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<p style=3D"margin: 10px 0 18px 0;color: #444;font-size: 15px;font-weight: 400;line-height: 1.4em;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Dear Nancy,<br/>
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It=E2=80=99s no secret that big, deep-pocketed developers covet California=E2=80=99s pristine coastline. And a strong, independent California Coastal Commission is essential to blocking their relentless development schemes. <br/>
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What was secret -- until now -- has been an effort to oust the current executive director, Dr. Charles Lester, a stalwart conservationist who has not bent to developers=E2=80=99 every wish. <br/>
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Removing Dr. Lester from his post at the Califo=
rnia Coastal Commission could weaken protections for our state=E2=80=99s beloved coast. <br/>
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<a href=3D"http://www.nrdconline.org/site/R?i=3DBL8_F6QWzfc-qVZiH4f60g" style=3D"color: #243d8f;font-size: 15px;font-weight: 900;text-decoration: underline;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">That=E2=80=99s why your voice is needed -- tell the Commission to continue their impressive work to protect the coast by keeping their leader on the job.</a><br/>
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Make no mistake: California=E2=80=99s coast is a fragile resource and protecting it from competing interests and demands is a difficult job. And while there is no public evidence that Dr. Lester did anything wrong, there are plenty of reasons to keep him on the job. <br/>
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Under Dr. Lester=E2=80=99s leadership, the Coastal Commission fought private interests to guarantee free, public access to hundreds of miles of pristine and urban c=
oastline ... protected coastal communities from climate change by ensuring sea level rise is taken into account in local coastal planning ... and championed a Local Coastal Program for the Santa Monica Mountains that protects open space. <br/>
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Thankfully, the law entitles Dr. Lester to defend himself at a public hearing this Wednesday in Morro Bay. And Dr. Lester is already speaking out, defending the Commission=E2=80=99s record under his leadership and offering a constructive path forward.<br/>
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But before the hearing, <a href=3D"http://www.nrdconline.org/site/R?i=3DBz3D-1TkPThzyHtgzzvCsw" style=3D"color: #243d8f;font-size: 15px;font-weight: 900;text-decoration: underline;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">it=E2=80=99s absolutely critical for residents like you to speak out</a> and help shut down this threat to California=E2=80=99s coastline. <br/>
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The fact is, California=
=E2=80=99s coastline is more than breathtakingly beautiful, it=E2=80=99s vital to our economy and way of life. And the Coastal Commission is the reason it hasn=E2=80=99t been entirely paved over by large-scale development. <a href=3D"http://www.nrdconline.org/site/R?i=3DuNbXrX5O2ymyY6FDMmhzig" style=3D"color: #243d8f;font-size: 15px;font-weight: 900;text-decoration: underline;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Let=E2=80=99s keep it that way.</a><br/>
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Sincerely,<br/>
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Joel Reynolds <br/>
Western Director, NRDC<br/>
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P.S. Want to do more? Speak out at Dr. Lester=E2=80=99s public hearing on Wednesday, Feb=
ruary 10, at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at Morro Bay Community Center Auditorium, 1001 Kennedy Way, Morro Bay, CA, 93442.</p>
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