[Sustain] BART board endorsements

[Sue Vaughan]

I'll be creating a BART questionnaire as there are
At least 3 BART candidates.  When will the candidate
Endorsement be?

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 6, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Eric Brooks <brookse32 at aim.com> wrote:

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> Tell Google: Don't Be Evil
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> Google is about to cut a deal with Verizon that would end the  
> Internet as we know it.
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> According to a front-page New York Times story, the deal allows “Ver 
> izon to speed some online content to Internet users more quickly if  
> the content's creators are willing to pay for the privilege."
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> It would create fast Internet lanes for the largest corporations and  
> slow lanes for the rest of us.
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> That’s why we’re starting a mass protest by Google users to stop  
> these two companies from joining forces to sell out millions of peop 
> le like us who use the Internet.
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> If Millions Join Our Call, We Can Stop this Deal: Tell Google,  
> “Don’t Be Evil"
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> Google’s motto is supposed to be “Don’t Be Evil.” But this  
> deal puts the company in bed with the devil.
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> From the beginning, the Internet has been a level playing field that  
> allows everyone to connect to one another and the world of content  
> available online -- whether it's ABC News or your cousin’s wedding v 
> ideo. There’s only one Internet, and it shouldn’t matter who your  
> provider is or whether you're logging on from home or your cell phone.
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> This deal will change all of that, allowing Google and Verizon to  
> pick what websites you can see over others. The result couldn't be  
> bleaker for the future of the Internet and for free speech and  
> independent voices online.
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> Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin created Google to make  
> information freely available to everyone online. But this deal is a  
> complete reversal that abandons their core principles:
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> Sign this letter and tell Google’s founders:
> “Your Verizon deal IS evil, and it must be stopped.”
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> It’s up to the millions of people who use Google every day to tell t 
> he company to do the right thing.
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> Google must walk away from this bad deal, and make sure Internet  
> users everywhere can enjoy the entire open Internet wherever,  
> whenever and however they want.
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> Thank you for taking action,
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> Josh Silver
> President
> Free Press
> www.freepress.net
> www.savetheinternet.com
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> P.S. Google and Verizon don’t make Internet policy. The FCC and Cong 
> ress do. After you sign the letter, tell our public officials to ste 
> p in and protect the public interest and not to be bullied by a few  
> large corporations.
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