Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 12:28:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Louis Epstein
Subject: WTC Rebuilding #365:Trump Backs Gardner-Belton!!


Under a headline alluding to a "World Trump Center",
today's Post leads off with the story that Donald Trump
is holding a press conference tomorrow to announce a
plan for 111-story Twin Towers:
http://nypost.com/news/regionalnews/46663.htm

Their lead editorial says Trump faces an "uphill battle"
but his "ideas are welcome"
http://nypost.com/postopinion/editorial/46613.htm

Letters there today are ALL pro-Towers,from people including
Regan McBannon and Dimitrios Makras:
http://nypost.com/postopinion/letters/46605.htm

I called the Trump Organization...the press conference
is at 10:45 AM at the ground level of the Trump Tower,
IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC...let's BE THERE if possible and
provide a pro-Towers audience!

The Post story calls it "his own design",and quotes him
as representing it as something "we" did,but according to
the person I talked to it IS the Gardner-Belton design,
perhaps modified somewhat.

Whether or not you think Gardner-Belton is the BEST way
to build new Towers,it is VERY important that we get
warm bodies there who think giant new Towers are a good
idea and will say so to reporters and provide counterpoints
to the inevitable presence of anti-rebuilders!!

John Lictro told me that this morning 1010WINS had a reporter
at the WTC site who found only people with NEGATIVE things to
say about the plan...we MUST keep our battle up for hearts and
minds!

Gary Taustine alerted me to a Daily News poll going on RIGHT NOW!
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/
(it will be on the page at this URL only temporarily)
about what should be built...giant new Twins are not suggested,
it asks about delays in building the FT and offers choices of
the delays being "Necessary for security" (I voted for this...
we need to build something safer,new giant Twins!),
unnecessary because the plans are great (last with 3% right now!!),
to build the FT because it can't be terror-proof anyway,
or to not build a giant tower,but a memorial park instead
(the worst option...winning with a majority but WE CAN CHANGE THAT!)
Vote in this poll NOW!...I've seen the memorial majority drop three
points already and this email list has several times as many members
as have voted!

Also at the daily News is a story showing how long
a track record of safety problems the FT has:
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/310359p-265454c.html

Eli Attia's essay on why taller buildings have to be safer would
be helpful,I think it's not on the web right now though!

With the Trump thing in the public eye we may need to
step up rally and petitioning plans.

Don't let the opposition convince you they've won...
because that's the only way we can lose!

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The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.