29 Mar 2012

News from Common Sense Alliance

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Dear San Juan County Friends and Neighbors,Planning Commission Meeting this Friday

CSA will host coffee and goodies, Friday morning at 7:30 AM, in the Grange Hall at 152 North First Street (next to the American Legion) in Friday Harbor for CSA neighbors and friends from all islands to gather prior to the Planning Commission (PC) meeting. We plan to depart for the Council Chambers at 55 Second Street in time to attend the 8:45 AM meeting, where PC deliberations will continue on the Wetland Section of the CAO. The Grange Hall will be open again at either the conclusion of the PC deliberations or over the lunch hour (whichever occurs first) for a question and answer period.

Please make every attempt to make this meeting! Our turnout for the March 6 meeting was worthy of attention, but it appears that our comments have been glossed over or ignored by the PC in their deliberations. We believe it is important for us all to be seen and heard from again. After Friday’s meeting, there will not be an opportunity for any more public comments until the County Council opens the Wetland Section for discussion.

Please make a note that the date of the Council’s first discussion of the Wetland Section has been tentatively set for 1:00 PM, Monday, April 16. The date for the Council’s public hearing has not yet been set.  We will keep you posted of the date as it becomes available.

CSA members have discovered the Trojan Heron blog. Have you? http://trojanheron.blogspot.com/ Continued
21 Mar 2012

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We are honored to have Dan Matthews Candidate for US Congress speak Saturday March 24th at our County Convention.We also have the opportunity to Meet, Greet and Eat with Dan Friday March 23rd 6:30PM at Mi Casitas Restaurant in Friday Harbor.Please come and discover how we can support Dan in his mission to take Rick Larsen out of this influential position.Think about Obama Care, property rights issues, traditional values…..We need Dan to support our needs in the US Congress.

 What better way to spend a Friday evening?

See the National Elections page here for Dan’s bio




20 Mar 2012

Alert! We need you to speak up!

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Subject: Alert – National Conservation Area/National Monument

Hello All,

At today’s County Council meeting, it was revealed through public comments that several Lopezians, including Jamie Stephens, went to DC to lobby Capitol Hill about designating the BLM lands a National Conservation Area.  Nevertheless, they were essentially told that Congress will not pass it. so their strategy now is to get the County Council to endorse a Presidential declaration (Executive Order) making it a National Monument.
Several people at the Council meeting spoke in favor of it.  They asked for a show of hands, and those in favor outnumbered those against by 2 to 1.  In other words, about 2/3 of the attendees today supported it, and only one-third opposed.
In short, the Council is hearing that people here want this.  DC is hearing that people want this.  If you don’t want it, you better start crowing about it.
~ Thanks, Ed K.