[Sustain] Community Choice press conference; Mary Ratcliff just wrote to ask "Wasn'...

[Don Eichelberger]

All-

It looks like we have a week to put together a press statement for 
the event, and I can help.  One focus can be on how local action can 
make a statement against the exploitation of Native Lands for any 
industrial purpose, which is in line with the Social Justice Plank on 
Native Americans of the State Party. 
http://www.cagreens.org/platform/platform_justice.shtml#native

I don't think it would be hard to argue that the city greens would 
agree to oppose any energy put in to the SF grid by any source that 
violates environmental justice, but I do not believe anything 
specific to the subject has passed through general membership 
consideration.  Should it be a release from the Green Party of SF or 
the Sustainability WG?

I look forward to tonight's event.

See you there,

Don

At 08:41 AM 4/10/2007, ErikaSF at aol.com wrote:
>Hi Ann,
>Thanks for your thoughts on this, and for an attempt at a release.
>If no one responded to your thought about writing a release, it is 
>because we did not think we needed to.  I have written many releases 
>for the SF Green Party, and I just write it, send it to the County 
>Council for approval, and then distribute it to the media.  There is 
>no need for the extra step of telling people you might write a release.
>I wish I could help you expand these words into a release, but I 
>have to work all day and will not have time.  I also know nothing 
>about the press conference today.  I don't know when it will be, or 
>who may be speaking.  This is knowledge I would need anyway if I 
>were to write a release.
>
>Anyway, thanks for your efforts nevertheless.
>
>Best,
>Erika
>In a message dated 4/9/2007 11:54:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
>anniegarrison at mac.com writes:
>I think I not only aimed this at the list but at most everyone else 
>in the susainability group, plus Erika (the SF Greens sole 
>publicist?), though I know there's at least one more gal in the 
>working group, who just moved over here from the East Bay.  I really 
>wanted an answer 'cause I was still plannin' to try and get myself 
>down to City Hall by noon tomorrow.
>
>Has it been postponed?  And could someone please remind me of the 
>Howard Street address of the Peak Oil Education event tomorrow 
>night?  7:30, right?  I was planning to try to make both events---on 
>time, which, as you know, would be a small miracle, for me.
>
>Please don't make me go racing off to City Hall if this thing has 
>been postponed.  I'd expect Mary R. to get an announcement of a 
>postponement before I would.
>
>This came up because I offered to write a paragraph or so saying 
>this means we won't be needing any gas turbine peaker power in 
>Bayview Hunters Point or Lakeview-Oceanside-Merced, or any 
>coal-fired power from the native Southwest and nobody took me up on 
>it, so I hoped that meant somebody had it covered 'cause I don't 
>care if I do it; I just hope it's included in the press 
>conference.   Actually, I'd just as soon see somebody else do it, 
>but I will if no one else steps forward.  Or maybe I already did:
>
>This legislation means that the CIty and County of San Francisco 
>won't be needing any gas turbine peaker power in Bayview Hunters 
>Point or Lakeview-Oceanside-Merced, or any coal-fired power from the 
>native Four Corners.
>
>There.  Done.  Can anyone try and get that into the press release?
>
>   R&R, for one'n all---A.
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