"Unprecedented grassroots campaign..."

VF21

Super Moderator Emeritus
SME
#1
I was forwarded a copy of an email season ticket holders received. Looks like they're starting to get the campaign going.

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Thank you!

In voting to place a new arena on the ballot, County Supervisors all cited e-mails they had received from Kings fans - thousands of e-mails!

We are more convinced than ever that winning on Election Day depends on you -- just as your loudest and most loyal support wins games at ARCO.

The comprehensive community-needs approach to this issue will require an equally comprehensive campaign led by Sacramento's political, civic and business leaders. Supervisor Roger Dickinson and Vice-Mayor Rob Fong are building that comprehensive campaign. We will join with them.

And there's more we can do. An important part of our role now is to enable Kings and Monarchs fans to have your voices heard and empower you to help us all win in November.

In the next few weeks, the campaign will introduce a new website. We'll provide the website - you'll own its content. It's just part of an unprecedented grassroots campaign, as only Sacramento can - fans making your own tv ads, fans campaigning in front of grocery stores, fans writing letters to your neighbors, fans putting signs on your lawns, fans decorating your houses and even fans bringing cowbells to work.

We want the campaign to be fun. We want our fans to own this campaign in the same way that the community will own the new arena.

Thanks again for your support at the Board of Supervisors. Now we have to let our entire community hear that world-famous ARCO Thunder!

Joe Maloof
Gavin Maloof
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Should we tell them how long SaveOurKings has been around, along with other real grassroots groups that started quite some time ago? :p

Hopefully all the groups that have been trying in their small way will be able to join in and get this puppy passed.
 
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#3
I would like to see a rally down in the railyards on Monday 11/6 and then carry that over to the season opening game at Arco later that night.
 

CruzDude

Senior Member sharing a brew with bajaden
#5
Just yesterday in Santa Cruz, a contractor came to bid on some work on our house, saw our Kings sticker and said, "Wow, your Kings fans? Our neighbors (suburb of Santa Cruz) are big time Kings fan, Bob and his wife and kids, all of them". Everywhere I go over here hardly a day goes by that I don't see a Kings T-shirt, a logo or some comment about the Kings when I wear my T.

By the same token hardly ever do we see any Warriors items. It's like they don't exist. But want to meet new friends and have fun and talk about the Kings? wear a Kings T in Santa Cruz.

Everyone we know around Sacramento knows from us about the arena situation and the Kings. Many of them never have been to a Kings game but they all say they support the tax measure and would go to a venue downtown as opposed to out in the fringes in North Natomas.

My company has several suppliers in Sacramento city and they know if they want our business they need to support the arena tax measure. So far no one has disagreed.
 
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VF21

Super Moderator Emeritus
SME
#9
Yes...at least I would think so.

It's not like doing actual campaigning within 100 ft. of the polls.
 
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VF21

Super Moderator Emeritus
SME
#10
The comprehensive community-needs approach to this issue will require an equally comprehensive campaign led by Sacramento's political, civic and business leaders. Supervisor Roger Dickinson and Vice-Mayor Rob Fong are building that comprehensive campaign. We will join with them.
If Kings fans volunteer to do precinct work, to help hand out flyers at shopping malls, etc. they could be a very valuable resource. I hope the Dickinson/Fong group knows what a potentially valuable asset they have.
 
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