<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">CELDF</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@celdf.org">info@celdf.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 11:32 AM<br>Subject: Court Wins for Community Rights<br>To: <a href="mailto:BLACKDANTHEMAN100@gmail.com">BLACKDANTHEMAN100@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><u></u>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-align:left"><span>Hi Daniel,</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-align:left"><span>Check out our latest news below: Key wins in Ohio and Washington; Thomas Linzey and Kai Huschke’s Oregon tour; the oil and gas industry working with the State of Ohio to block citizen initiatives; and upcoming Democracy Schools:</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="color:#0000ff">TIME FOR AN OREGON REVOLT<img alt="" src="https://www3.thedatabank.com/hm/448/image/Linzey_jpeg.jpg" style="border-width:0px;border-style:solid;margin:15px 5px;float:right" align="right" height="100" width="150"></span></h2>
<div><span style="font-size:11pt">CELDF’s Thomas Linzey and Kai Huschke tour Oregon from October 1 – 8th, stopping in Salem, Corvallis, Coos Bay, and others. The tour includes public engagements, community meetings, a Democracy School, and more. Check it out <a href="http://out02.thedatabank.com/?r=MTAwMw0KSjIxMjQxMC1DNDQ4LU0xNTg0MzMtLWNlbGRmYWRtDQozNzE1NjQ0ODMwMzQ5MTQwNDgwMTUxNTg0MzMxMDQNCjk5MDAwMDAwMDE3Yzg4DQpodHRwOi8vY2VsZGYub3JnL2Rvd25sb2Fkcy9PcmVnb25SZXZvbHRfcG9zdGVyX09jdDIwMTUucGRmDQpPUl90b3VyDQpCTEFDS0RBTlRIRU1BTjEwMEBHTUFJTC5DT00%3d" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="color:#0000ff">OHIO SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE </span><span style="font-size:11pt"><img alt="" src="https://www3.thedatabank.com/hm/448/image/supremecourt_gavel.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="120" hspace="5" vspace="30" width="150"></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt">This month, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld the democratic rights of citizens. Ohio’s Secretary of State attempted to block three community rights county charter initiatives from a vote by the people, claiming "unfettered authority" to do so. The initiatives included bans on fracking related activities. CELDF filed a challenge on behalf of community members to restore the initiatives to the November ballot. Read CELDF’s press release <a href="http://out02.thedatabank.com/?r=MTAwMw0KSjIxMjQxMC1DNDQ4LU0xNTg0MzMtLWNlbGRmYWRtDQozNzE1NjQ0ODMwMzQ5MTQwNDgwMTUxNTg0MzMxMDQNCjk5MDAwMDAwMDE3Yzg4DQpodHRwOi8vY2VsZGYub3JnL3ByZXNzLXJlbGVhc2Utb2hpby1zdXByZW1lLWNvdXJ0LXJ1bGVzLWFnYWluc3Qtc2VjcmV0YXJ5LW9mLXN0YXRlDQpPSF9jb3VudGllcw0KQkxBQ0tEQU5USEVNQU4xMDBAR01BSUwuQ09N" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt">And in Youngstown, OH, the people’s constitutional right to vote on a CELDF-drafted local Bill of Rights charter amendment initiative was upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court. The Court ruled that the Mahoning County Board of Elections did not have the authority to keep the citizen-sponsored initiative off the ballot. Read CELDF's press release <a href="http://out02.thedatabank.com/?r=MTAwMw0KSjIxMjQxMC1DNDQ4LU0xNTg0MzMtLWNlbGRmYWRtDQozNzE1NjQ0ODMwMzQ5MTQwNDgwMTUxNTg0MzMxMDQNCjk5MDAwMDAwMDE3Yzg4DQpodHRwOi8vY2VsZGYub3JnL3ByZXNzLXJlbGVhc2Utb2hpby1zdXByZW1lLWNvdXJ0LXVwaG9sZHMtdGhlLXJpZ2h0LW9mLXRoZS1wZW9wbGUtb2YteW91bmdzdG93bi10by12b3RlLW9uLWEtY2l0aXplbnMtaW5pdGlhdGl2ZS0NCllvdW5nc3Rvd24NCkJMQUNLREFOVEhFTUFOMTAwQEdNQUlMLkNPTQ%3d%3d" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br>
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<h2 style="color:black!important;line-height:100%!important"><span style="color:#0000ff">GOVERNMENT & GAS INDUSTRY TEAM UP AGAINST LOCAL FRACKING BANS IN OHIO </span></h2>
<p style="color:black!important;line-height:100%!important"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(80,89,99);line-height:18px">CELDF's work helping communities assert their rights in Ohio is growing - and so are efforts to quash those rights. Investigative reporting by Simon Davis-Cohen with the Earth Island Journal reveals Ohio <img alt="" src="https://www3.thedatabank.com/hm/448/image/Earth_Is_Journal.jpg" style="float:right;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px" align="right" height="38" width="200">state government using taxpayer dollars to pay oil and gas industry law firms to stop people from even voting on community rights laws banning fracking. Check the story out <a href="http://out02.thedatabank.com/?r=MTAwMw0KSjIxMjQxMC1DNDQ4LU0xNTg0MzMtLWNlbGRmYWRtDQozNzE1NjQ0ODMwMzQ5MTQwNDgwMTUxNTg0MzMxMDQNCjk5MDAwMDAwMDE3Yzg4DQpodHRwOi8vd3d3LmVhcnRoaXNsYW5kLm9yZy9qb3VybmFsL2luZGV4LnBocC9lbGlzdC9lTGlzdFJlYWQvc3RhdGVfYW5kX2dhc19pbmR1c3RyeV90ZWFtX3VwX2FnYWluc3Rfb2hpb19mcmFja2luZ19iYW5faW5pdGlhdGl2ZXMvDQpTaW1vbl9hcnRpY2xlDQpCTEFDS0RBTlRIRU1BTjEwMEBHTUFJTC5DT00%3d" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br>
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<h2 style="color:black!important;line-height:100%!important"><span style="color:#0000ff">TRUTHOUT: SPOKANE’S WORKER BILL OF RIGHT</span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(80,89,99);line-height:18px"><img alt="" src="https://www3.thedatabank.com/hm/448/image/truthout.jpg" style="float:right;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px" align="right" height="80" width="62"></span></span><span style="color:#0000ff">S</span></h2>
<p style="color:black!important;line-height:100%!important"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(80,89,99);line-height:18px">Spokane, WA's Worker Bill of Rights asserts the right to community decision-making over corporate claimed "rights" to call the shots. In this Truthout article, CELDF's Kai Huschke states, "[The initiative is] about actually shifting power away from those who currently hold it and do much damage, and back into the people's hands." Check out Truthout’s coverage <a href="http://out02.thedatabank.com/?r=MTAwMw0KSjIxMjQxMC1DNDQ4LU0xNTg0MzMtLWNlbGRmYWRtDQozNzE1NjQ0ODMwMzQ5MTQwNDgwMTUxNTg0MzMxMDQNCjk5MDAwMDAwMDE3Yzg4DQpodHRwOi8vd3d3LnRydXRoLW91dC5vcmcvbmV3cy9pdGVtLzMyOTAwLWNhbXBhaWduLWZvci1hLXdvcmtlci1iaWxsLW9mLXJpZ2h0cy1wdXRzLWFsZWMtaW4tc3Bva2FuZS1zLWNyb3NzaGFpcnMNClRydXRob3V0DQpCTEFDS0RBTlRIRU1BTjEwMEBHTUFJTC5DT00%3d" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br>
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<h2 style="color:black!important;line-height:100%!important"><span style="color:#0000ff">DEMOCRACY SCHOOL</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Check out our Democracy Schools being held next month in Colorado and Oregon. See our schedule <a href="http://out02.thedatabank.com/?r=MTAwMw0KSjIxMjQxMC1DNDQ4LU0xNTg0MzMtLWNlbGRmYWRtDQozNzE1NjQ0ODMwMzQ5MTQwNDgwMTUxNTg0MzMxMDQNCjk5MDAwMDAwMDE3Yzg4DQpodHRwOi8vY2VsZGYub3JnL3NlY3Rpb24ucGhwP2lkPTMzDQpEUw0KQkxBQ0tEQU5USEVNQU4xMDBAR01BSUwuQ09N" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br>
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<h2 style="color:black!important;line-height:100%!important"><span style="color:#0000ff">EVENTS: CHECK OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING</span></h2>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Thank you,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt">All of us at CELDF</span></p>
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