https://www.change.org/p/12671107/u...42984&l=32_HTML&u=35304060&mid=7259882&jb=118
Petition update
We Are Being Heard. Many big updates!
Monroe Mann
New York, NY
Nov 22, 2017 — Good Morning Chimpan Zees!
(A woman on the petition wrote that as a child, they'd ride over the Tappan Zee bridge elatedly screaming, "We're going over the Chimpanzee!" Super cute! Whoever wrote that, can you email me, or post another comment? My email can be found via a web search.)
1. NEW ARTICLE: Attached to this update is a new article that came out this morning in the Journal News. This time, not a news report, but rather an in-depth column that includes a very long and nicely edited video interview with me by the TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE! Haha, it's called, "Mann v. Cuomo", written by Dave Wilson, in a column called, "Tax Watch".
2. WE HAVE LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT! First, this is what Orangetown Supervisor Chris Day recently wrote on our petition:
"As the incoming elected Supervisor of Orangetown, where the Tappan Zee Bridge makes landfall and home to Tappan Zee High School and the hamlet of Tappan, I firmly call upon the Governor and Legislature to reverse their cover-of-darkness decision and reinstate the Tappan Zee name for the new bridge. Whether the bridge carries "Malcolm Wilson" or "Mario Cuomo" as part of its name is irrelevant - it must, to honor our history and the wishes of the residents in our region, also retain "Tappan Zee" within its name. This is an easy fix and implementing it would show a level of respect for our residents who drive this bridge on a daily basis."
Thank you Chris for being brave and for supporting what we all know is right! And will someone in Yorktown please take this fine gentleman out for lunch?
Plus, Chris has support in higher places too. WE HAVE AN ALBANY LEGISLATOR NOW WILLING TO BEGIN DRAFTING LEGISLATION TO RETURN THE TAPPAN ZEE NAME! Assemblyman Kevin Byrne of the 94th Assembly District says he has begun work on drafting a new bill, to be introduced in Albany in January, to return the original name. Read all about it here in this letter to the editor that he wrote a couple days ago to the Yorktown Patch:
https://patch.com/new-york/yorktown-somers/letter-editor-rename-new-cuomo-bridge
3. A SONG ABOUT THE TAPPAN ZEE: One of our petition signers, Clifton Cloud, who works for Cipriani's in Manhattan, shared with me a song he wrote last year called, "Rolling on the Tappan Zee". I listened to it (for quality assurance haha), and as a musician and singer myself who has recorded albums, I have to say, it's well-recorded, catchy, and worthy of a listen. Most importantly, it's great to hear the Tappan Zee name in song! And if Clifton somehow becomes a rock star as a result of my sharing this (hey, ya never know!), I have negotiated with him an agreement to share a significant portion of his future rock star earnings with charity, and also with NY historical preservation organizations. This way, your support of his song is not just a promotion of his song, but rather, also charity and NY historical preservation.
Listen to it here
https://soundcloud.com/search?q=Clifton Cloud
You can actually hear the construction of the bridge in the way the song is written, and it paints a beautiful picture of our great new Tappan Zee! Post your comments on the discussion board!
Also, if YOU have any art or music about the Tappan Zee that you would like me to share with this wonderful audience, please let me know and if it passes my quality assurance/family-friendly test, I will promote your work too supporting our cause!
Here are the lyrics to "Rolling on the Tappan Zee":
Yeah yeah yeah
Look up to the sky
crossing over the river
see the iron fly
And the water ain't likely to take it
easy on the Tappan Zee
And the storms they'll come try and shake it
Rollin on the Tappan
Yeah Yea Yea
A cut up to your friends
you're coming from Rockland
Good to see you my friend.
Riff
Yeah yea yea
New Amsterdam
you're sure looking pretty
We're riding again
And the water ain't likely to take it
easy on the Tappan Zee
And the storms they'll come try and shake it
Rollin on the Tappan
And the water ain't likely to take it
easy on the Tappan Zee
and the storms they'll come try and brake it
Rollin on the Tappan
4. FINALLY, I HAVE STARTED THREE NEW RELATED PETITIONS YOU MAY ALSO BE INTERESTED IN: Given the incredibly success of this Tappan Zee petition to date, I have started a few other related petitions that I believe will also help our Tappan Zee cause:
1. TRIBORO BRIDGE:
https://www.change.org/p/new-york-s...ginal-triboro-name-that-bridge-is-our-history
2. WE WANT OUR BRIDGES BACK:
https://www.change.org/p/andrew-cuomo-we-want-our-bridges-back
3. 50-YEAR/REFERENDUM PROPOSAL:
https://www.change.org/p/legislator...s-parks-must-be-decided-by-50-year-referendum
I believe that these three new petitions will help get more word out about what we are trying to do with the Tappan Zee. I believe through cross-pollination, they each will help the other. If you support any of these other APOLITICAL PRO-NEW YORK / AMERICAN HISTORY initiatives, please also sign, and share with your friends and family. My hope is that we can take this issue national and get the entire country to support what we are trying to do to protect the history of this amazing state and even more amazing nation.
Needless to say, be sure to actually read each full petition before signing, and remember that signing one does not mean you agree with, or need to sign any others. Each petition stands on its own, but together, I think they can be an even more powerful force.
Thank you again for all your incredible help and support!
Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA
Petitioner in Chief