[Occupymendocino] Should we cut these items from our Charter?

[ELLEN ROSSER]

Dear Occupy,
     As you know, we have been working on writing a Charter so that we can
have a public bank and get the Mendocino County tax money out of Bank of
America.
      Some people on the committee, however, want to cut out of the charter
the Instant Runoff Voting that Tom Wodetzki strongly advocates and the
other items listed below.    If you oppose cutting these things out of the
Charter, please contact Agnes  agnes at mcn.org   and Robin Sunbeam
bodhirobin at pacific.net   and me ellen.rosser at gmail.com  as soon as
possible.    Everyone's voice counts.
                 Peace and blessings,   Ellen

*Sec. 15. *The Board of Supervisors shall implement the following sanitary
regulations:

*         a.* To protect the health of the residents of Mendocino County,
the Board of Supervisors shall allow no nuclear weapons or nuclear power
plants in Mendocino County nor shall they allow nuclear materials to be
transported across the county..

*         b.* To protect the residents of the county from environmental
hazards, especially those affecting the supply of clean water, the Board of
Supervisors shall not authorize or allow any fracking in the county nor any
other industries the Board deems harmful to the environment, to the
aquifer, to human health, or to the tourism-attracting scenic beauty of the
county,

*         c. *To conserve clean water and improve sanitary conditions in
the county, the Board of Supervisors shall authorize the installation and
use of composting toilets in government buildings, homes, and businesses in
Mendocino County.

*        d. * The Board of Supervisors shall protect county health,
agriculture, and forests by acting through the Agricultural Commissioner to
permit no genetically modified organisms to be cultivated, grown, or
produced in Mendocino County.  The Board of Supervisors shall assure that
Mendocino retailers, have the right, working in collaboration with food
producers and food manufacturers, to identify Non-GMO (organic) foods so
that buyers may exercise their right to choose the kind of food they want
to eat to maintain maximum health.

*       e. * The Board of Supervisors shall protect the agriculture of the
county by acting through the Agricultural Commissioner to prohibit the use
of neonicotinoids, a type of insecticide which is a major cause of bee hive
collapse.
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