[CRNMC] Single Issue?

[karinajoy]

Yes, will do. Look for it tomorrow.
Taking the day off.
Karina



On Aug 21, 2014, at 3:25 PM, Shannon Biggs wrote:

> Hi all, I think it would be great if Karina shared the conversations back
> and forth between she and me and Ben for clarity on this. Karina, can you
> please share some of that thread, as I'm stuck in meetings all day. I don't
> believe Doug has it correct here as I read it. The single issue is the bill
> of rights. Fracking is a violation of those rights that is prohibited by
> this measure. 
> 
> Blessings, 
> Shannon 
> 
> 
> On 8/21/14 3:22 PM, "Baile Oakes" <baileoakes at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Well, thanks, Doug, for the explanation but it just made the single issue
>> answer a whole lot more vague for me.
>> 
>> As Pragna explained to Peggy and I the single issue was the Community Bill of
>> Rights.  Now it seems that the single issue is clean water....well, would that
>> not also affect the poisoning of our clean water by chemical trespass of any
>> cause ?
>> 
>> Just looking for clarity here.
>> 
>> Any help out there ?
>> 
>> thanks,
>> 
>> baile
>> 
>> On Aug 21, 2014, at 9:56 AM, dougmck at mcn.org wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello all,
>>> 
>>> 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.  
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Doug 
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