Smart Meter Talks in Lapeer County

Upcoming Talks on Smart Meters
What Is DTE Not Telling You?
Learn All You Need to Know
Network with Others
  Linda Kurtz, head of the Smart Meter Education Network, will give two talks on smart meters. These talks have been very well-received in the past. They provide you with an opportunity to learn more, ask questions, and network with others in the movement. Please attend. We have space for 120 people at each talk.
 

May 22 Talk

When: Sunday, May 22 from 2–5 p.m.
Where: Hadley Old Town Hall, 3551 Hadley Rd, Hadley, Lapeer County, MI 48440
 

June 12 Talk

When: Sunday, June 12 from 2–5 p.m.
Where: Hadley Old Town Hall, 3551 Hadley Rd, Hadley, Lapeer County, MI 48440
 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please leave your cell phone and any other wireless devices (including iPads, Apple watches, FitBits, etc) in your car. Some attendees, as well as the speaker, are extremely electrosensitive and cannot tolerate wireless frequencies of any kind. Thank you for your consideration.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTE: Please try not wear perfumes, essential oils, or strongly scented fabric softeners to the talk, as some people, including the speaker, are also chemically sensitive. Many people with EMF sensitivities become chemically sensitive.
 

PASS OUT FLYERS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY
 

Here is the flyer announcing the two talks.  Here is a link to our revised Ticking Time Bomb flyer, which gives people lots of information about smart meters. Pass the two out together. It really makes a difference! View all our flyers and choose the ones that suits you. The new Ticking Time Bomb flyer is not on the website yet.


Please link to us via Facebook and let your friends know about the talks.

Flyering & Fun: Anti-Smart Meter Band "Agenda 21" Plays in Ann Arbor, Free Event

Anti-Smart Meter Songs to Be Featured as Band
Agenda 21 Plays at the Water Hill Music Festival

Get the Word Out at the Festival!
Join Us Flyering and Petitioning

Meet up Afterward to Share and Strategize

Sunday, May 3, 2–6 p.m.  --Ann Arbor--  (Rain date, May 10)

 

Our own Leslie Panzica,
who has been living without power for over a month now,
headlines the band Agenda 21
at the Water Hill Music Festival

Sunday, May 3, 2–6 p.m.  in Ann Arbor  (Rain Date, May 10)
Get the Word Out! Join Us Flyering and Petitioning

Music for every taste
Rock, Balkan, Classical, Jazz, Folk, Shape Note, Bluegrass
You name it, it’ll be there. 100s of bands.

The festivities last from 2– 6 p.m.  Accomplished musicians play in front yards throughout the Water Hill area. The event is free. This is an easy way for you to pass out those 100 flyers we talked about in our last newsletter. The weather should be beautiful, with a high of 76 and just a 20% chance of rain.

Our own Leslie Panzica, who has been living without power for over a month now, headlines the band Agenda 21. She'll sing two songs she composed about smart meters: “Zapped” and “Current.” Leslie will tell the audience her story as she introduces her songs. She’ll let the audience know that we will be gathering petition signatures and handing out literature. You can read various parts of Leslie's story here, here, and here. Here story also appears on our Opt-Out Flyer and on our General Health Flyer. We can flyer and petition anywhere at the festival. Select the bands you want to see, and pass out flyers.
The Water Hill Music Festival (FB page and website) brings in crowds of Ann Arborites and people from surrounding communities to listen music played in people’s front yards. What better way to get the word out! People attending community events like these are open to petitions, flyers, and talking for a few minutes about smart meters.

Have some fun! Surely nearly all of you in the Ann Arbor, Dexter, and Ypsilanti area can come for an hour! Everyone else, come too! You'll get to choose from a hundred musicians, and this is an easy way to get information on smart meters out to hundreds of people. Let's also gather signatures on our petition that will go to legislators. You can pass out flyers and gather signatures during the entire festival, or for an hour or two. Whatever suits you. Find flyers and petitions here.

This is also a great chance for all of us who know each other only over email to meet. For all who want to, we’ll meet after the festivities at 5:30 at my home (which is less than a mile away) to talk, get to know each other, and strategize. Email us at smartmetereducationetwork @ gmail.com for more info. You can bring food to eat, or we can order out.
Please be sure to read this page about the festival if you plan to attend. It has information that will help you plan.

 

Flyering and Petitioning

See our flyers and petitions page. Load up on flyers and petitions, and come out!  We have a simple spiel you can use. Sample Spiel.

I hope to develop a new flyer by the end of this week for areas that have already been installed. If I get done before Sunday, I’ll send it out via the newsletter.

If you plan to attend or are pretty sure you will, please click here. We’d like to know how many people will be coming out to help the cause next Sunday.

As always, leave your cell phones in your car, or at least turn them off. I will be at Agenda 21, and the fewer cell phones I am exposed to, the better. Did you know your cell phone tracks you 24/7 unless you remove the battery?

Agenda 21, the Band

 

Performing Sunday, May 3rd, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm at 815 Daniel St.

Sherry Lutz, guitar; Leslie Panzica, bass guitar and vocals; Neil Lau, guitar; Steve Gamburd, drums. Sherry is also a smart-meter resister and lives in Warren.
I’ve heard another band Leslie and Sherry are in, and the band was fantastic.  Agenda 21 was formed to help realize a better world through music. The songs bring awareness to issues through a danceable mix of rock, reggae, and funk. Influences include Bob Marley, PJ Harvey, The Clash, Black Keys, Cat Stevens, Nirvana, and Jefferson Airplane.
Leslie has written two songs about smart meters. She will tell her story, introduce those of us who are there to flyer and petition. Then she and the rest of the band will play their great music!

 

Feb. 13: Important: Talk to Rep Henry Yanez and MPSC

You, the public, get to tell the MPSC and state representative Henry Yanez how you feel!

A public meeting has been arranged with the Michigan Public Service Commision (MPSC) and state representative Henry Yanez regarding smart meters. For those who are new, the MPSC is the entity that approved DTE's and Consumers Energy smart meter programs and continues to trumpet the utilities' falsehoods.

The meeting will last approximately 1 1/2 hours.  It will be an open forum so people may speak on the issue.  A member of the MPSC will be available via a teleconference call.  Our last newsletter gave you lots of points you can bring up. Subscribe to our newsletter at smartmetereducationnetwork@gmail.com.

 Please Attend If You Can. The Heat Is on!

The more people who attend these meetings, the more power we have to turn the tide! Yanez sits on the House Energy and Technology Committee. The more constituents he hears from, the more likely he is to sponsor a bill.

 Sterling Heights Library Programming Center
 40255 Dodge Park Rd.
 Sterling Heights 48313

February 7: WAAM's Joe Gagnon to Interview DTE

Joe Gagnon, who interviewed Linda Kurtz last week on WAAM Radio 1600 AM, is interviewing DTE on February 7 from 8-10. Be sure to call in. We suggest you send Joe your comments beforehand, as well as questions he should ask DTE. When you call in, you should be armed with facts that counter DTE's lies.  We suggest that you suggest to him that he have Linda Kurtz on on the second half of the show, so that both she and DTE can answer questions, and so that she can ask DTE questions and rebut their nonsense.

Listener Call-In: (734) 822-1600
Website: www.askjoegagnon.com
E-mail: joe@waamradio.com
Comment here: http://www.hometownlife.com/story/life/columnists/2015/01/07/smart-meter-dangerous-appliance/21388839/

Tell the MPSC How You Feel! Public Meeting February 2

You, the public, get to tell the MPSC and state representative Henry Yanez how you feel! A public meeting has been arranged with the Michigan Public Service Commision (MPSC) and state representative Henry Yanez regarding smart meters. For those who are new, the MPSC is the entity that approved DTE's and Consumers Energy smart meter programs and continues to trumpet the utilities' falsehoods.

 Please Attend If You Can. The Heat Is on!

 The more people who attend these meetings, the more power we have to turn the tide! Yanez sits on the House Energy and Technology Committee. The more constituents he hears from, the more likely he is to sponsor a bill.

 Monday, Feb. 2, 2015 10:30 am

 Sterling Heights Library Programming Center
 40255 Dodge Park Rd.
 Sterling Heights 48313