1000 feet of a residentially zoned district. THIS ELIMINATES DRIFTING AT TURNER FIELD. Our only hope is to convince the Mayor to VETO this amendment, and to convince the council to remove the ordinance after the VETO. Please go to this link: http://kasimreed.com/contact-us/ Fill in your name Copy and paste this into the subject line: PLEASE VETO the prohibiting of drifting through amendment 12-0-0502 (14) Copy and Paste the letter below into the message section of the form, and click submit. Dear Honorable Mayor Reed and members of the Atlanta City Council: I approach you today asking for a VETO of the amendment to the noise ordinance 12-0-0502 (14), passed in the Council Meeting of May 7, 2012. The car enthusiast community in Atlanta is strong in numbers; these numbers represent tax payers, business owners, consumers and voters. Please let this email stand to represent my one voice in these larger numbers, asking that a VETO be made on our behalf. The organizers of Drift events in Atlanta already strictly adhere to the current noise ordinance, and work with the community at large to present to the enthusiast and drift communities, events which are safe and within the guidelines very clearly represented by current ordinances. An amendment to this ordinance specifically targeting and prohibiting Drifting would result in a loss of income for Atlanta, for Turner Field, for shop owners, parts distributors, tire vendors, restaurants, gas stations, hotels and a myriad of other business throughout Georgia. In this tough economy, we should be searching for ways to keep and grow our avenues of income, not restrict them. There are currently other organizations which hold motor sports events within the City of Atlanta, specifically at Turner Field. These organizations include Auto cross events, Gymkhana events, and automotive dealership test drive / moral boosting events. To target Drifting in the midst of these other events is simply discrimination. In addition, the events at Turner Field offer the enthusiast the opportunity to increase driving skill and compete in events in a safe, controlled environment. The Drift events currently run by S2 Drifting in Atlanta have an accident free history to date. To keep Drifting in this safe and controlled environment will in turn, lesson the burden on Atlanta Police, Fire and EMS services by providing a safe outlet for motor sports and car enthusiasts. Please consider these facts and VETO the amendment to the ordinance. I respectfully thank you for your time. ———————————————————————————————————?—————– NOW SEND THE SAME COPIED AND PASTED EMAIL ABOVE TO THE FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS EMAILS: ccmitchell@atlantaga.gov,csmith@atlantaga.gov,khall@atlantaga.gov,ilyoung@atlantaga.gov, cwinslow@atlantaga.gov,narchibong@atlantaga.gov,awan@atlantaga.gov,hshook@atlantaga.gov, yadrean@atlantaga.gov,fmoore@atlantaga.gov,cmartin@atlantaga.gov,kbottoms@atlantaga.gov, jmsheperd@atlantaga.gov,mbond@atlantaga.gov,aaronwatson@atlantaga.gov, hlwillis@atlantaga.gov ———————————————————————————————————?—————– THEN COPY AND PASTE THE SAME MESSAGE INTO A PRIVATE MESSAGE TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ON FACEBOOK: Mayor Kashim Reed, Cesar C Mitchell, Carla Smith, Kwanza Hall, Ivory Lee Young, Clera Winslow, Keisha Bottoms, Michael Julian Bond, Natalyn Archibong, Alex Wan, Howard Shook, Yolanda Adrean, Felicia Moore, CT Martin, Joyce M. Sheperd, Aaron Watson, H. Lamar Willis ———————————————————————————————————?—————– IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO POST ON THE MAYOR’S AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FACEBOOK PAGES, PLEASE SAY SOMETHING LIKE THE FOLLOWING: I am a taxpayer, consumer and voter and I support Drifting at Turner Field. ———————————————————————————————————?—————–