[CRNMC] [CRNMC-media] my last version of the press release

Sat Aug 23 19:14:32 PDT 2014

Ed,
I support Karina's emphasis in bold type for Ed's draft press release.
Good thinking, Karina! Please modify your draft, Ed.

Agnes

> Have you read my email? Did it get to you?
> If not, please let me know BEFORE you send this press release out.
>
> Here's what I sent - no one has acknowledged it:
>
>> Even if the recent press release went out already, I have an important
>> point I'd like to make for all future messaging. Shannon and I went
>> round and round on this last week and I don't think she ever grokked my
>> point, but I believe it is crucial.
>>
>> The phrase "local self government" is the idea that so many people go up
>> on  - Lilliquist in Bellingham, for one - Randi Coven for another and
>> several of my very progressive friends, too. Too broad, too seemingly
>> anarchistic... fears it will be used to take away black's or women's
>> vote, etc etc.
>>
>> If you look at section 2 of the ordinance, b,c,and d all point
>> specifically at fracking - protect our water, air and soil from
>> pollution from fracking. In a, it's just a blanket statement. I didn't
>> even use the term in the "Argument For" until Shannon and Ben insisted
>> it must be in there. So I wrote it thus:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> We are claiming the right to local self government in order to secure
>> our fundamental rights - not to give us the right to ignore any law or
>> constitutional provision we simply don't like, or to take away someone
>> else's rights. To me this is a crucial distinction.
>>
>> Unfortunately the ordinance does not make this distinction and to me,
>> that is a major flaw in the ordinance. However, we could soften this by
>> not repeating the mistake in our messaging to the public. Always say "we
>> are claiming the right to local self government in order to secure our
>> fundamental rights."
>>
>> Isn't that what we actually mean? It's what CELDF means, too, if you
>> read their literature carefully. Isn't that what the ordinance should
>> have said? I wouldn't ever make an issue of this in public, but remember
>> to use the broader language whenever you speak of local self government.
>>
>> If y'all grok the importance of this point, great.  If not, well, I've
>> tried to make my case and I will let it go for now.
>>
>> Thanks for all your work on this committee!
>> Karina
>>
>
>
> On Aug 22, 2014, at 12:08 PM, edward Oberweiser wrote:
>
>> I can send this out if everyone is cool with it.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 10:53 AM, doug mckenty <dougmck at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> Ed,
>>
>> Are you planning on sending this out as well?  I haven't seen any real
>> objections and have no problems with that.  Did you get the media
>> contact list emailed earlier?  We also have plans to transcribe into
>> Spanish.  Ali said she would help with that if you can get in contact
>> with her.
>>
>> I will get the Meeting Wizard out today so we can find a time next week
>> for a conference call next week to discuss messaging for the rest of the
>> campaign.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Baile Oakes <baileoakes at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> Dear Ed,
>>
>> Sorry for not catching this earlier.  The following paragraphs have some
>> important punctuation corrections and maybe a bit of grammar to help it
>> read well.
>>
>>
>> ..need to drop this period(.) Measure S will establish a Community Bill
>> of Rights for the people and natural environment of Mendocino
>> County(need some punctuation here, maybe a colon, maybe a long dash)
>> new civil, political, and
>> environmental rights(., ) (double punctuation, possible consider adding
>> some wording like ...which are)all built on the right of local,
>> community
>> self-government( need a period here) These include the right to live in
>> a healthy and safe ecosystem and the right to protect local water from
>> danger.
>>
>> one more
>>
>>> 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(need period
>>> here)
>>
>> all the best to you, Ed
>>
>> with love
>>
>> baile
>>
>>
>> On Aug 22, 2014, at 9:40 AM, edward Oberweiser wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> Here is my final version of the press release for Measure S. I put
>>> myself as a contact for the PR because media like to have a local
>>> person to contact. Is that alright with everyone?
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                         July 29, 2014
>>>
>>> CONTACT:
>>> CRNMC Media Team
>>> crnmc-media at crnmc.org
>>>
>>> Ed Oberweiser CRNMC
>>>  964-7965
>>>
>>>
>>> Shannon Biggs, Global Exchange 415.575.5540  Shannon at globalexchange.org
>>>
>>>
>>> Mendocino County Verifies Signatures
>>>
>>> Ordinance seeks to reassert our inalienable rights to protect water
>>> with a Fracking Ban on November Ballot
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 ensure that local water is safeguarded 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(need period
>>> here)
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 on the East
>>> Coast, Colorado and Texas.
>>>
>>> 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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