<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Sorry to be so loquacious but this seems important too...</div><div><br></div><div>I spoke to Dan Gjerde today. He does NOT think the supervisors will have a ballot initiative. Theirs will be, if it passes by a majority of the sups, a county anti-fracking ordinance - in house - so to speak. So when we are gathering signatures for our<b> community</b> <b>rights</b>/anti-fracking initiative we can make the distinction (if anyone asks, and even if they don't) between the two. </div><div><br></div><div>My guess is that not a lot of people are even going to know about the supervisors ordinance unless they are really paying attention. Nonetheless it is a great idea to attend the Sups meeting on the 20th to support them.</div><div><br></div><div>-Meg<br><div><div><div><div><div><br></div><div>On May 17, 2014, at 8:48 AM, edward Oberweiser wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Thanks Tim for your thoughtful discourse. I have been thinking on these lines for some time now. I am the chair of the Ocean Protection Coalition. We were the ones who started the sups thinking along the lines of a moratorium last year. We just wanted to get a moratorium in place before fracking becomes legal in California. Then Dan Gjerde decided he wanted to fold it into existing county regs about oil drilling off the coast. So I just learned yesterday that it would be on the agenda May 20. <br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Tim Rice <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tim@multitalents.net" target="_blank">tim@multitalents.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="">On Thu, 15 May 2014, edward Oberweiser wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi everyone,<br>
><br>
> I just heard from Supervisor Dan Gjerde about an anti fracking ordinance on<br>
> the May 20 meeting agenda (see below).<br>
<br>
</div>This brings up some interesting questions in relation to our effort.<br>
<br>
I would guess that those that think our ordinance was developed to<br>
"ban fracking" might get excited that the Sups may do an "anti fracking<br>
ordinance" too.<br>
<br>
Some of us (hopefully most) joined this effort to get a "community rights"<br>
ordinance on the ballot. We chose fracking as its "single issue" in the<br>
hopes that it will have the least push back in the county. Understanding<br>
that the concept of "community rights" has been forgotten in this country<br>
for about 150 years and so might require some education to get it passed.<br>
Once the idea that a community has the right to make decisions on matters<br>
that effect the community takes hold (again), there are more "issues" to<br>
be looked at.<br>
<br>
So what effect might the Sups ordinance have on our effort?<br>
Like so many things, the answer is, it depends.<br>
<br>
We could end up with a county ordinance on the books at election time.<br>
Then if the voter knew about it, they might look at our ordinance and<br>
say "Why do we need another one?"<br>
<br>
We could end up with 2 ordinances on the ballot causing enough confusion<br>
to cause both to fail.<br>
<br>
The Sups could decide to just put our ordinance on the ballot. Would<br>
that be a good thing? Maybe, maybe not. It would depend on if<br>
that would enhance or detract from our "community rights" education.<br>
We can't change our world without changing our thinking. Our community<br>
rights ordinance is part of changing our thinking.<br>
<br>
I'm sure there are numerous scenarios. Some more likely, some less.<br>
<br>
I guess I'll just hold the vision of shortly being able to ask just<br>
about anybody in the county "Who Decides?", and they'll answer<br>
"We the people".<br>
<br>
Nothing happens unless we dream it first.<br>
<br>
> Ed Oberweiser<br>
> OPC Chair<br>
<div class="im HOEnZb">><br>
> Dan Gjerde<br>
> 8:34 AM (1 hour ago)<br>
><br>
><br>
</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> Ed,<br>
><br>
> We have a very simple agenda item. It's direction to staff, showing support<br>
> For an anti fracking ordinance.<br>
><br>
> If at least three board members vote in favor, staff will bring back a<br>
> complete ordinance for adoption at a later meeting.<br>
><br>
> A show of support by audience attendance.<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPad<br>
><br>
<br>
</div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br>
Tim Rice Multitalents <a href="tel:%28707%29%20456-1146" value="+17074561146">(707) 456-1146</a><br>
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