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I met with this group several times, and that is why it sounds like a rights-based initiative, but it’s not. You’ll be the first. ;-) <BR>
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On 5/7/14 9:52 AM, "Michael Dean" <<a href="sfomikedean@gmail.com">sfomikedean@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Michael Dean wrote this.... I Rrrrrembered to put my name....<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18pt'><B>Ban Fracking Initiative - [looks like a rights based initiative!!!! - see attachment] <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18pt'><B>[San Benito Rising has already collected all the signatures to qualify]<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#073763"><FONT FACE="Arial"><B><I>San Benito Rising</I> </B></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">is a grassroots group of volunteers. We are working to make San Benito County the first "frontline" county in California to ban fracking & extreme extraction in California. We have some oil and gas drilling in our county, but we're working hard to stop it from expanding into the rest of the county.<BR>
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Our ballot initiative is scheduled for the November 2014 election, so we're gearing up for a big campaign against the fossil fuel industry. We're optimistic about winning because we've been canvassing already and have gotten very encouraging support from the vast majority of residents in our county. <BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#073763"><FONT FACE="Arial"><B>Join us in this fight to protect our water, health and way of life! [see how they look in the attachment] <BR>
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<B>[i didn't know] San Benito County</B> is a county <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_%28United_States%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_%28United_States%29</a>> located in the Coast Range Mountains <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Coast_Ranges">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Coast_Ranges</a>> of the U.S. state <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state</a>> of California <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California</a>> , south of San Jose <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California</a>> . As of 2010 the population was 55,269. The county seat <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_seat">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_seat</a>> is Hollister <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollister,_California">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollister,_California</a>> , which includes nearly two-thirds of the county's population. El Camino Real <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Camino_Real_%28California%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Camino_Real_%28California%29</a>> passes through the county and includes one mission <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_missions_in_California">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_missions_in_California</a>> in San Juan Bautista <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_Bautista,_California">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_Bautista,_California</a>> .<BR>
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San Benito is included in the U.S. government's 11-county designation of the San Francisco Bay Area <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area</a>> Combined Statistical Area <<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area_Combined_Statistical_Area">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area_Combined_Statistical_Area</a>> .<BR>
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<<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_California_highlighting_San_Benito_County.svg">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_California_highlighting_San_Benito_County.svg</a>> <BR>
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On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Beth Brenneman <<a href="storyteller2069@gmail.com">storyteller2069@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18pt'><B>San Benito Initiative on Nov. Ballot! (It's Official!)<BR>
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