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Kickoff Party - Right To Vote On Desal
Date:
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Time:
2:00 PM
-
4:00 PM
Event Type:
Party/Street Party
Email:
Phone:
831 449-6441
Location Details:
418 Front Street, right in back of India Joze, Santa Cruz
KICKOFF PARTY - Right to Vote on Desal
Launching the campaign to put the voters’ right to decide on desalination on the ballot!
Sunday, February 12, 2 – 4 418 Front St., Santa Cruz
Catered by India Joze
Music with Rus Brutsché , who will also unveil a new painting about desalination
Adam Scow, from Food and Water Watch, will speak on “How We Won the Right to Vote on Desal in Marin”, about the successful 2010 ballot initiative that requires the Marin Water District to get approval from the voters before building a plant on the San Francisco Bay.
Barbara Sprenger, co-organizer of Felton Friends of Locally Owned Water (FLOW). Felton FLOW successfully wrested ownership of the water system from multinational giant, CAL-Am Water.
If you can’t attend the kickoff, please support this petition drive with a contribution,
- and - let us know if you can gather signatures of Santa Cruz voters.
RightToVoteOnDesal.org
831 449-6441
RightToVoteOnDesal [at] gmail.com
Launching the campaign to put the voters’ right to decide on desalination on the ballot!
Sunday, February 12, 2 – 4 418 Front St., Santa Cruz
Catered by India Joze
Music with Rus Brutsché , who will also unveil a new painting about desalination
Adam Scow, from Food and Water Watch, will speak on “How We Won the Right to Vote on Desal in Marin”, about the successful 2010 ballot initiative that requires the Marin Water District to get approval from the voters before building a plant on the San Francisco Bay.
Barbara Sprenger, co-organizer of Felton Friends of Locally Owned Water (FLOW). Felton FLOW successfully wrested ownership of the water system from multinational giant, CAL-Am Water.
If you can’t attend the kickoff, please support this petition drive with a contribution,
- and - let us know if you can gather signatures of Santa Cruz voters.
RightToVoteOnDesal.org
831 449-6441
RightToVoteOnDesal [at] gmail.com
Added to the calendar on Mon, Jan 30, 2012 11:50AM
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One of the major issues now confronting the City of Santa Cruz, and residents outside the city limits, too, is whether or not the City should partner with the Soquel Creek Water District to construct a $100 million dollar desalination plant to meet the need for water during drought periods in the City of Santa Cruz water service area, and to help relieve the threat of groundwater overdraft in the Soquel Creek Water District. I have a link to the SCWD2 website in the transcript of today’s Report, so you can review the arguments in favor.
There are some compelling arguments “against” the proposed desalination plant, which I have also referenced by a link to the “Desal Alternatives” website. I urge all KUSP listeners to start tracking both sides of the debate, and I want to let you know, today, about a proposed initiative measure, in the City of Santa Cruz, that would amend the Santa Cruz City Charter to provide City voters with an opportunity to vote on desalination, before any of that $100-million dollars gets spent. The idea is to let the voters make the ultimate decision, since it’s such an important one.
The text of the initiative measure is online, and the “kickoff party” for the “Vote On Desal” initiative is scheduled for this Sunday, February 12th, at 418 Front Street in the City of Santa Cruz. The party starts at 12:00 noon, and you are invited!
There are some compelling arguments “against” the proposed desalination plant, which I have also referenced by a link to the “Desal Alternatives” website. I urge all KUSP listeners to start tracking both sides of the debate, and I want to let you know, today, about a proposed initiative measure, in the City of Santa Cruz, that would amend the Santa Cruz City Charter to provide City voters with an opportunity to vote on desalination, before any of that $100-million dollars gets spent. The idea is to let the voters make the ultimate decision, since it’s such an important one.
The text of the initiative measure is online, and the “kickoff party” for the “Vote On Desal” initiative is scheduled for this Sunday, February 12th, at 418 Front Street in the City of Santa Cruz. The party starts at 12:00 noon, and you are invited!
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