From: broughton@lambda.usask.ca ()
Subject: Re: Colorado Addresses
Reply-To: broughton@lambda.usask.ca ()
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 17:39:37 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.004720.11051@craycos.com>, mush@craycos.com (Randy Murrish) writes:
|>Path: access.usask.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!newsflash.concordia.ca!utcsri!torn!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!copper!aspen.craycos.com!mush
|>From: mush@craycos.com (Randy Murrish)
|>Newsgroups: soc.motss
|>Subject: Re: Colorado Addresses
|>Message-ID: <1992Nov6.004720.11051@craycos.com>
|>Date: 6 Nov 92 00:47:20 GMT
|>References: <1992Nov5.174010.6348@macc.wisc.edu>
|>Organization: Cray Computer Corporation
|>Lines: 142
|>In-Reply-To: anderson@macc.wisc.edu's message of 5 Nov 92 17:40:10 GMT
|>
|>In article <1992Nov5.174010.6348@macc.wisc.edu>
|>anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) writes:
|>
|>>   Thanks to Tim Petlock (hi, ya big cutie!) for posting addresses
|>>   in Colorado.  I would like to see more such addresses, and in
|>>   as many of the more conservative parts of the state as possible,
|>>   especially in areas dependent on tourist income for their welfare.
|>>   I'm thinking of Durango and other places in the SW part of the state,
|>>   Colo Springs, Glenwood Springs, etc.
|>>
|>>   I'm about to go on a letter-writing binge.
|>
|>Some of the people at work were talking about all the companies in
|>Colorado Springs that should be targetted for a boycott.  Since the
|>Springs is the home town of CFV, it should be the worst hit by any
|>boycott.  Unfortunatly, most of Colorado Springs consists of active
|>and retired military people.  There is a considerable defense
|>contractor base, but just a few major private type employers.
|>
|>Here goes:
|>
|>FIRST AND FOREMOST:
|>
|>Will Perkins (President of CFV) owns Perkins Chrysler-Plymouth.  I
|>think a letter to Will at his business AND one to Chrysler corporate
|>is very much in order:
|>
|>	Perkins Chrysler Plymouth Alfa Romeo
|>	Attn: Will Perkins
|>	1205 Motor City Dr.
|>	Colorado Springs, CO  80906
|>	(719) 475-2330
|>
|>	(I don't have the address for Chrysler corporate but
|>	 it shouldn't be too hard to find, address it to Lee.)
|>
|>Other members of the board of directors for CFV will be determined and
|>any businesses they own/operate should also be targeted.  I'll get
|>this information and pass it on to the net.  Please write Will, he is
|>very lonely now ;-).
|>
|>Let me say it again, write to Chrysler corporate.  Let's make sure
|>they know what Will has been up to lately.
|>
|>NEWSPAPERS:
|>
|>The Gazette Telegraph did an editorial supporting CO-2.  Their address
|>is:
|>
|>	Gazette Telegraph
|>	Attn: Managing Editor
|>	30 South Prospect
|>	Colorado Springs, CO  80903
|>	(719) 636-0210
|>
|>Just for fun, they have a Tell It To The GT column that runs on the
|>op-ed page that is just a distilation of comments people make on an
|>answering machine.  Call them and tell them what you think:
|>
|>	Tell It To The GT
|>	(719) 473-1919
|>
|>MAJOR CORPORATIONS IN COLORADO SPRINGS:
|>
|>The two major corporations that just moved into town (other than the
|>fundy type religious people) are MCI and Apple.  Letters to their
|>corporate offices would be nice.  Local addresses are:
|>
|>	Apple Computer Inc.
|>	702 Frontage Road South
|>	Fountain, CO  80817
|>	(719) 382-2000
|>
|>Apple did put a full page ad in some state-wide newspapers opposing
|>CO-2.  Don't go too hard on them, they are about the only company that
|>did say something to the public.
|>
|>	MCI
|>	4678 Alpine Meadows Ln
|>	Colorado Springs, CO  80919
|>	(719) 592-1300
|>
|>Perhaps a boycott of MCI long distance?  I use Sprint.  DEC has been
|>in Colorado Springs for a long time and is one of the largest
|>employers next to the military:
|>
|>	Digital Equipment Corporation
|>	4755 Forge Rd
|>	Colorado Springs, CO  80907
|>	(719) 590-6000
|>
|>RELIGIOUS FUNDIES:
|>
|>Just for fun, send a letter to Focus on the Family.  They have had
|>their hands in everything CFV does (and more):
|>
|>	Focus on the Family
|>	420 N Cascade Ave
|>	Colorado Springs, CO  80903
|>	(719) 531-3400
|>
|>OTHER LOCAL GROUPS:
|>
|>I put the local NBC affiliate into this group.  The general manager
|>changed national programming on the night before the election to air
|>two Rush Limbaugh shows instead of the normal NBC movie.  He also did
|>an editorial during the local newscast about 2 weeks ago, urging
|>voters to approve CO-2.  He's a nasty boy and in cahoots with Will.
|>
|>	KOAA-TV Channels 5/30
|>	Attn: John O. Gilbert
|>	530 Communication Circle
|>	Colorado Springs, CO  80906
|>	(719) 632-5030
|>
|>The local Chamber of Commerce:
|>
|>	Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau
|>	104 S Cascade Ave
|>	Colorado Springs, CO  80903
|>	(719) 635-7506 (General Administration and Conventions)
|>
|>City Government (they did nothing to support the cause):
|>
|>	Mayor Bob Issac
|>	City of Colorado Springs
|>	City Hall
|>	30 S Nevada Ave
|>	Colorado Springs, CO
|>
|>>   -- 
|>>   Jess Anderson <> Madison Academic Computing Center <> University of Wisconsin
|>>   Internet: anderson@macc.wisc.edu <-best, UUCP:{}!uwvax!macc.wisc.edu!anderson
|>>   NeXTmail w/attachments: anderson@yak.macc.wisc.edu  Bitnet: anderson@wiscmacc
|>>   Room 3130 <> 1210 West Dayton Street / Madison WI 53706 <> Phone 608/262-5888
|>
|>Hope this helps, maybe someone up in Denver and other cities will fill
|>in the rest.  If anyone can think of other addresses they need, just
|>yell, I'll get them for you.
|>
|>Later...Randy
|>
|>-- 
|>----------------------------------------------------------------------
|>Cray Computer Corporation                                Randy Murrish
|>1110 Bayfield Drive                                   mush@craycos.com
|>Colorado Springs, CO 80906                                719.540.4274
|>

Can we boycott Cray Computer Corporation as well since it is in Colorado?

Is the above address in the .sig the one to write to?

Darrell
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