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Hi all,<br>
<br>
The deadline for this action is today.<br>
<br>
The Marin Independent Journal is polling to see if there is support to
force a countywide vote on Community Choice. A countywide vote would
enable PG&E to do just what it did with Prop H in San Francisco,
spending millions to kill clean energy through a ballot attack. The
Journal will publish the poll results just before a Monday Marin County
Supervisors vote on Community Choice in order to pressure them to
accept a countywide vote.<br>
<br>
Please take a second to go to <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.marinij.com/index.html">http://www.marinij.com/index.html</a>
<small><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4"><small><font
color="#030303">a</font><font color="#030303">nd vote </font><b><font
color="#030303">"NO" </font></b><font color="#030303">to the "Daily
Poll" question: </font><i><font color="#030303">"Should there be a
countywide vote on the clean energy proposal?"</font></i></small></font><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">
<br>
</font></small> <br>
Then please pass this on to everyone you know who cares about clean
energy.<br>
<br>
peace<br>
<br>
Eric<br>
<br>
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael Dietrick MD</b> <span
dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zena12@earthlink.net">zena12@earthlink.net</a>></span><br>
Date: Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 1:50 PM<br>
Subject: Marin Clean Energy: Fwd: URGENT: Must Vote Today to Block End
Run<br>
To: Michael Dietrick MD <<a href="mailto:zena12@earthlink.net">zena12@earthlink.net</a>><br>
<br>
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src="cid:part1.06000003.06070105@aim.com" height="140" width="616"></font></div>
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<div><font color="#030303">Good afternoon friends of Renewable Energy,</font></div>
<div><font color="#030303"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font color="#030303">I'm forwarding this message from Sue
Spofford of Sustainable San Rafael, asking for a moment of your time.
Our local paper, the Independent Journal (IJ), is a frequent ally of
PG&E, our current energy service provider. They've pulled a
"two-fer" today, publishing a front page story promoting an absolutely
unnecessary vote on our Marin Clean Energy Initiative, <span
style="text-decoration: underline;">and</span> running a
non-scientific public opinion poll at the same time. As most of you are
familiar with Marin Clean Energy, and allied with its clean energy
mission, please consider taking a second, visiting the Website linked
below, and vote "NO" on the question.</font></div>
<div><font color="#030303"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font color="#030303">For your information, the new Marin Energy
Authority has already been formed, and customers will have four
opportunities to opt out and return to PG&E service if they choose
to.</font></div>
<div><font color="#030303"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font color="#030303">Thanks so much for your time.</font></div>
<div><font color="#030303"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font color="#030303">Michael Dietrick</font></div>
<div><font color="#030303"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font color="#030303">Begin forwarded message:</font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="4"><b><font
color="#030303">From: </font></b></font><font
style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"
face="Helvetica" size="4"><font color="#030303">Sue Spofford <<a
href="mailto:suespof@comcast.net" target="_blank">suespof@comcast.net</a>></font></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="4"><b><font
color="#030303">Date: </font></b></font><font
style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"
face="Helvetica" size="4"><font color="#030303">December 13, 2008
1:31:33 PM PST</font></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="4"><b><font
color="#030303">To: </font></b></font><font
style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"
face="Helvetica" size="4"><font color="#030303">Sue Spofford <<a
href="mailto:suespof@comcast.net" target="_blank">suespof@comcast.net</a>></font></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="4"><b><font
color="#030303">Subject: </font></b></font><font
style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"
face="Helvetica" size="4"><b><font color="#030303">URGENT: Must Vote
Today to Block End Run</font></b></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><font color="#030303"><br>
</font></div>
</div>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 14px;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><font
color="#030303">Marin Clean Energy (MCE) Supporters:</font></font></p>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><font
color="#030303">We need your help right now with a quick but important
action: Go to </font><a href="http://www.marinij.com/" target="_blank"><font><u><font
color="#030303">www.marinij.com</font></u></font></a><font
color="#030303"> and vote a resounding </font><b><font color="#030303">"NO" </font></b><font
color="#030303">to the "Daily Poll" question, </font><i><font
color="#030303">"Should there be a countywide vote on the clean energy
proposal?"</font></i></font></div>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><font
color="#030303"> </font></font></p>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><font
color="#030303">You'll see the results being tabulated in real time
(72 yes vs. 43 no, the last we looked). They'll be published in
Sunday's paper, and could provide a smokescreen for disrupting the MCE
vote by the San Rafael City Council on Monday.</font></font></div>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><font
color="#030303"> </font></font></p>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><font
color="#030303">With that critical vote pending, it looks to us like
the IJ and PG&E are attempting an end-run with the lead article in
this morning's IJ rehashing the notion of a countywide vote on MCE and
inviting readers to respond to the poll.</font></font></div>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><font
color="#030303"> </font></font></p>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><font
color="#030303">A few of the reasons why a countywide vote is such a
bad idea:</font></font></div>
<ul>
<li style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><font
color="#030303">It would allow PG&E, the IJ and other
unprogressive voices (and their money) to dominate the discussion with
sound-bite scare tactics, drowning out the careful deliberative process
conducted by our elected officials with full public involvement for
over a year.</font></font></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><font
color="#030303">It would cost taxpayers at least $1,000,000 to conduct
the vote—and MCE supporters untold amounts to counteract the
accompanying campaign of misinformation—at the worst possible time for
such wasteful spending.</font></font></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><font
color="#030303">MCE already provides for individuals to "vote" on
their own participation in the program by staying with PG&E if they
choose to.</font></font></li>
</ul>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><i><font
color="#030303">We need to stop muddying the waters—and get on with
clearing the air!</font></i><font color="#030303"> </font></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font color="#030303"><br>
</font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="5"><font
color="#030303">Please go on line RIGHT NOW and vote "NO".</font></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><font color="#030303"><br>
</font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Arial" size="4"><font
color="#030303">Kiki and Sue</font></font></div>
<div><font color="#030303"><br>
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