[CRNMC] ADDING TO AGENDA on call with Thomas Linzey Wednesday at 5:30 PM

[Shannon Biggs]

OK ­ please send me the others by tomorrow, please consolidate and send them
to me together if possible.




On 8/25/14 5:12 PM, "Meg Courtney" <mcourtney1 at mcn.org> wrote:

> Hello Shannon et al,
> 
> This is clarification for the issue Huffman raised that I would like to have
> on the agenda: It is called UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
> Does the Community Rights approach open the door to other initiatives where
> communities can assert THEIR rights which may NOT be "GOOD" and may in fact be
> used to dismantle "GOOD" existing State and Federal Laws that now protect the
> environment, etc.?
> 
> Think: 3 Strikes Initiative (funded by the prison industry) and Prop 13 (by
> Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assoc. cutting taxes and leaving CA with (for one
> thing) one of the most underfunded school systems in the States)
> These sounded "good" at the time (unless you really studied up) and yet they
> are really harmful.
> 
> I struck out the Public Trust Doctrine (below) that Huffman mentioned because
> you have apparently already found that it is not viable for us.
> 
> I probably can't make the call unless I can get out of a previous commitment.
> :-( arg.  
> Carrie will be my stand-in
> Meg
>> * Single subject rule of our ordinance  (or are folks now clear on this?)
>> * Public Trust doctrine ­ why it doesn¹t actually protect us (regulatory
>> fallacy) 
>> * Traditional legal pushback (and why this isn¹t a legal strategy, but an
>> organizing framework)
>> * Community rights as supreme over fed and state does not mean ³majority
>> rule² 
> ADD: Community Rights, possible unintended consequences?
>> 
>> 
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>>     Date:   Wednesday, August 27, 2014
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