The "Cool Washington County" petition continues to be available on-line, and signatures are slowly building up.  If you haven't signed it yet, then PLEASE DO SO HERE!  It is especially important right now to keep the signatures coming, because most members of the Board of Commissioners have been declining to respond to my emails.  With the notable exception of our supporter Commissioner Dick Schouten, it seems that members of the Board are not taking the Cool Counties Declaration very seriously. 

That said, every campaign has setbacks, and I am confident that this one will recover.  Someday in the not-too-distant future, the Cool Counties Declaration will have it's day in Washington County.  And meanwhile, other counties across the country are jumping on-board the movement - 21 governments have now passed the Declaration, and become official Cool Counties.  The states of Washington and California now each have multiple Cool Counties; so far, Washington County still has a chance to become the first in Oregon, but that opportunity isn't likely to last long.  Meanwhile, as Cool Counties takes off, the total number of Cool Cities in the US is fast-approaching 700.  Our federal government may be stalling attempts to seriously address global warming, but not so our local governments.  Cities and Counties are truly in the thick of the environmental movement. 

Again, PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION to the WA County Board of Commissioners!

-Nick