Comments on: Petition to save Downtown Crozet http://www.realcrozetva.com/2006/09/07/petition-to-save-downtown-crozet/ A community blog for Crozet, Virginia Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: DanG http://www.realcrozetva.com/2006/09/07/petition-to-save-downtown-crozet/comment-page-1/#comment-806 DanG Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:14:14 +0000 http://www.realcrozetva.com/2006/09/07/petition-to-save-downtown-crozet/#comment-806 Downtown Crozet is falling apart. Maybe the lack of signatures reflects the majority's feelings correctly. Time to replace the termite ridden structures and make our town beautiful instead of just old. The "Crozet Station" plan is a start. Downtown Crozet is falling apart. Maybe the lack of signatures reflects the majority’s feelings correctly. Time to replace the termite ridden structures and make our town beautiful instead of just old. The “Crozet Station” plan is a start.

]]> By: TrvlnMn http://www.realcrozetva.com/2006/09/07/petition-to-save-downtown-crozet/comment-page-1/#comment-803 TrvlnMn Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:41:00 +0000 http://www.realcrozetva.com/2006/09/07/petition-to-save-downtown-crozet/#comment-803 <blockquote>How better could one market such a (or any other) petition?</blockquote> Pick big local events and set up a table with petition forms. The Albemarle County Fair would've been one such opportunity. Any heavily attended BoS (or related) meeting would be another opportunity. A lot of times with petitions (unless the petition is entirely symbolic) the only signatures that will count with "the powers that be" are the signatures of verifiable registered voters. And speaking of voters- an election would be another such opportunity to collect signatures. Especially since Virginia doesn't have a law against electioneering outside polling places.

How better could one market such a (or any other) petition?

Pick big local events and set up a table with petition forms. The Albemarle County Fair would’ve been one such opportunity. Any heavily attended BoS (or related) meeting would be another opportunity.

A lot of times with petitions (unless the petition is entirely symbolic) the only signatures that will count with “the powers that be” are the signatures of verifiable registered voters. And speaking of voters- an election would be another such opportunity to collect signatures. Especially since Virginia doesn’t have a law against electioneering outside polling places.

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