[Occupymendocino] Fwd: San Benito County, Ban Fracking

[Linda Jupiter]

> Hello friends:
> This plea is from a friend of mine in the center of the battle with the oil and gas companies.
> Please consider giving to this community that is being inundated by the ads for No on J.
> All the best, 
> Carrie Durkee
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>> From: Amanda Bloom <amandabloo at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Dear friends and family, Urgent plea to prevent water contamination and damage to community health in California
>> Date: October 14, 2014 10:23:03 AM PDT
>> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
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>> Dear friends and family,  I have been working in Hollister to fight tracking. The campaign is really broke. Please help out with any size donation or pass on request. Thanks, Amanda
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>> FIGHT BIG OIL, SAVE OUR WATER, AND STOP ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM
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>>    Grassroots activists in San Benito County (Hollister) managed to get a ban fracking initiative on the November 4 ballot (Yes on Measure J), and are now facing the inevitable onslaught of misinformation, attacks, and destruction of our hand-painted billboards. Big Oil  has $2-3 million invested in San Benito alone; their Pandora radio ads run every 5 minutes, and they have three different ads running on local television.  The campaign can’t match Big Oil’s resources but has a small team of full-time, dedicated and exhausted activists. I have been staying in Hollister  to assist. Help with canvassing and phone banking has been coming from all over the region, from the Bay Area to Merced and Fresno to the Monterey Bay. 
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>>    I'm particularly excited about this fight because San Benito County is around 60% Latino, and a rejection of fracking by a largely Latino community should send ripples throughout the state and country.  Kern County has a huge number of fracked wells which have had devastating health impacts on the latino community. http://350.org/fracking-kern-county-california/   Fracking uses and contaminates millions of gallons of water  for each well and can cause earthquakes. Although low income communities of color have been targeted as sites for tracking, we will all be affected.
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>>    With people power, we might have a shot to pass this fracking ban, but more resources are needed to get the word out and "the yes" voters to the polls. Many thanks for anything you can do. A few dollars makes a big difference to the campaign. 
>> If you are able, please donate now!  http://bit.ly/1BAlUd
>> Please forward  to your lists. 
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>> Can you tweet a call for help to your network? 
>>  Here’s two possible tweets:
>> San Benito County is in a David v. Goliath war for a frack free CA and need stones for their slingshot! RT & Donate: http://bit.ly/1BAlUd5
>> Hollister is ground zero in the CA fracking fight! Help us beat back big oil's million dollar lies- RT & donate http://bit.ly/1BAlUd5
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>> Following is Luis Valdez's  (Teatro Campesino,  Zoot Suit ) appeal. May be better for Facebook posting, etc.
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>> San Benito County is ground zero in the CA fracking fight! The greatest impact of fracking is on front line communities, Latinos in the Central Valley and African Americans in Los Angeles. We need your support to keep all of California frack-free.
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>> A battle is raging in my county to keep California frack-free. On the November ballot is Measure J, an initiative to ban fracking and extreme oil extraction to protect our county’s water, air, and health.
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>> This small community in San Benito County is truly in a David and Goliath struggle with the oil industry.
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>> We need your help to win this battle. San Benito’s fight is your fight. Our victory in November will create a movement of cities and counties rejecting fracking.
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>> Donate now!  http://bit.ly/1BAlUd5
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>> Big oil has pumped over a million dollars into our small county to stop us. They are burying voters with ads, phone calls, mailers, and billboards. We have people power! But we cannot match Big Oil’s resources. We also need yard signs, mailers, billboards!
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>> Please donate generously to help us defend ourselves from Big Oil’s onslaught and go on to win in November.
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>> Where is San Benito?  In the Central Coast of California, home to organic farms, ranches and vineyards, Pinnacles National Park and the condors, El Teatro Campesino, San Juan Bautista and Hollister.
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>> You can make a difference.  Donate now! http://bit.ly/1BAlUd5
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>> Help us win in November and spark the movement in California and across the nation to stop fracking!  
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>> Si se puede,
>> Luis Valdez
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>> Copyright © *2014 Coalition to Protect San Benito*, All rights reserved.
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>> Our mailing address is:
>> PO Box 587, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045
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