[CRNMC] Willits Town Hall Meeting 5/18/14 (fwd)

[Tim Rice]

For those of us in the 95490 Zip.

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Willits' fifth Town Hall  Meeting will take place May 18th from 4:00 to 6:00
at the Willits City  Council Chambers. The topic for discussion is "Our
Community Rights: What are  they? Are we losing them?"

Four people will make brief  presentations to help jumpstart the
conversation: Karina McAbee  Cotler, a proponent of the Community Bill of
                        Rights Anti-Fracking Ordinance; 
              Charline Ford, local rancher and business woman; 
             Lynn  Kennelly, Director of Willits Chamber of  Commerce; 
            Margaret Koster, Co-chairperson of Mendocino County's Move  to
                     Amend Coalition. 
The public discussion will be  moderated by Carlin Diamond. 
Community Events  Announcements will follow. 

This is a large and complex subject, involving a wide variety of essential 
issues for maintaining the kind of community we want. For example, we have 
come to depend on many services-governmentcome to depend on many service 
boundaries. Now that the economy is going into austerity mode, how can we 
provide physical and mental health, quality education, and adequate food 
and housing for our community? How can we keep our water and air supply 
clean and healthy? Is there a way to strengthen our local economy, to 
preserve the unique beauty of our valley? With many communities facing 
privatization of what were once public resources, can we keep our 
resources independent? How can we resist corporate pressures?

This will be  Willits' last Town Hall until September. All residents of the
95490 community  are invited to attend and give their input on these
important issues. May  18th, 4:00 to 6:00 at the Willits City Council
Chambers. For more  information, call Carlin at 459-4850.

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Tim Rice				Multitalents	(707) 456-1146
tim at multitalents.net