<html><body><br /><br /> Hello all,<br /><br />I spoke with Ben at CELDF this morning to clarify some of the language in the ordinance, including the single issue/double issue question that I have heard many in our community ask about. I feel better about most of what he said in response to my queries and hope to do an interview with him and Shannon in the next month to clarify some of this for all of you. I do feel it is important to recognize that while Measure F establishes a "Community Bill of Rights" the single issue is that of "The right of our community to clean water." There is no list of rights in the Measure, only the specific language about clean water. Though I am personally still somewhat unclear as to how passing this right along with making fracking illegal is still one issue, Ben has assured me that similarly written measures in other states with the same "single issue" requirement has passed muster with courts and other bodies who review this policy. It is my understanding that that the fracking ban is an enforcement mechanism which uses the "right to clean water" once the measure is passed. <br /><br />He also assured me that future Measures can use the same language to add to our list of "community rights" once Measure S is passed. Also, I would urge those of you in the Charter County movement here in Mendocino County to contact them as well as they have written multiple charters for other communities and they can make sure the language in the Charter is consistent with the language in already written into Measure S and others to follow.<br /><br />At the end of the day I feel better about our association with CELDF as they seem to have a handle on these questions and have dealt with this on multiple occasions in other areas.<br /><br />Doug <br /></body></html>