[Chaos-l] Article in Chapel Hill News: need follow-up to paper

[Jon Stewart-Taylor]

Hi all.  I would normally do this myself, but i'm going slightly nuts  
doing work for Astronomy Day.

The article in the Chapel Hill News was overall fairly balanced, maybe  
even positive, and presented most of the info in a way that's good for  
better lighting prospects.

However, their lead sentence is an issue:  "The town may be a little  
darker if [rules change]".

In fact, the _town_ will be a little brighter, since light would be  
directed down, where it belongs, rather than being wasted on the tops  
of trees and the undersides of birds and airplanes.

Would somebody take the time and effort to send the paper a polite but  
firm letter about the Big Propaganda Issue with that first sentence?   
The General Public will almost certainly see a "darker town" as a Bad  
Thing, and many folks won't read past the first 1 or 2 sentences.

Key points:

o Better lighting on ground  <--- !!!
o Reduces wasted energy, & therefore:
+ saves money
+ reduces depend on foreign energy
+ fights climate change
+ reduces traditional pollution
o Better for wildlife (birds etc.)
o Oh, and also better for astronomers.

Thanks.

J.