For years I have delivered speeches where I have asked people to send letters, emails, and make phone calls to elected officials, and others, who we disagree with. Many of the attendees responded that they would do so but they are not very good at writing letters and are nervous about writing a letter that might make them look foolish. To that end, below you will find a number of letters that I have sent to law enforcement, educators, elected officials, and corporate heads, etc. Please peruse them to see if you agree with one, or more, of them. If you do please feel free to copy and send them to the appropriate people/person. They are not copyrighted so please make as many copies as you, your friends, and relatives, want. Please be sure to tell your friends about this sight. You may use them exactly as printed or simply use them as templates for your own letter. But please use them. Our silence will result in the end of our country as we know it. Check back occasionally as I will be adding new letters from time to time. Please continue to the next page to find the first letter.
THANK YOU OFFICERS
We have watched, with great sadness, the rioting that has occurred recently in numerous American cities. We are incredulous at the lack of support being provided by some of our elected officials to the brave men and women whose job it is to keep us safe. We are concerned that their lack of unconditional support makes your job more difficult, and unfortunately, more dangerous.
We are writing this letter to express our unconditional support for those who take the oath to serve and protect. Your selfless service allows us to go about our lives in a relatively safe and carefree manner. Most Americans, regardless of race, are good, law abiding, people. We appreciate that you willingly stand between us and those who would do us harm. We know that when the 911 calls come in you never ask the race of either the victim, or the perpetrator. You simply answer the call.
We can only imagine the amount of stress that certainly comes with your job. It would seem that dealing with the ugly side of human behavior every day must have a negative psychological impact on you and your family. We can’t imagine why people choose to enter the thankless career of law enforcement. We thank God every day that you do! Thank you for your decision to serve and protect your community. All law abiding citizens owe you their undying gratitude.
Thank you, and stay safe, Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Wolf
I believe the next letter will be most effective if you print it and get as many of your friends to sign along with you. One copy should be mailed to the Superintendent of your school, and another mailed to the President of the school board. Many schools are beginning to make these decisions with very little input from parents and other stakeholders of the school. They need to know that there are concerned people who want to be part of that critical decision making process.
TO PROTECT THE SAFETY AND PRIVACY OF OUR STUDENTS
The undersigned ask that no policy changes be made, or approved, that will allow access to female bathrooms and locker rooms by males, or male bathrooms and locker rooms by females, and that males be required to participate only on male athletic teams, and females only on female athletic teams. We insist that before any of the above changes to occur there must be input and consent from a majority of parents, and others living in the _________ School District. Please respect our requests.
OUR SCHOOLS BELONG TO US!
Thank you,
All concerned parents and stakeholders should sign on the bottom of the letter.
This letter can be used for each company you feel needs to be contacted simply by changing the name of the company, its address, and name of the CEO. If you are not a shareholder you can drop the shareholder part of the letter. If you own mutual funds you might check its portfolio holdings to find that your fund owns stock in the company you are writing. I suggest you send a letter to the CEO/President and a copy to the President of the Board of Directors. (In the case of Coca Cola, Quincey serves as both the CEO and President of the Board).
Coca Cola Company 1 Coca Cola Plaza NW Atlanta, GA. 30313
James Quincey-CEO,
As a person you have the right to make comments about legislation with which you disagree. As the CEO of Coca Cola, when those comments affect shareholders, you have the responsibility to be sure you understand the details of legislation before you take a public position. I am a shareholder of Coca Cola, and a regular consumer of your product. As a shareholder I expect comments about legislation coming from your office to be rare, measured, and well informed. Your comments were clearly uninformed and whether they will do long term damage to Coca Cola is yet to be determined. Decades of my being a loyal consumer of your products ended with your careless comments. I hope in the future you will do a better job of deliberating before you enter political arenas.
A disappointed shareholder and ex Coke drinker,
If you are a baseball fan, or just a fan of free, fair, and transparent elections, I strongly suggest that you send a copy of this letter to Mr. Robert Manfred Jr. then CC the owner of your favorite baseball team. Professional sports need to understand that most of us don’t care what millionaires and billionaires think about laws that are passed by our elected representatives.
The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball 1271 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y. 10020
Commissioner Manfred,
I have been a fan of Major League Baseball, specifically the Detroit Tigers, for over 60 years. During most seasons I attended up to 30-35 games and never missed a game on television when I was home. I was a fan when my home team won World Series championships, and when they played like they belonged back on the sandlots. During those 60 years I remained a fan while enduring something like 7 work stoppages, the last one which cancelled the damn World Series in 1994! But your decision to move this years All Star Game, and the MLB draft, out of Atlanta for political reasons is the last straw. As a citizen you have the right to express your personal opinions, informed or otherwise, about state and federal legislation. You should, however, never allow your personal opinions to affect the operations of MLB. When you choose to insert your political opinion into the operation of our national pastime the least you can do is to take whatever time is necessary to become well informed. Your ill conceived decision has hurt countless innocent people, many of them people of color, in and around Atlanta. Because of your decision I will no longer attend major league baseball games, or watch them on television. My grandchildren and I will find other ways to have fun together. I’ll bet it won’t be that hard to do.
An ex MLB fan,
CC-Chris Ilitch-Detroit Tigers