Important Announcements

CURRENT INFORMATION: go to our Facebook group "Waco Friends of the Climate." 1) Beginning Jan. 2025, our focus has been on resistance to Donald Trump, since his policies are our greatest threat to the climate. Thus, we are not having monthly meetings at this time. We hope to hold monthly meetings in the future. Visit our Facebook group for current activities, Waco Friends of the Climate. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1330231820335851 2) Our role in the resistance includes a weekly protest at the pedestrian bridge in Waco, Valley Mills Dr. & Bagby Avenue, each Sunday, 1:00pm-2:30pm. We began the protest in March 2025 and it has been carried on weekly for over one year. We provide huge, highly visible banners. Please join us. RESISTING FASCISM, ONE SUNDAY AT A TIME. 3) Because of the sad passing of our webmaster, Harrison Ward, we have not been able to keep the website up to date. For the most current information, please visit our Facebook group, Waco Friends of the Climate : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1330231820335851 4) To join our email list and be informed of actions, activities, and campaigns, email our Director Alan Northcutt at anorthc@aol.com 5)Free "climate crisis is here" yard signs may be obtained by emailing anorthc@aol.com. Delivery of signs is available. Help raise awareness of the climate crisis, deeply needed in Waco. 6) Winners of the "Sixth Annual Climate Crisis Art Exhibit" may be found in the Archives, April 2023. Some incredible climate art may be viewed.

CONTINUE "Go Renewable Waco" campaign: COMMENT TODAY ON WEAK CITY Budget

From Alan Northcutt:

 On Tuesday, September 1, the Waco City Council will vote on the 2020-2021 budget.  After all our efforts, the budget is still not serious about the climate crisis.  I did word search and found NO mention of the terms" solar panel" or "electric vehicle or car."  I screened all 375 pages of the budget and found that the climate crisis is not even addressed. It’s really unbelievable in my view.  So I plan to call in Tuesday and comment, and I request all our members submit a written comment.  It’s easy and quick and  will help back up my statement to the Council.  You can be general and just state that you want the budget to address our existential threat, or you can take a look at the budget and make more specific demands.  Here is a link to the proposed budget:

https://www.waco-texas.com/pdf/budget/FY21ProposedBudgetBook.pdf   

Here is the procedure to make a written comment about the budget.  It must be done before 11 am on Tuesday:

  1. Follow this link:    http://www.waco-texas.com/council-speaker.asp
  2. On this comment page fill out the lines.  There is no agenda number, so just put 2020-2021 budget.  The actual comment portion is at the bottom of the page.  
  3. Also, I would mark the "against" box since the budget is so poor.  

Thanks for helping with this action.  We persuaded the Council to move before on climate, and we must continue to apply pressure.  Acting on climate change NOW is the right thing to do, and we must persuade the City Council to include climate mitigation in this budget.  Talk is cheap;  the City needs to place these steps in its actual budget. 

Alan Northcutt, MD

Director  


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