<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Yes!&nbsp; Let's ban fracking, then establish community control over water.&nbsp; That was, after all, the original purpose for which many of us joined the CRN.&nbsp; We went along with the fracking initiative, but our fundamental purpose was to protect our local water.&nbsp; This article provides deep background to the importance of community control over water supplies, here and everywhere.&nbsp; MStJ.</span></div><div></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Michael St. John
<br>St. John &amp; Associates
<br>Berkeley Office
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<br>www.stjohnandassociates.net</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Friday, May 30, 2014 7:30 PM, Baile Oakes &lt;baileoakes@gmail.com&gt; wrote:<br> </font> </div>  <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">All the more reason to continue our work after November to protect our water for local needs, especially equal access for our community's farmers striving for local food independence !<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On May 30, 2014, at 6:03 PM, Charles Cresson Wood wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">&gt; <a
 href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-new-water-barons-wall-street-mega-banks-are-buying-up-the-worlds-water/5383274" target="_blank" shape="rect">http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-new-water-barons-wall-street-mega-banks-are-buying-up-the-worlds-water/5383274</a><br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; Wall Street billionaires buying up water rights... trying to capture what remains of the fresh water... further reason to pass this new anti-fracking legislation<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; /s/ Charles<br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; <br clear="none">&gt; _______________________________________________<br clear="none">&gt; crn mailing list<br clear="none">&gt; <a href="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org">crn@lists.mcn.org</a><br clear="none">&gt; <a href="http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/options/crn" target="_blank" shape="rect">http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/options/crn</a><div
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