I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. George Kasimos from Toms River, New Jersey last night at the Community Bard 14 meeting at the Scholars Academy. Mr. Kasimos is the founder of Stop Fema Now
activist organization.
Earlier today I received the following email from George that I want to share with all of you.
activist organization.
Earlier today I received the following email from George that I want to share with all of you.
To: The West 12th Road Block Association
Thank you very much. It was
a pleasure talking at your District 14 Meeting yesterday. Just know we
are not alone!
We have had communication from
leaders in the following communities; Staten Island, Broad Channel Civic
Association, Massapequa, Valley Stream, The Rockaway’s along with most of
NJ.
What we can do moving
forward; Get the word out. We need EVERYONE who is uniformed and
sitting on the sidelines to get involved.
Then we need to have all groups in
NY and NJ join together, and eventually across the nation. The rest of
the nation will be receiving their new flood maps and will have the same
issues. Actually we are “lucky” in a way, because we SHOULD have
significant grants and loans to MITIGATE (raise) our homes. (Homes that
were affected by SANDY
Here is what your group and
similar groups can do today;
Get your members to Like www.facebook.com/StopFemaNow
The only way we can make real
change is by having large advocacy groups to FORCE our federal officials to
DRASTICALLY CHANGE or REPEAL the Biggert-Waters act. Blog on the
site. Let everyone know that NY and NJ stand together! We are the
loudest groups in the nation! NY is the center of the universe concerning
national media coverage.
Everyone on this email list is a
leader in their community in NY. Get other New York Groups to join
us. In the meantime please be active participants on the Facebook page.
Blog articles, post articles, ask questions and answer questions. Let
everyone know that NY and NJ are in this together!
Secondly we would like an
“endorsement letter from your association” (sample letter http://www.stopfemanow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/stop-fema-now-ltr.pdf ).
Then we need you all to actively recruit other members and associations.
Have them send over similar endorsement letters. The politicians LOOK at
that . We have more LIKES (= VOTES) than most politicians. We are
just 90 days old, we are growing by leaps and bounds.
Lastly we are looking to have a
large MASSIVE
STOP FEMA NOW meeting in Staten Island .
For two reasons. We should be able to draw NJ and NY residents
there. And Dee Vanderburg is a great resource. Her association
“oversees” all associations in Staten Island !
All we need is one politician and a hall and we will be there. We feel
this will bring out the national media! Dee , you
set up date and time and we will be there (Except April 25 and April 20, we
have scheduled meetings already. Give us two weeks notice so we can
inform all NY and NJ residents and the MEDIA).
Resources;
You can look at our www.youtube.com/StopFemaNow site and
hear Question and Answer meetings that we recently had with Mayors who have
also been affected and have “skin in the game”. It will answer many
questions that you have.
Here is a little about Where we
are and Where we are going https://www.facebook.com/notes/stop-fema-now/update-where-we-are-where-we-are-going/144590959045114
Issues we are trying to change https://www.facebook.com/notes/stop-fema-now/issues-we-are-looking-to-change/141324419371768
New Flood Insurance pricing sheet https://www.facebook.com/notes/stop-fema-now/femas-new-flood-insurance-pricing-sheet/141033429400867
New 12 Broadcast http://newjersey.news12.com/news/resident-protest-fema-standards-on-raising-homes-1.4785921?qr=1
Dr. Farrell, PHD – leading expert
in flooding and “wave action” presentation disputing FEMA advisory flood mapshttp://www.njspls.org/associations/9487/files/FEMA_Advisory_Flood_Zone-V4.pdf
All these resources and more are
on www.facebook.com/StopFemaNow
Thank you all for your
support! Feel Free to contact us with any ideas, questions or concerns
George Kasimos
Twitter #StopFemaNow
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