<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Fellow Durham citizens. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please sign the petition below in opposition to Duke displacing working families in Durham.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">About 1500 Duke seniors (with family median incomes of $186,000) occupy houses and apartments that could be rentals and fixer-uppers for Durham families (median incomes of about $60,000). </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">This contributes to the scarcity of affordable housing. </b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Plus, some of these students tie up scare police resources, keep their working neighbors up at night and contribute to underage drinking which creates conditions for sexual assault. </div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m a member of Durham Neighborhoods United, the folks who have unsuccessfully tried to work with Duke to resolve these problems. </div><div class="">We are sponsoring this petition directed at Duke President Vincent Price. </div><div class=""> </div><div class="">We’re sending this petition (which contains more details about this issue and a timeline for success) around to lots of folks concerned about these issues. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hoping you will sign this petition ASAP and share it around to your neighbors, colleagues, friends and allies and FB and other social media :-) </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Would like to have 100+ signatures by Saturday night. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/stop-duke-from-displacing-working-families-in-durham?source=rawlink&utm_source=rawlink&share=7ef14488-78c1-4d16-aec1-ec28885740c3" class="">https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/stop-duke-from-displacing-working-families-in-durham?source=rawlink&utm_source=rawlink&share=7ef14488-78c1-4d16-aec1-ec28885740c3</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please let me know if you have any questions. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Frank Hyman</div></div><div class="">Duke Park neighborhood resident</div><div class=""><a href="http://bluecollarcomeback.com/8.html" class="">www.bluecollarcomeback.com</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div></body></html>