More Help Needed in the David Green Election Campaign

national | miscellaneous | news report Friday February 15, 2002 14:43 by Finghin

Help for David Greene (MIJAG) election campaign

Friends

The General Election campaign is hotting up. We must not miss any chance to
stitch it into the outgoing Government for their lack of action on this
issue. We will be organising a number of local meetings with TDs invited.
More importantly when you bump into these people over the coming months, let
them know how you feel on their lack of action to date.

The MIAB report should be with the Government by now and is likely to hit
the streets any day. There will be a media frenzy around the whole question
of Car Insurance for a few days when this happens. We must take every
opportunity to contact local Radios and Newspapers when this happens to keep
this issue high on the list coming up to the election.

Our own Election campaign work got off to a good start last Saturday. The
first day of Election Work for the MIJAG Candidate David Green went very
well. Just over 1,000 houses in the Cherrywood area of Clondalkin got a
leaflet drop last Saturday using the first Election leaflet. Between 8pm and
9pm six local pubs were visited with leaflets been dropped on every table.
The response from people was excellent. There is no doubt that if we do the
work as a Campaign in Dublin Mid-West that David Green will get a very
significant vote. That in turn could have a huge bearing on the action of
the next Government on this issue.

We do need more people to turn out for this work. Don't worry if you cannot
make every week, but if you can turn up occasionally that would be a big
help. We are keeping to a fixed arrangement of meeting at 6pm outside the
McDonalds Restaurant in the Mill Shopping Complex, Clondalkin. Next week we
will continue the door to door leaflet drops in Clondalkin and we will be
focusing on the Pubs in Lucan. If you are in Dublin for the weekend please
make an effort to get along to these activities. If you are thinking of
helping out please reply with you Phone number so that we can make contact
with you on the day.

The first print run of 25,000 leaflets has been paid for. We now need to get
in at least 2,500 euro to pay for Election Posters. If you sent a pledge we
would like you to now sent the money by Cheque, Postal Order or Bank Draft
to the Campaign C/O 78 Whitechurch Way, Ballyboden, Dublin 16. Your donation
will then be acknowledged in writing. Please include your e-mail address. If
you have not made a pledge but can make a donation please lodge money from
any bank to the Campaign Account at Bank of Ireland, Tallaght. Account
Number 36150764, sort code 90-13-43.

Congratulations to the Campaign in Cork who had their biggest ever Car
Protest last Saturday.

The Tipperary Campaign has a General Meeting in Aherns Hotel, Clonmel at 8pm
on Monday 25th. All TDs for the area have been invited.

Regards
Mick Murphy (National Organiser).