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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I have been searching for the Mora
County supportive statement Peter and I sent you this morning, to
put it on the list serve. Can you send it to the list? Thanks!!<br>
I hope that many of us in our county will express our energy,
solidarity with them, etc.<br>
Thanks!<br>
Patricia<br>
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<div>I would argue (and the only reason I mention it is because
others may too and ultimately it's distracting from the main
thrust) that overpopulation is not the reason for the precipice
of extinction we stand upon. it matters not what my reasons are,
the extinction and overpopulation are not the thrust of the
ordinance and are a distraction to the argument I think we need
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<div>I would suggest using the words from the ordinance (not
rights of nature) to describe our relationship with the
ecosystem we depend upon. If we poison the water we poison our
community. the viability of the local ecosystem is threatened by
Fracking, and puts water at great risk in quantity and quality.
Try going a day without water and the relationship between
water's right to be pure and our human right to clean water
becomes clear. The ordinance protects the local ecosystem from
Fracking. Nothing more. </div>
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<div>I would also lime to suggest you go right to the thrust of
"who decides" which you have quite further down before speaking
of the rights of natural and human communities. It's our
strongest argument, and the first rule of media writing is
"don't bury the lead" you have a strong argument there and I
believe we will always do best start with that. </div>
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<div>Despite how others chose to manipulate this work and our
words it is we that control the story and always better to start
with OUR story, local governing authority to protect water from
Fracking. We mustn't let others take us in directions we don't
want to (or dont need) go, and we never want to be on the
defense.</div>
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<div>Sorry this is short and abrupt I'm in a car on my phone but
wanted to chime in with my suggestions. </div>
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<div>Thank you all! </div>
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On Jun 5, 2014, at 7:19 PM, "edward Oberweiser" <<a
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<div>HI folks,<br>
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I have just finished a letter to the editor for the
Willits Weekly answering the one above.<br>
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Here it is<br>
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Ed<br>
<br>
Randy Covin's letter to the editor (Community Rights and
Wrongs) is fill of unfounded fears and misconceptions. The
Community Rights Network of Mendocino County (CRNMC)
ordinance doesn't seek to elevate the rights of nature over
the rights of humans. It only seeks to give nature the right
to exist.<br>
<br>
I agree with Covins that humans have the right to exist as
well. However, humans are overrunning the Earth by massive
overpopulation. That is why we are living in the greatest
mass extinction of species since the dinosaurs were wiped
out. Humans are killing the life support system that we
depend on for our very survival. We have poisoned most of
our rivers, lakes and the oceans as well. Continued human
existence will not happen if these destructive practices
continue.<br>
<br>
CRNMC's ordinance does not open the door to frivolous
lawsuits. It only bans fracking, fracking waste and the
theft of local water for fracking.<br>
<br>
The main thrust behind community rights ordinances is to
empower communities to decide what actives will be allowed
in their own communities. The federal and state governments,
awash in oil and gas corporation money, have failed to
protect WE THE PEOPLE. <br>
<br>
Community rights ordinances do not accept the authority of
corporations, states and the federal to decide what harms a
community will have forced upon them. Covin's statement that
the ordinance "would also provide for recovery of expert and
attorneys fees and litigation costs by any resident who sues
on behalf of a tree or a frog harmed by someone" is
absolutely false.<br>
<br>
I urge Covins and everyone to read our proposed ordinance
thoroughly. Our ordinance is an effort to stand as a
community for our right to determine our quality of life and
protect our water from becoming a sacrifice zone for
corporate profit. Please join our effort and vote yes for
our local right to ban fracking.<br>
<br>
Ed Oberweiser<br>
19244 Benson Lane<br>
Fort Bragg, CA 95437<br>
964-7965<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 2:17 PM,
Shannon Biggs <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<font color="#FF0000"><font face="Calibri, Verdana,
Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hi
all, <br>
<br>
I see there is a LTE in the Willits paper.
Please please please media team I suggest you
coordinate a response any takers or Peter,
perhaps you want to respond since it was your
letter she refers to? I’m happy to edit a letter
if anyone is willing to write it I have
suggested some talking points below. Don’t let
this LTE stand un-answered! <br>
See you all this weekend! <br>
</span></font></font><font face="Calibri, Verdana,
Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br>
</span></font><font size="5"><font face="Times,
Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:16pt">Community
Rights and Wrongs<br>
</span></font></font><font face="Helvetica,
Verdana, Arial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">To
the Editor:<br>
In last week’s paper, Peter Norris wrote about the
<br>
Community Rights Network of Mendocino County <br>
(CRNMC) and its signature gathering campaign.
CRNMC <br>
has proposed a local ordinance to ban fracking and
create <br>
a “Community Bill of Rights,” bestowing legal
rights on <br>
“[a]ll residents, natural communities and
ecosystems in <br>
Mendocino County ... to water, air and soil that
is untainted <br>
by toxins, carcinogens, particulates, nucleotides,
and <br>
hydrocarbons introduced into the environment
through <br>
unconventional extraction of hydrocarbons.”<br>
I think we can agree that it is good to have clean
water, <br>
soil and air. I am a lifelong moderate
environmentalist, <br>
and I support reasonable environmental
regulations.<br>
<font color="#FF0000">Fracking can not be
regulated safely.<br>
</font> But almost all human activity has some
effect on the natural <br>
environment. I believe environmental concerns must
be <br>
balanced against other human needs – for homes,
heat, <br>
fuel, roads, jobs, computers and food, for
instance. <br>
<font color="#FF0000">Which are all pretty much
meaningless if the ecosystem means you can’t
live there. IN PA, where fracking has been
destroying communities’ ecosystems since 2009,
some towns can no longer drink their water, and
in fact the saying goes that fracking arrived to
PA and brought with it herds of water buffalos
to every community. (Water buffaloes are the
water tanks covered in white that thousands of
individuals must use now that their private
wells have been contaminated). <br>
</font> <br>
I am wary of environmental campaigns that seek to
elevate <br>
the “rights” of trees, plants and wildlife over
the rights of <br>
humans. We humans are part of nature, and we have
a <br>
right to live, too.<br>
<font color="#FF0000"> <br>
The ordinance does not suggest that elements of
the environment are above people – but rather
recognizes our dependence on a healthy
ecosystem. It does not speak to the rights of
individual “trees plans or wildlife” as the
author suggests, but rather offers our community
additional protection from fracking by saying
that if we find fracking waste in the land or
soil from fracking outside the county, we can
sue on behalf of the health of the community and
ecosystem. Individual trees rocks, or any
species do not have representation in this
ordinance, it is the ability for the ecosystems
to continue their vital cycles (upon which all
residents depend) that is protected. That’s
pretty solid scientifically—in order for us to
thrive, we must live in a healthy ecosystem. But
even more than that, this ordinance doesn’t
outlaw ANYTHING but fracking. <br>
</font> <br>
<br>
</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12pt">I am very wary of the
proposed Community Rights o</span></font><font
face="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt">rdinance for Mendocino
County because it would allow <br>
any resident of the county to sue any government
or private <br>
entity for perceived environmental impacts on any
“natural <br>
community” – which includes any “wildlife, flora,
fauna, soil <br>
and air-dwelling and aquatic organisms....” <br>
<br>
<font color="#FF0000">Again, this is not true. the
ordinance only bans fracking, fracking waste
disposal, or water theft for fracking. <br>
</font> <br>
The proposed <br>
ordinance would also provide for recovery of
expert and <br>
attorneys fees and litigation costs by any
resident who <br>
sues on behalf of a tree or a frog harmed by
someone.<br>
<br>
<font color="#FF0000">Not true. <br>
<br>
<br>
</font>I am afraid of fracking. I have read enough
about it to know <br>
it seems horribly dangerous to the environment, to
wildlife <br>
and to humans. I would sign a petition to enact an
anti-<br>
fracking ordinance in Mendocino County. But I am
also <br>
afraid of overzealous environmental activists who
might <br>
use the proposed ordinance to disrupt local life
and cost us <br>
all a whole lot of money.<br>
<br>
<font color="#FF0000">Partners CELDF and GX have
pledged to provide legal support to defend the
ordinance. The only threat to disrupting local
life related to this ordinance is FRACKING</font>.
<font color="#FF0000">This ordinance puts the
community in charge of the decision about
fracking which as been left to fracking
corporations and the state legislature, who have
yet to protect communities form fracking. The
time has come to stand up for ourselves and
write new laws that ensure that decisions about
fracking are made ONLY by the people who must
bear the brunt of fracking’s harms.</font> <br>
<br>
Before signing CRNMC’s petition, I urge everyone
to read <br>
the proposed ordinance on their website (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.crnmc.org" target="_blank">www.crnmc.org</a>)
<br>
and try to imagine the worst possible effects if
even one <br>
unreasonable resident of Mendocino County wishes
to <br>
sue the county or private parties for some small
perceived <br>
harm to nature<br>
<font color="#FF0000">We also urge people to learn
about the ordinance for themselves, and
understand that while the ordinance contains a
bill of rights (Much like the US Bill of
rights), the prohibition is specific to
fracking, like the US Bill of Rights says we
have a right to bear arms, but states and
localities prohibit say, individuals from
rolling down the street in an armoured tank. We
stand as a community for our right to determine
our quality of life and to protect our local
water from becoming a sacrifice zone for
corporate profit. We have an obligation in fac,
to protect our community. We hope you will learn
about the ordinance and vote yes! for our local
right to ban fracking! <br>
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<b>Date: </b>Thu, 5 Jun 2014 13:41:29 -0700<br>
<b>To: </b>Shannon Biggs <<a
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target="_blank">shannon@globalexchange.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Fwd: Community Rights and Wrongs
by Randi Covin<br>
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face="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size:10pt">Dear Shannon,<br>
Here is the link to the op-ed page.<br>
​ Scroll down to page 2. ​<br>
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</span></font></font><font face="Tahoma, Verdana,
Helvetica, Arial"><font color="#0B5394"><span
style="font-size:11pt"><b><a
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I'm excited about this weekend.<br>
</span></font><span style="font-size:11pt"><br>
</span><font><span style="font-size:10pt"> In
Gratitude, Peter<br>
</span></font><span style="font-size:11pt"><br>
<br>
</span><font><span style="font-size:10pt">Peter
Scott Norris <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<tel:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Sans MS"><span style="font-size:8.5pt"><i>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.<br>
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