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In order to walk the talk, Billy and Meighan are off to Detroit and their first stop on the tour in a new 2003 Toyota Prius hybrid. Says Billy: “We're going to see if we can make it all the way to Detroit on one tank of gas. WOOHOO! Wish us luck!” |
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Tales from the Road: Day 3
Rockin' Pittsburgh!
What a drive! After leaving the show in Detroit, we hauled a-- all the way out to Pittsburgh, PA, for a show the very next day! Rolling into town around 3 am, we collapsed into our beds and didn't move until our third alarm in the morning.
Pittsburgh was a great show. A really progressive (aka punk rock and metal)
contingent was on hand for the concert, and was psyched to help out with
our activism for the day. In Pittsburgh, we focused on our judicial
nominations campaign, and asked people to take pictures and write letters we
could send to Arlen Specter (Pennsylvania senator) urging him to oppose the nomination
of extremist judges like William Pryor (above, yo).
Pryor, as Attorney General for Alabama, said that he believes that the Clean Water Act is unconstitutional, and that environmental justice cases "should generally fail." Not a very impressive resume for a judge who, if appointed, would have to decide cases ranging from Clean Air cases in Georgia to Everglades cases in Florida.
We generated more than 200 new Pennsylvania activists for our judicial nomination campaign, and took 60 "oppose Pryor" pictures that we sent to Specter on Tuesday.
After the show, we hit the road again, on to Akron, Ohio.
All Sierra Club Lollapalooza 2003 photos courtesy Crystal Durham/Sierra Student Coalition. Sierra Club collection; all rights reserved.