Sample/Actual Letter

As found on Yelp:

I've written this email and sent it in. You guys can rewrite it, copy/paste it, whatever, just get this law thrown out!!!
You can also CALL ALDERMAN SCHULTER'S OFFICE! (773) 348-8400!!
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Email: ward47@cityofchicago.org, MayorDaley@cityofchicago.org

Subject: In opposition to Chapter 4-157, titled "Event Promoters"

Alderman Gene Schulter, Mayor Daley and other City Council members:

I am writing in opposition to the proposal that recently passed in City Council regarding new regulations for city event promoters. As someone who helped organize a DIY festival to benefit rape victims in 2007, I know that we would not have been able to raise as much money as we did or generate as much community outreach without the help of small event promoters and clubs who will no longer be able to operate under the expensive and outrageous new regulations proposed in the ordinance that passed Wednesday.

Being a member of the media, I was shocked at how little I heard about this ordinance until it was relatively too late, and when I spoke to friends and colleagues about it, they were as outraged as I am. It was Mayor Daley who said, "It's the whole idea of what a city should be: the appreciation of the artistic community. That's the soul of a city."

This ordinance shows a complete disregard for the artistic community and appears to be drafted by people who are out of touch with those who stay in this great city because of its thriving independent art and music scene.

Already, Chicago has a scarce independent art and performance community represented within the city limits. The Museum of Contemporary Art rarely features local artists and the lucrative venues and companies that can afford these new limitations and meet these new requirements are discriminative towards independent art and music genres and un-sponsored events. Placing these restrictions on DIY promoters and small groups alienates the very art community the city relies on to assist with cultural diversity and neighborhood development (i.e. Wicker Park, Pilsen, etc). What's more, entrepreneurs are greatly affected as this ordinance will discourage business owners from providing press and promotions services.

Please reconsider this ordinance before even more of our artistic community leaves Chicago for the city support of Brooklyn or LA.

Respectfully,

Robin W.
Best Nest Media