From an email encouraging your attendance:
I urge everyone with an interest in whether or not to bring high speed rail to Hampton Roads (either for or against) to join me in attending Thursday’s public meeting at the Half Moon Cruise Ship Terminal adjacent to Nauticus in Norfolk from 5:30 – 8:00 pm. While there, I hope you will make written comments in favor of the proposal submitted by the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) to the state this past October. This proposal is backed by all of the cities in Hampton Roads and differs in a number of important ways from the direction being taken by the state and federal governments:

1)    Calls for High speed rail (110 mph+) service from Richmond to Southside Hampton Roads along the US460 corridor to a terminal somewhere near Bowers Hill (I-64/I-664 interchange) in Suffolk.

2)    Upgrade the existing 79 mph Amtrak line on the Peninsula to address track conditions which impact quality of service.

3)    Address flaws in the methods used and data considered in determining a level of service between Richmond and Hampton Roads.

4)    Prioritizes building a high speed rail line from N. Virginia to Richmond to Hampton Roads before providing out of state connections. Hampton Roads has a population of 1.7 million people making us the largest metropolitan area between New York and Miami. It just makes sense to provide service to our area ahead of smaller and less strategically important regions.

To make this a reality our city and civic leaders estimate that it will take a very sizable turnout. Please consider attending, but if you can’t, you can still submit a comment prior to Feb. 11th and find out more on the project website: http://www.rich2hrrail.info/pages/pi_publicmeetings.html

Please give some thought to this issue and plan to attend.  Whether you are opposed to light rail for Hampton Roads or support it, if you don’t voice your opinion, you have no room to complain about decisions made.

Emphasis mine.