[CRNMC] crn Digest, Vol 6, Issue 20

Wed Aug 20 23:25:23 PDT 2014

Both the press release and the argument for measure S mention fracking for natural gas but not oil. If it's not too late it's important to mention both. This is a common misunderstanding many people make because Gasland emphasizes gas. If it's too late to change these, let's include both in future. 
I like the rest of these docs. 
Peggy

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>   1. Ed's draft press release #2 (edward Oberweiser)
>   2. Argument For Measure S (karinajoy)
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> From: edward Oberweiser <edoberweiser at gmail.com>
> Subject: [CRNMC] Ed's draft press release #2
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> Hi folks,
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> Here is my second draft of our Measure S press release. I believe I got all
> your suggestions.
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> Thanks for your help with this!
> 
> Ed
> 
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                         July 29, 2014
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> CONTACT:
> CRNMC Media Team
> crnmc-media at crnmc.org
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> Shannon Biggs, Global Exchange
> 415.575.5540  Shannon at globalexchange.org
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> Mendocino County Verifies Signatures
> 
> Ordinance seeks to reassert our inalienable rights to protect water
> with a Fracking Ban on November Ballot
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> The Community Rights Network of Mendocino County has placed an ordinance on
> the November ballot that asserts Mendocino County has the right to protect
> its water from fracking.
> 
> The Community Rights Network gathered almost double the signatures needed
> to qualify for the ballot in just 35 days so voters can make the final
> decision in November. The Board of Supervisors voted to approve the measure
> for the ballot.
> 
> .Measure S will establish a Community Bill of Rights for the people and
> natural environment of Mendocino County  new civil, political, and
> environmental rights. All built on the right of local, community
> self-government These include the right to live in a healthy and safe
> ecosystem and the right to protect local water from danger. In order to
> uphold and protect those rights, the initiative bans all fracking related
> activities within the County including the transportation of fracking
> fluids, and the use of local water for fracking.
> 
> Measure S states that Mendocino County citizens have the right to safeguard
> the county's water both on and beneath the Earth's surface by banning
> fracking in Mendocino County. It says that Mendocino County citizens have
> the duty to insure that local water is safeguard by decisions made by local
> people.
> 
> Measure S elevates the rights of the people of Mendocino back where they
> belong, above the claimed "rights" of corporations and state agencies
> that enable fracking corporations to profit from the destruction of
> local ecosystems and to harm residents and communities
> 
> California and Mendocino County are both in emergency drought status and
> Measure S will protect our water from being used and polluted by the highly
> controversial natural gas extraction process known as fracking.
> 
> Fracking places a toxic mix of largely unknown chemicals into the earth
> that has leaked into the  water supply of many communities's on the East
> Coast, Colorado and Texas.
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> If Measure S passes, Mendocino County will join 170 other communities in
> the U.S. that have passed community rights ordinances against corporate
> harm to their ecosystems.
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> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:30:00 -0700
> From: karinajoy <karinacotler at gmail.com>
> Subject: [CRNMC] Argument For Measure S
> To: Community Rights Network <crn at lists.mcn.org>
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> We submitted this Argument For Measure S today, which will be published in the voter pamphlet sent to all registered voters. 
> 
> I'd like to thank those who helped me work on this. I appreciate the help and the suggested wording and ideas from Ben Price, Shannon, Tim Rice, Kelly, as well as the feedback from the proponents.
> 
> No one submitted an Argument Against the measure, so we won't need to write a rebuttal. We're done with this part!
> 
> Attached below is a CELDF newsletter sent to me by Ben Price.  It explains so much about the Community Rights Movement - it's purpose and strategies. It excited and motivated me once again and will answer many of the questions you may have or will be asked. Please read it. Great Q&A.
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> Onward with the campaign!
> 
> In service,
> Karina
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> Argument For Measure S
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> Measure S establishes a Community Bill of Rights for the people of Mendocino County, built on the right to local community self governance, in order to exercise and secure our unalienable right to protect our health, safety and well being. These rights include the right to live in a healthy and safe ecosystem and the right to protect local water from harm caused by unconventional gas extraction. In order to uphold and protect those rights, this initiative bans all fracking related activities within the County, including the transportation of fracking fluids, and the use of local water for fracking. 
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> Our nation was founded on the concept that government is instituted to secure our unalienable rights and derives it?s just powers from the consent of the governed.  Activities such as fracking affect our health and safety, our quality of life, the health of our natural environment as well as our property values and must be decided by the Citizens who live here and who will be directly affected, or there is no ?consent of the governed.?
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> Yet States routinely issue permits to chartered corporations that make it ?legal? for them to violate the rights of the people and refuse to recognize our right to say ?no!? to harmful activities.
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> Measure S challenges those illegitimate laws which violate our fundamental rights. This measure elevates the rights of the people of Mendocino where they belong, above the claimed "rights" of corporations and state agencies that enable fracking corporations to profit from the destruction of local ecosystems and to harm residents and communities. 
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> Measure S protects our water by banning fracking and asserts the right of the people of Mendocino to make those kinds of decisions now and into the future.
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