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<DIV>Agnes and I went to a workshop in Willits on July 1st that was about
exercising our sovereign rights as citizens by way of adopting ordinances. The
presenter of the workshop was Paul Cienfuegos who is the west coast
representative for the <A href="http://celdf.org/section.php?id=362">Community
Environmental Legal Defense Fund, CELDF.org</A>. This organization has helped 4
states (PA, WA, NM and NH) establish statewide community networks that are
adopting county/township ordinances drafted by the residents that are
effectively banning fracking, banning the growing of GMO food, and other harmful
corporate activities where they live. Please check out their website to see the
progress from their work.<BR><BR>I firmly believe that the best way to protect
ourselves and our environment from the numerous corporate assaults that we are
experiencing is to empower ourselves by getting on board with this community
ordinance movement. I feel that pleading with any level of government/corporate
entity is futile at this point. I have contacted Paul to inquire about his
services and he gave me the name of a person who is having him come back to
northern California in October/November:<BR></DIV><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Thanks, Tammy. </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Please contact Peter Scott Norris
<</FONT><A href="mailto:petersnorris@gmail.com"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">petersnorris@gmail.com</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman">> as he's in the early stages of arranging to bring me
back in Oct or Nov for a full-weekend workshop.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">best to you,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Paul C</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>This is as far as I have taken it. </DIV>
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<DIV>Tammy</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=marksafron@att.net
href="mailto:marksafron@att.net">Mark Safron</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 26, 2013 11:33 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org
href="mailto:occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org">occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Occupymendocino] Offshore Fracking</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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href="http://www.webaction.org/site/R?i=lDCcp98RAQM1XvlY3lPsWA"><IMG
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width=249 height=141 apple-height="yes" apple-width="yes"></A> A natural gas
platform in the Gulf of Mexico has exploded. Fortunately no one was killed, but
firefighters can't even get close enough to put out the blaze. It's too soon to
assess the environmental damage to the Gulf, but way past time to ban fracking.
Drilling for natural gas isn't safe in the Gulf, and fracking for it on land is
even more dangerous. The industry's use of fracking is skyrocketing, and now the
feds want to allow them to frack on public lands. <A
style="COLOR: rgb(11,181,242); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="http://www.webaction.org/site/R?i=KwRBZ6ZU6ht6z_05bLBtSQ"><STRONG>Will you
join us in telling BLM to ban fracking on public lands—before something else
blows up?</STRONG></A></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, arial; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">Jesse
from Environmental Action</P>
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