Campaign Update - Week of 2/11/2008

Lobby Day
There is a free bus and the seats are going fassst! The Moratorium Now Lobby Day is February 20, 2008. The bus will leave at 6:30 a.m. from Central Reform Congregation, 5020 Waterman Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63108. To reserve your seat or for more information contact Colleen Cunningham at 314.256.9810.

Moratorium Bills
Moratorium bills have been filed in both the House and the Senate. HB 1870 was introduced by Rep. Bill Deeken ® and is being co-sponsored by 14 Republicans and 43 Democrats (this is no small feat!). The changes from last years bill is to reduce the length of the study from 3 years to 2 years and to include a provision to study the impact of different sentences upon murder victim’s family members. SB800 (SB 800 Summary and Full Bill) was introduced by Senator Rita Heard Days.

This will be an interesting and important legislative session. Gov. Blunt has announced he will not run again. This is a term-limited years for many reps and senators. We need to be letting our own legislator know we want to support the bill. In the next Campaign Update, we will include the Committee and its members who will be hearing the bills. Some of them will need some extra attention from us as well.

Petitions
At an MLK event, a Reggie supporter told me of her personal campaign to get signatures. We think Chlora’s idea is a great one for everyone. She is identifying 15 people to collect 15 signatures each (the number per sheet). That’s a total of 225. If we got 49 others to do likewise, that’s 11,250 signatures. That would almost double the amount we have collected to date. If 100 people collect 15 sheets, well you get the picture. The suggested deadline for 1515 camapign is April 4, the 15th anniversary of the Chain of Rocks Bridge Tragedy.

Super Tuesday is a big opportunity to collect signatures at the polling sites. But there will be candidates coming through before the February 5 Presidential Primary. Barack Obama is scheduled to come to St. Louis on Saturday.

Hit us back if you want to be a part of Campaign 1515.

“Enough Already!”
Jamala Rogers, Coordinator
JUSTICE for Reggie Campaign
P. O. Box 5277
St. Louis, MO 63115
(314) 367-5959
www.justiceforreggie.com