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<div class="gmail_default">Dear Meg,</div><div class="gmail_default"> Please consider what I have suggested one last time. I have tried to explain it more clearly. The fact is our ordinance does not affirm the rights of natural communities and ecosystems. It does affirm their right to exist and flourish without harm resulting from fracking. </div>
<div class="gmail_default"> </div><div class="gmail_default">________________________________________</div><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div> and Peter, I left "Rights of natural communities......." b/c that's what it says in the ordinance. And I tried to get WATER in there b/c that's what this USED to be about.</div>
<span class=""><font color="#888888"><div>Meg</div><div></div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default">___________________________________________</div><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div></div><div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.571428298950195px"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">In the half sheet it states:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">
<b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Affirms</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">the rights of natural communities and ecosystems.</span><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.571428298950195px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In Section 2.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">(c) of the ordinance states: Rights of Natural Communities and Ecosystems.</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.571428298950195px"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4">Natural communities and ecosystems possess rights to</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4">exist and flourish within Mendocino County <b><u>without harm</u></b></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u>resulting from the unconventional extraction of</u></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u>hydrocarbons.</u></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u><br>
</u></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">If the half sheet stated:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">
<b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Affirms</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt">the rights of natural communities and ecosystems </span><b style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><u>without harm</u></b><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u>resulting from the unconventional extraction of</u></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u>hydrocarbons. </u></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><u><br>
</u></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif">That would be a true and fair statement. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif">We must change the way the legal system views the natural world by</font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px"> crafting and adopting new laws that c</span><strong style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px">hange the status of natural communities and ecosystems from being regarded as <em>property</em> under the law to being recognized as <em>rights-bearing</em> entities</strong><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px">. </span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:22.399999618530273px">I hope we might think about addressing this broader issue as a next step in protecting our County.</span></div>
</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial"></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial">No one more than I would like to uphold the rights of natural communities.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial">Thanks for your consideration, Peter</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial">PS. I don't require a response. I will wait for the final that you good folks put out.</div>
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</span></font></div><span style="font-size:11.333333015441895px;line-height:9.386666297912598px"><i><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#3d85c6">The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit, And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings.</font></i></span><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0b5394"><span style="line-height:11.960000038146973px"><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Meg Courtney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mcourtney1@mcn.org" target="_blank">mcourtney1@mcn.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">This simple version got passed around today to quite a few people who liked it and seemed to get it, and a Cuban friend offered to translate it. The website can be added and the facebook page will be functioning soon, we can assume?<div>
I changed "chemical tresspass" to "pollution", and Peter, I left "Rights of natural communities......." b/c that's what it says in the ordinance. And I tried to get WATER in there b/c that's what this USED to be about.</div>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Meg</div><div></div></font></span></div><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div></div><div></div></div><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div></div><div><br></div><div>
<br></div><div><br></div><div> <br><div><div>On Apr 27, 2014, at 9:25 PM, Caitlin Alexander wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Last one, from me, tonight anyway. Going to bed!<br><br></div>Sweet dreams everyone,<br>
<br></div>Caitlin<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 8:58 PM, Caitlin Alexander <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:caitlin29@gmail.com" target="_blank">caitlin29@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi Andy,<br><br></div>Cool. I think its too wordy though, perhaps short and sweet is easier for people to take in. Also, we can recommend Gasland on either Facebook or our website that is being created. <br>
<br></div>I added our Facebook info per your suggestion - here it is.<span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">Caitlin<br>
</font></span></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Andy Kreamer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andykreamer@gmail.com" target="_blank">andykreamer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks, Caitlin!</div><div><br></div><div>I think it's important to have some contact info for our group, at least.</div>
<div><br></div>Here is my version, based on Ali's. We thought it would be good to have a website about fracking too, not everyone already knows how bad it is.<div>
<br></div><div>I simplified words like chemical trespass to pollution. </div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Andy</div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
<div>On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 8:36 PM, karinajoy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:karinacotler@gmail.com" target="_blank">karinacotler@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<span style="letter-spacing:0.0px">Caitlin, better and fewer words. That's good.</span></p>
<div><br></div><div>Not sure people will understand this: "<span style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:14px"><b>Empowers community residents legal standing to enforce these rights." </b></span> I think we should replace it with something about "the rights of people are superior to corporate power."</div>
<div><br></div><div>And maybe replacing "chemical trespass" with pollution. Just to make it simple for those who haven't studied these topics.</div><div><br></div><div>Karina</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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