“The U.S. Chamber Doesn’t Speak for Me” campaign is about business people standing up to the fallacy that bold action on climate change is bad for business. There are few clearer ways to do that then how a Kalamazoo, MI cafe and recording studio manager did yesterday. Along with other local citizens, Matt Lechel led a rally outside the Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce while they held an energy forum inside.
Matt, who runs Strutt Studios cafe/bar/recording studio, wants his local chamber of commerce to work for a cleaner future. As he was quoted in a Michigan Radio story,
…what we’re seeing is them (Kalamazoo Regional Chamber) walking in lock-step with them (U.S. Chamber) and hosting a forum with someone who’s clearly going to represent the interests of dirty energy, both from the U.S. Chamber and Representative (Fred) Upton.
Check out the rest of the story by Michigan Radio.
Thank you to Matt and everyone who worked to organize and make the rally happen. We hope to see more business owners speaking loudly and clearly for their local chambers to hear: The U.S. Chamber doesn’t speak for me – and it shouldn’t for our business community.
Correction: The post was updated to reflect the fact that Mr. Lechel does not own The Strutt, but does run the business.