[CRNMC] a wonderful opportunity

[edward Oberweiser]

Hello fellow CRNMC members,

Dan Gjerde called me yesterday and told me about a wonderful opportunity
that we have. The NOAA is going to open the process of declaring marine
sanctuaries. Now communities will have the authority to propose a new
marine sanctuary.

He and Dan Hamburg would like to set up a meeting with all interested folks
and organizations interested in expanding the marine sanctuary from Point
Arena north. There we can work out what we would like to see as the next
marine sanctuary on the North Coast.

The two Dans would like to see this (the marine sanctuary expansion) happen
within 6 months.

Dan G also told me that in order for the community to be successful in
proposing a marine sanctuary, we have to be able to demonstrate majority
support in our community for the new sanctuary. The two Dans think they can
achieve a unanimous support from the Board of Supervisors.

Dan G said we would also need at least a majority of the City Council
behind. He said that Lindy Peters appears to be in favor of fracking or
offshore drilling for oil here. I read in the last Advocate article on the
candidate forum that Peters is in favor of a desalination plant here. He
also "spoke of growing existing businesses and even mining for mineral in
the ocean"

Gee I wonder what mineral he's talking about - oil, natural gas maybe?
Gjerde suggested making Peters define what he means by mining minerals and
exposing his views widely. We certainly don't need him on the Fort Bragg
City Council.

Ed O.
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