Today, we had an excellent meeting with the vice-chairman of the Central/Western district council. Much to my surprise, he suggested that CAN do a project with the District Council. Not only was this music to my ears, but totally unprecedented because, customarily, we work with individual district councillors, rather than the full councils, due to political divisions and, frankly, an absence of interest in environmental affairs. It is hard enough to find one councillor in each district who is supportive of environmental concerns, let alone the support, cooperation and endorsement of an entire DC! Importantly, he repeated several times that his willingness to work with us, as opposed to other NGOs in the past who had approached the council on the same issue, was was largely based on the fact that our stance and approach were non-confrontational. Today's meeting is significant vindication of our decision NOT to antagonize the Government. I continue to believe that it is NOT necessary to protest or demonstrate -- at least not until we complete our mass media campaign, which will commence in February and continue through the end of March. We will see if peaceful, coordinated efforts, intended to give MORE ammo to the Govt, are sufficient to bring public opinion to a tipping point. We must remain dynamic and open to new ideas and political realities as each new day of campaigning unfolds...
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