Subject: Re: draft press release for Mermaid Militia Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 13:39:09 -0400 To: Joseph Dobrian From: Bob Armstrong I'm including the "activists" list on this again to keep the= larger group aware that some activity is actually happening . It's still not to late for additional enlistees . Meeting with Dawn and Bonnie and Jim and Elena yesterday , I= felt a female force had been sparked which was bringing together= something much more creatively competitive than I had any conception of . Aqua netting , water balloon bandoleers , hemp cordons , vamped= up vehicle . This could end up being downright neat . On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 00:23:11 -0700, James Lesczynski wrote: >=A0Attached is my proposed press release for the Mermaid Militia= event. I plan to send it out Monday morning, so if you have any= comments, send them my way by Sunday night. Jim , my only real comment is to restructure the first paragraph= to lead with the Party and the celebrating , eg : The Manhattan Libertarian Party is celebrating their unlikely= victory over the City Council's spoilsport toy gun ban by bringing= their famous "Guns for Tots" philanthropy to the annual Coney Island Mermaid= Parade this Saturday. >=A0I read Joseph's and Thomas's flyers. I thought they were both= very good, although perhaps a wee bit wordy for the occasion.= I'm partial to Thomas's for tying into the Mermaid Parade theme= in a fun, festive way, but I think Joseph's is an excellent= all-purpose primer on what GFT is all about. Thomas's hits a good theme , and just needs to be restructured= so that each Dauphin - Libertarian comparison is a single list item with= the counterpoints set off by , eg , italics . I'm waiting to see Joseph's angry young merman in a porkpie at= the parade . Bob A --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/06/15 12:55:11 PM