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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>That is super interesting. <BR>
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Among other things interesting about this bit of information Ed, It sounds like Measure S will be an important piece of this discussion, and ensuring you don’t get injection (dumping) wells or stolen water to the offshore sites. <BR>
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On 10/8/14 11:37 AM, "edward Oberweiser" <<a href="edoberweiser@gmail.com">edoberweiser@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hello fellow CRNMC members,<BR>
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Dan Gjerde called me yesterday and told me about a wonderful opportunity that we have. The NOAA is going to open the process of declaring marine sanctuaries. Now communities will have the authority to propose a new marine sanctuary.<BR>
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He and Dan Hamburg would like to set up a meeting with all interested folks and organizations interested in expanding the marine sanctuary from Point Arena north. There we can work out what we would like to see as the next marine sanctuary on the North Coast.<BR>
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The two Dans would like to see this (the marine sanctuary expansion) happen within 6 months.<BR>
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Dan G also told me that in order for the community to be successful in proposing a marine sanctuary, we have to be able to demonstrate majority support in our community for the new sanctuary. The two Dans think they can achieve a unanimous support from the Board of Supervisors. <BR>
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Dan G said we would also need at least a majority of the City Council behind. He said that Lindy Peters appears to be in favor of fracking or offshore drilling for oil here. I read in the last Advocate article on the candidate forum that Peters is in favor of a desalination plant here. He also "spoke of growing existing businesses and even mining for mineral in the ocean"<BR>
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Gee I wonder what mineral he's talking about - oil, natural gas maybe? Gjerde suggested making Peters define what he means by mining minerals and exposing his views widely. We certainly don't need him on the Fort Bragg City Council.<BR>
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Ed O.<BR>
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