ACTION ALERT: Write to Greenwich, CT Housing Authority

	Our Mission Project Laundry List is making air-drying laundry acceptable and desirable as a simple and effective way to save energy. The Washboard Executive Director Alexander Lee Board of Advisors Helen Caldicott, M.D. Sabra Field Doris "Granny D" Haddock Barbara James Sen. Richard McCormack Bill McKibben David T. Suzuki, Ph.D. Board of Directors Tom Osmer, Chair J. Bryan Wentzell, Vice-Chair James Thaxton, Secretary Jeremy Eggleton Roger Tilton Rhiya Trivedi Alisa Barnard Join Our Community Petition the President Write a Letter to Greenwich Housing Authority Greenwich, trying hard to remain the most elitist place in America, bans its poorest people from using clotheslines. Please write a letter to: Anthony L. Johnson, Executive Director Public Housing Authority 249 Milbank Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830 and express your concern. You may also want to write to select board members, whose addresses can be found at http://www.greenwichct.org/contactus.asp. It is worth noting that the First Selectman is in favor of clotheslines so please thank him for his support. You will want to mention that there are 17,000 dryer fires, causing 15 deaths and 400 injuries every year in the US, according to the NFPA and FEMA's Fire Statistics Bureau. If you want the good people of Greenwich to pay attention, you should also mention that there is approximately $200 million of property value damage associated with this. "None of the national coalitions against the death penalty nor any suicide prevention organizations nor the NFL or any boxing organizations that we are aware of keep statistics about the number of people clothes-lined or killed by a clothesline each year," said Alexander Lee. "What we do know is that people who are eager to save 20% on their monthly electric bill should be allowed to so because it addresses the crises of personal finances, energy security, and climate change, not just fire safety." The dryer is the leading cause of fires among household appliances and the second biggest energy-guzzler after the refrigerator. Johnson may have grown up in the South (which is relevant how?), but he has clearly done some pretty odd calculations about the safety of his tenants. Try not to ridicule him in your letter, because we want them to change the rules. Thank you. Alexander Lee Executive Director Project Laundry List Photo courtesy of Betsy Gammons