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May 21st 2010
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Posted by Moira Williams
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Exciting times down marrickville way in the heart of Sydney. Our local council has just passed a motion to support the campaign!

They have a link to the 100% site on their webpage and are going to hang a campaign banner on the town hall ....awesome.

...and it was super easy to do - we asked our local councillor to put the motion and then rocked up to the council meeting to speak in support of it. Democracy in action. yeeha.

Good on ya marrickville for supporting community eduction on renewables!

I reckon its a really easy way to boost our visibility in local communities so go find a friendly councillor and lets get a wave of councils behind us!

Marrickville council supports 100%: Marrickville council website showing a link to the 100% websiteMarrickville council supports 100%: Marrickville council website showing a link to the 100% website

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2 comments on "Marrickville council on board!"

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Andrew Bray said on Fri, 21/05/2010 - 12:05:
Great stuff Moira. Can I ask, was there a particular bucket of money they reached into to pull out the wad? Councillors like to know they're drawing on the right accounts for these kind of things and not doing anything untoward.
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Lydia Andrews said on Fri, 21/05/2010 - 11:43:
Such a great idea, and I can attest to the fact that speaking for the motion at the Council meeting was not scary at all - you just talk for 3 minutes and they don't even ask you any questions, too easy! I would encourage even the shyest of community groups to go for it!