I called the Irlen Institute and got a copy of their petition. It
is much simpler than mine, but it includes a little more information
about the signers. Here a copy.
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PETITION
I am opposed to the proposed legislation to ban the sale of
incandescent light bulbs.
Name Address (street, city, state) Signature Date
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
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Even if you can only add your own signature and possibly the
signatures of your family members, it would help enormously. To
streamline the contact process, one quick email could be composed
stating your opposition to the proposed ban and sent cc to each of
the legislators.



--- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, brainstormwriter
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Today is tuesday, this is needed in two days. I am sorry I do not
have
> more time to help due to prior commitments.
>
> Lu
>
> --- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, hopefordyslexia
> <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> > I just received two urgent letters from Helen Irlen.
> > There is a world-wide effort to ban the use of the incandescent
> > light bulb, effectively forcing everyone to switch to
fluorescent
> > lighting - which would be disasterous results for those of us
who
> > cannot tolerate fluouescent lighting well.
> > Helen Irlen is working to keep our lighting choice options
open.
> > She will be attending government meetings. She urgently needs
our
> > help. Please take the time to make a simple petition and gather
as
> > many signatures before this Thursday and email them to Helen and
the
> > legislators listed below.
> > Please help, even if you are not from California because this
is a
> > world-wide trend that needs to be stopped and we all need to
work
> > together.
> > Robin
> >
> > Here are copies of both of Helen's letters.
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Some of you may have already received this information; if you
have
> > already taken action, just delete. This bill will affect many of
us
> > who want the freedom to choose alternative lighting sources. The
> > window of opportunity to stop this bill is closing rapidly.
There
> > will be two committee sessions held on May 4 and May 9. If you
want
> > to take action, do so immediately.
> >
> > Do what you can.
> >
> > Respectfully,
> >
> > Helen Irlen
> >
> > Your Action is Urgently Needed
> >
> > Houston , We Have a Problem!
> >
> > The California legislature is considering a bill (AB 722) which
will
> >
> > prohibit the sale of general service incandescent lamps and
halogen
> > lights in the state after January 1, 2012. The Assembly
Committee
> > who is considering this bill is asking for and welcomes the
public
> > to comment.
> >
> > Communicate your message by sending an email to all of the
committee
> > members. But you must do this before May 9. Their names and
email
> > addresses are listed below:
> >
> > Committee Members
> >
> > Mark Leno - Chair 916-319-2013
> > Assemblymember.leno@
> >
> > Mimi Walters - Vice Chair 916-319-2073
> > Assemblymember.walters@
> >
> > Anna Caballero 916-319-2028
> > Assemblymember.Caballero@
> >
> > Mike Davis 916-319-2048
> > Assemblymember.Davis@
> >
> > Mark DeSaulnier 916-319-2011
> > Assemblymember.DeSaulnier@
> >
> > Bill Emmerson 916-319-2063
> > Assemblymember.emmerson@
> >
> > Jared Huffman 916-319-2006
> > Assemblymember.Huffman@
> >
> > Betty Karnette 916-319-2054
> > Assemblymember.Karnette@
> >
> > Paul Krekorian 916-319-2043
> > Assemblymember.Krekorian@
> >
> > Doug La Malfa 916-319-2002
> > Assemblymember.lamalfa@
> >
> > Ted Lieu 916-319-2053
> > Assemblymember.Lieu@
> >
> > Fiona Ma 916-319-2012
> > Assemblymember.Ma@
> >
> > Alan Nakaniski 916-319-2010
> > Assemblymember.nakaniski@
> >
> > Pedro Nava 916-319-2035
> > Assemblymember.nava@
> >
> > Sharon Runner 916-319-2036
> > Assemblymember.Runner@
> >
> > Jose Solorio 916-319-2069
> > Assemblymember.solorio@
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > IrlenClients: Banning of Incandescent Lighting Petitions
> >
> > I plan to attend on May 9 the government committee hearing in
> > Sacramento on AB 722 – Banning of Incandescent Lighting.
Therefore,
> > please send me all petitions you have at this time (even if
there
> > are just one or two signatures on the petition) so I can take
them
> > with me to the hearing. I need to receive them no later than
May 8.
> >
> > Also, please continue to collect signatures on the petition –
thank
> > you.
> >
> > Helen
> >
> > Helen L. Irlen, MA, LMFT
> >
> > Executive Director
> >
> > Irlen Institute International Headquarters
> >
> > www.irlen.com
> >
> > Reading by the Colors
> >
> > A Piece of the Puzzle
> >
> >
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> >
> > Here is a simple sample petition that I created.
> > If you have anything to add, please post it here in the group.
> > Thanks.
> > Robin
> >
> >
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > Petition in Support of Incandescent Lighting
> > Facts:
> > 1. Fluorescent lamps contain toxic materials such as mercury,
> > cadmium and lead and are so hazardous to the environment that
they
> > may not be disposed of in the trash.
> > California (Title 22, division 4.5, chapter 11, section 66261.50)
> >
> > 2. Many people cannot tolerate or function well under
fluorescent
> > lighting. Fluorescent lighting is known to cause headaches,
> > eyestrain, eye irritation, vision disturbances, fatigue,
difficulty
> > in concentration, increased rate of `misjudgments' and
accidents,
> > malaise, irritability, ADD, ADHD, Lupus, epileptic seizures and
even
> > life threatening reactions such as anaphylactic shock.
> >
> > We, the undersigned, therefore respectfully request that there
be no
> > ban on the manufacturing, sale or use of the incandescent bulb.
> >
> > _______________________________________
> > _______________________________________
> > _______________________________________
> > _______________________________________
> > _______________________________________
> > _______________________________________
> > _______________________________________
> > _______________________________________
> > _______________________________________
> > _______________________________________
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Helen L. Irlen, MA, LMFT
> >
> >
> >
> > Executive Director
> >
> >
> >
> > Irlen Institute International Headquarters
> >
> >
> >
> > <http://www.irlen.com> www.irlen.com
> >
> >
> >
> > Reading by the Colors: A Piece of the Puzzle
> >
>