A Thank You from Becky Kelley

March 6, 2010

I’d like to take this time to Thank, all of the wonderful people that have come to our aide in our time of stress and havoc over our homes, better known as, “The Dynamic Compaction, Tree Street People.”
I want to express our gratitude to our very own Representative, Bernadine Craft!! She gave endless hours to our fight, and never wavered in the last 2 1/2 years. She took on our cause, and fought an endless battle for us. She was cornered more then once by Senators as well as the Governor, but stood her ground! She is our very own Joan of Arch! I Hope you know how much we all love ya!
When she needed assistance from a Senator, she sought out Senator John Hastert (Green River) to help with our fight. Senator Hastert stood behind us and pulled in his Representatives as well. They are Representatives: Bill Thompson, (Rita), and Stan Blake. They gave us many hours, they toured our homes. Bill gave us ideas: as the Face book and the Blog which the Shafe’s posted. They both turned out to be very important to post our information, for all to see. Rep. Joe Barbuto took time to take pictures for other legislators to see. To all of you, my dear friends and now I feel family, Thank you. David Miller and Alan Jaggi, Thank you!
I also want to thank Senator Copper from Kemmerer, who wrote a very frustrating, letter to the Governor on behalf of the Tree Street Folks. He stated that we were: “Unjustly characterized as a bunch of people just looking to make a bundle of money off of the government.” In which he stated: “Nothing could be further from the truth.” To which I want to thank you, for that comment, Senator Cooper. All we wanted was to be made whole!!
As I recall there were 60 Representatives that stood up for our cause! Also 20 or 21 Senators that understood and stepped up to the plate as well! Thank you all, from the bottoms of our hearts!!
Now I want to say a special thank you to my friend and reporter, who has stood and reported our plight from day 1!! Jeff Gearino, from the Casper Star Tribune!!He has reported and come to the Tree Streets every time I have called him. He has been honest and open. Come rain, snow, sleet or hail, that man has done them all!! Also the Casper Star Editor and Opinion have been wonderful and behind us all the way. Thank you!
Mark Media, thank you for making the video. Tony and Jim thank you for believing in us!
There are many Folks that we need to thank, two of the Republican Gubernatorial Nominees: Matt Mead and Ron Micheli who came and toured our homes and saw for themselves the disaster we live in.
Also, the Representatives from Senator Barrasso’s, Lummis and Enzi’s Offices.

We are aware that we are only over the first hurdle, but this is a major step for us, and without the help of all of you wonderful people, we might not of gotten this far.

So to all of you, God Bless you, and Thank You for your support and help! Donna thank you for jumping in and helping me! Charlie Love thank you for all your investigations and supporting talks on our behalf.

Most of all, my love, to my husband and family for letting me take the time I needed, to fight this Disaster!

Becky Kelley