[SCE] F&G appointment

[alevine at mcn.org]

Sonoma Media Investments has an agenda = development and political 
control.

I am sure they are tight with Newsom.  You know this is political.  Same 
issue with the fellow running for Assembly, Woods job - Mr. Hicks(?).  
Not good. Studied political outcomes.

Alan n

On 2024-01-21 5:09 pm, lois wrote:
> Good question
> Maybe somebody should ask him
> My first instinct is always to “follow the money,” but maybe he is an
> environmentalist
> He is also a founder and managing member of Sonoma Media Investments,
> which owns the PD and other local papers
> Do you want me to do more research?
> Maybe I could pitch a story about him to the Bohemian
> This all seems a little fishy to me, pun intended
> Lois Pearlman
> 
> Lois Pearlman
> 
> On 1/21/24, 2:56 PM, "alevine at mcn.org" <alevine at mcn.org> wrote:
> 
>> Does the person know anything about the natural environment and issues
>> with species and water?
>> 
>> On 2024-01-21 11:22 am, lois wrote:
>>> ==========================
>>> Sonoma Coast Environmental
>>> ==========================
>>> Platinum Advisors is a lobbying group
>>> It¹s hard to tell if it has any position on who it is willing to 
>>> lobby
>>> for
>>> It¹s definitely a for-profit business and probably very profitable
>>> I think being registered without party preference is right in line 
>>> with
>>> PA¹s non-stance on what it is willing to do for money
>>> That said, it has done some lobbying for righteous causes and doesn¹t
>>> appear to have worked for major villains
>>> Lois Pearlman
>>> 
>>> On 1/21/24, 11:05 AM, "Rue" <sce-bounces at lists.mcn.org on behalf of
>>> pqrst at monitor.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> ==========================
>>>> Sonoma Coast Environmental
>>>> ==========================
>>>> Thanks Frank,
>>>> In the news:
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/01/19/governor-newsom-announces-appointments
>>>> -1
>>>> -19-24/
>>>> 
>>>> Darius Anderson, of Kenwood, has been appointed to the California 
>>>> Fish
>>>> and Game Commission. Anderson has been Founder and Owner of Platinum
>>>> Advisors since 1998. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in
>>>> Communications from George Washington University. This position
>>>> requires
>>>> Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Anderson 
>>>> is
>>>> registered without party preference.
>>>> 
>>>> I¹m not certain what expertise Mr. Anderson has to offer on this
>>>> commission.
>>>> 
>>>> take good care,
>>>> Rue
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 21, 2024, at 12:22 AM, Frank Egger wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Good evening,
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is the first of two email blasts being sent out tonight (oops,
>>>>> it's after midnight). Yesterday, Friday, was a very busy day for a
>>>>> number of us who have fought for decades to protect, preserve and
>>>>> restore our threatened rivers, spawning and rearing streams and our
>>>>> listed Coho & Chinook Salmon and steelhead.
>>>>> 
>>>>> As former State Senator Peter Behr, the father of California's Wild 
>>>>> &
>>>>> Scenic Rivers Act used to say, Extinction is Forever.
>>>>> 
>>>>> California treats the Trinity River like a stepchild, take, take,
>>>>> take.
>>>>> Byron Leydecker,  Friends of the Trinity River passed away in 2011,
>>>>> Friends of the Trinity River just kind of faded away. Hopefully 
>>>>> we'll
>>>>> see the Trinity restored in our lifetime.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you all!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Frank Egger
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> <PCL et. al. Cmts Sac_Delta Plan 01-19-24 (3).pdf>
>>>> 
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