October 2010 - Sustainability - list.sfgreens.org

[Sustain] IMPORTANT! Please Set Pacific Environment's Rory Cox Straight On Military Env. Impact
by Eric Brooks 29 Oct '10

29 Oct '10

Hi all, Rory Cox with Pacific Environment (an activist and group which have done some really good work) has just written a piece for the Bay Citizen which praises the U.S. military for its supposed great strides for the environment (based on nonsense which he apparently read in some bogus New York Times piece). Please take a quick look at Rory's op ed, and then take a minute to send him an email to set him straight on his unacceptable use of praise of the military to promote environmental action. AND PLEASE FORWARD THIS WIDELY so that Rory gets a -LOT- of reality checks in his email box. The op ed is at http://www.baycitizen.org/blogs/citizen/what-california-can-learn-military-… Rory's email is: rcox(a)pacificenvironment.org More Info For more military/environment background information, check out this nice concise report on Redeye radio from Canada which gives a good 14 minute portrait of the massive environmental impact of the military, just from its fuel use and resulting emissions, and from the impacts of the use of depleted uranium plated munitions (which is not even to speak of the devastation of the attacks and bombings themselves). http://www.radio4all.net/files/redeye@coopradio.org/91-1-Military_and_envir… Please take a second to act on this all. We must send a strong message of deep entroubledness to environmentalists who praise the military to promote environmental causes. thanks Eric Brooks

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[Sustain] Important! Turn Out Nov 8 For Env. Benefits of Local Hiring Mandates!
by Eric Brooks 29 Oct '10

29 Oct '10

Hi all, John Avalos' Local Hiring mandate ordinance, which will support the local economy and also cut down on commuter polluting, has its first hearing in the Board of Supes Land Use Committee on Monday, November 8th at 1pm in SF City Hall Room 263. Avalos needs a -BIG- turnout from the environmental and local sustainability communities to pull this off. Please show up and speak at public comment on the 8th! Here is Joshua Arce's email with the details. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: FW: Environmental benefits of LOCAL SF Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:57:52 -0400 From: Joshua Arce <josh(a)brightlinedefense.org> Here is more information and Sup. Avalos is asking for support for as many environmental organizations as possible... Josh Joshua Arce Executive Director Brightline Defense Project -----Original Message----- From: AvalosStaff(a)sfgov.org<AvalosStaff(a)sfgov.org> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 4:32 PM Subject: Environmental benefits of LOCAL SF Some great news! Supervisor John Avalos is working on passing legislation called LOCAL-SF that will have a beneficial affect on our environment. Also known as Local Hiring, this ordinance would require that 50% of the jobs for the City's public works program go to SF residents. The boon to the City's economy if this legislation passes is obvious, as 80% of those positions now go to workers living outside our city. However, the environmental gains may also be substantial. For instance: -Transportation is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions generated in the Bay Area. -35% of San Francisco residents take public transit to work, versus 15% in Alameda, 13% in Contra Costa, 11% in Marin, and 9% in San Mateo counties; and are up to half as likely to drive alone to work. (2003 data) -Work commuting generates 23,000 tons of CO2 daily from Bay Area residents. Therefore, making it easier for San Franciscans to obtain employment where they live is a huge environmental bonus. Many workers will be able to take transit, walk, or bike to work; and if they drive, will rack up fewer vehicle miles traveled (VMT) than someone commuting from out of the city--leading to better air quality and less global warming. In addition, with the looming crises of climate change and peak oil, this will help us relocalize, i.e. transition to a low-carbon economy less dependent on fossil fuels. We really need to get the environmental community involved to get the word out about this important pro-environment legislation. Board of Supervisors District 11 City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place Room 244 San Francisco, CA 94102-4689 (415) 554-6975 FAX: (415)554-6979 TDD/TTY (415) 554-5227

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[Sustain] Tell DOE/Congress: no $ for French government nukes (and more)
by Eric Brooks 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

web banner 6930 Carroll Avenue, #340, Takoma Park, MD 20912; 301-270-6477; nirsnet(a)nirs.org <mailto:nirsnet@nirs.org>; www.nirs.org <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hhl3Z3vPx78ubgUgXjeG3…> *TELL DOE AND CONGRESS: DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT TAXPAYER LOANS TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOR NEW NUKES IN U.S.! PLUS: THE VIRTUAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON CONTINUES GROWING--JOIN IN NOW!* October 27, 2010 Dear Friends: It's official: Constellation Energy wanted out of the Calvert Cliffs-3 nuclear reactor project so badly that last night they agreed to sell their 50% share of it to Electricite de France (EDF) for $140 million, plus EDF will give back about $100 million in stock it owns in Constellation. Here is a Baltimore Sun story <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gcKfAtS2w70x1ALC2dwQd…>on the deal. In other words, Constellation thinks the $240 million or so it's getting is worth more than 60 years of electricity sales from a $10+ billion nuclear power plant. That should tell you something about nuclear power's economic viability when ratepayers aren't forced to subsidize new reactors. *But it's not clear our public officials are getting the message.* Some Maryland politicians--like House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and a lot of nuclear industry advocates, are hoping EDF can somehow resurrect Calvert Cliffs-3 and the entire nuclear "renaissance," which is crumbling before their eyes. *Incredibly, they're even hoping EDF will still get, and accept, the $7.5 Billion loan the Department of Energy promised before Constellation backed out of the project!* But Electricite de France is exactly what its name sounds like: it's part of the French government. Why on earth should U.S. taxpayers provide a loan to the French government to build dangerous, dirty and extraordinarily expensive nuclear reactors in the U.S.? The answer, of course, is we shouldn't. *If you agree, please send a letter now here. <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=k4LysalwfHCEkpqP%2BYy…> *It will go to Energy Secretary Chu, loan guarantee program chief Jonathan Silver, and your members of Congress. And if you can help us continue (and expand!) our winning campaign against the nuclear "renaissance" and all taxpayer subsidies to the nuclear industry, please make a tax-deductible donation, of whatever you can afford, here. <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Hy4HkMEhg2YmoqDuxU%2F…>We know many people are giving money to political candidates this time of year, but we rely on your contributions to do this essential work. Your support shows us we're going in the right direction and enables us to do even more! It's not only Constellation that is backing out of new reactors. Yesterday, the chief planning officer for nuclear giant Entergy said new reactors are not "economically attractive." <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DL6PQYpKVad1WETNCyuTA…> *And it's not just a minority of us that are opposed to taxpayer nuclear loan guarantees. *Yesterday, the Civil Society Institute released a new poll on energy and climate <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bf%2BDHAouzWZWtVLpg3y…>(and in particular, what Independents and Tea Party backers think about these issues). *Among the findings: only 23% of the American people support taxpayer loans for new reactors! *On the other hand, 56% support such loans for renewable energy projects. The entire poll is fascinating and well worth looking at. The DOE and Congress need to hear from us now. <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=TR6hqHcCn0SNhpKV49LyI…>Tell them no loans to the French government; indeed, no loans at all for new nuclear reactors! *The Virtual March on Washington* We hope you've had a chance to take a look at the growing Virtual March on Washington! You can do so on the front page of NIRS' website. <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pPJanQjnpL7uyPyBWeX3T…> From now through April 26, 2011--the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe--we'll be adding new photos to the march; we'll also soon be adding videos of march "speakers." We hope you'll stand and be counted, and join us in this virtual "march." It couldn't be easier. Just send your photo to us at nirsnet(a)nirs.org <mailto:nirsnet@nirs.org>. If you'd like a sign to hold, you can download and print signs here <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AU1HJI%2FhVAAFJrS2tyu…>, or make a sign of your own. Send a photo of yourself, take a photo with friends and/or your group, take a photo at a protest you're already doing. *But please join the hundreds who already have sent in their pics and let's keep this march growing!* Thanks for all you do, Michael Mariotte Executive Director Nuclear Information and Resource Service nirsnet(a)nirs.org <mailto:nirsnet@nirs.org> www.nirs.org <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oROf8tb2EGeS%2FWp4Rlv…> empowered by Salsa <http://www.salsalabs.com/?email>

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[Sustain] Fwd: Big news! And take action now: No Nuke $ in Lame Duck
by Eric Brooks 12 Oct '10

12 Oct '10

web banner 6930 Carroll Avenue, #340, Takoma Park, MD 20912; 301-270-6477; nirsnet(a)nirs.org <mailto:nirsnet@nirs.org>; www.nirs.org <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Y4rESk8BZu3ShOrinbREI…> *NEW REACTOR AT CALVERT CLIFFS STOPPED! AND NUCLEAR "RENAISSANCE" SPUTTERS! SO INDUSTRY PRESSURES CONGRESS TO MAKE IT EVEN EASIER TO GET TAXPAYER MONEY.... _ACT NOW _TO PREVENT NEW NUKE SUBSIDIES DURING LAME DUCK SESSION ...AND, PLEASE JOIN THE VIRTUAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON!* October 12, 2010 Dear Friends, *This is a huge victory: Over the weekend, Constellation Energy announced it is pulling out of the proposed Calvert Cliffs-3 reactor project in Maryland, which effectively ends this new reactor.* *NIRS has spent more than three years fighting this reactor tooth and nail.* We've intervened twice in Maryland Public Service Commission proceedings. We're the lead intervenor in NRC licensing proceedings for Calvert Cliffs--and our contention against foreign ownership in this project (it's dominated by the French government through Electricite de France and Areva) has proven a major stumbling block. And with all our allies in the Chesapeake Safe Energy Coalition we've been in the streets, the media and the public arena demanding an end to this boondoggle. *And, on Saturday, we won!* Here is a link <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mRaOPgsSDagCsTwseelLx…> to our statement released Saturday. Here is a link <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4nDPT3m58dcuTBdmfY8vc…> to a New York Times article on some of the reasons behind this decision. And here is a link <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=y9jY5OtBgYFsRJ0aL95td…> to an article I wrote in August predicting exactly this outcome. Please act now to protect this victory at Calvert Cliffs, and to stop any more taxpayer money being wasted on new reactors, by writing your Senators and Representative here <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=x8pAh5XpidUaXq6YIksFS…>. Here's why: In its statement announcing it is shelving Calvert Cliffs-3, Constellation claimed it was doing so because the terms of a $7.5 Billion loan the Obama administration was ready to give the company were too "onerous." For this $10 Billion+ reactor (the French government was going to chip in another $2.9 Billion), the administration wanted the utility to either put up $880 million of its own money (called a credit subsidy cost, kind of like the down payment you would have to put on a mortgage), or $300 million and guarantee sales of only 75% of the reactor's electricity. This was too risky and "onerous" for Constellation Energy. In other words, they admitted they wanted taxpayers to take ALL the risk of this project. In fact, that was just a smokescreen. Constellation would have cancelled Calvert Cliffs even if there had been no credit subsidy cost at all--the economics of the project simply didn't make sense. And it's telling that Constellation shares skyrocketed up in the first day of trading after their announcement: investors were delighted Constellation got out of this dumb deal. *But the nuclear industry is already working in Congress to not only get more taxpayer money for nuclear loans, but to force the administration to make taxpayers take _all_ of the risk for those loans. And they're hoping they can sneak such legislation through in the lame duck session that begins in mid-November.* All year, with your help, we have blocked the industry from receiving any new funds for nuclear loans. Now we have to act again. Please protect this victory at Calvert Cliffs, act to stop any more taxpayer money being wasted on new reactors and to make sure taxpayers don't have to take all the risk of new reactor construction, by writing your Senators and Representative here. <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vcwQPz3HfS%2Bmxt3Bf6x…> Here is a link to this action that you can forward to your friends and colleagues who will want to take action too: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=43…. The industry lobbying effort will be strong and well-financed, and it will take as many of us as possible to counter them. We are, of course, walking on air that our long battle over Calvert Cliffs was successful (as, so far, has been our campaign to stop new taxpayer subsidies for new nukes). But these successes are only possible with your help and support! Please celebrate this victory by making a tax-deductible donation to NIRS today. You can do so online here <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jFnKJT%2Bn89kxuspDaDu…>, or send a check to NIRS, 6930 Carroll Avenue, #340, Takoma Park, MD 20912. *Virtual March on Washington* Have you joined the Virtual March on Washington yet? Stand up and be counted! It's easy and it's fun. An outgrown of the actions of International Radioactive Waste Action Day, the virtual march will keep building between now and April 26, 2011--the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe. All you have to do to join is send in a photo of yourself to nirsnet(a)nirs.org <mailto:nirsnet@nirs.org>. If you'd like to hold a sign (and we encourage that!), you can download and print a sign here <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qSOBA4EggGCdOHoXlXiYV…>, or make one of your own. You can also see a slideshow <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xDszj7IBAVHZ6uFZgefRp…> of the growing number of people who have joined in so far. So send your pictures in today, and let's get thousands of people to join in this Virtual March on Washington! Thanks for all you do, Michael Mariotte Executive Director Nuclear Information and Resource Service nirsnet(a)nirs.org <mailto:nirsnet@nirs.org> www.nirs.org <http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tDWBvCbMXX38USJGolQHB…>

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[Sustain] Secret Meeting On Delta Water Policy, Flees From Citizen Witnesses
by Eric Brooks 09 Oct '10

09 Oct '10

http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2010/10/08/ Secret Meeting Participants Flee From Delta Residents, Fishermen <http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2010/10/08/secret-meeting-participants-…> POSTED: <http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2010/10/08/secret-meeting-participants-…> 1:49 pm, October 8, 2010 COMMENT NOW! <http://blogs.alternet.org/danbacher/2010/10/08/secret-meeting-participants-…> Photo: Participants in the closed door Bay Delta Conservation Plan meeting convened by the California Department of Water Resources chose to leave rather than allow four Delta advocates stay in the room. Here we see some of the meeting participants conferring before moving to an undisclosed location. Photo by Dan Bacher. 640_img_0403.jpg original image ( 3456x2304) *640_img_0403.jpg* <http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2010/10/07/img_0403.jpg>original image ( 3456×2304) <http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2010/10/07/img_0403.jpg> Secret Meeting Participants Flee From Delta Residents, Fishermen by Dan Bacher The 50 participants in a secret meeting deciding the fate of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta on September 30 decided to leave rather than to allow four Delta advocates to listen to the proceedings. Bill Jennings, chairman/executive director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA); Jim Crenshaw, president of CSPA; Bret Baker, a Delta pear farmer, biologist and Restore the Delta board member; and I disrupted the meeting of Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) to protest the closed process. We arrived at the meeting of "principals" of the BDCP at the Farm Bureau office in Sacramento just as the meeting was getting started. You could feel the tension and sense the surprise by the federal and state agency officials, water agency leaders, corporate agribusiness officials and others gathered there as we walked into the back of the room. The Department of Water Resources has told legislators that they're not welcome at meetings of signatories to the BDCP, the plan that state water exporters have undertaken to secure their water supplies. Many advocates view the BCDP as a thinly-veiled attempt by the Governor to put in place the plans for a peripheral canal/tunnel before he leaves office. The meeting facilitator, Betsy, announced our unexpected arrival. "We have guests in the room. Would you please identify yourselves?" We all introduced ourselves and then the meeting stopped. The facilitator talked to us about the process and why they had to meet in secret so there would be no "attribution" of comments by participants. "We have had to say no to other people who wanted to come to the meetings," she stated. "This is not a definite plan we're coming up with. This is a temporary process to give advice to the permanent process. We were asked not to report the names of any of the participants or attribute quotes to them. We refused. ' She emphasized, "The policy of non-attribution governs everything said in this room. We don't let anybody from the press come to these meetings since in the past the newspaper has served as the vehicle of negotiations -- and we don't want that to happen." Jennings responded that "the state and federal agencies are sending the wrong message here. I have worked on protecting the estuary for 3 decades, but I have no representatives here. The representatives from two Senate offices weren't allowed here either." Baker and Crenshaw agreed with Jennings and myself that we had the right to stay in the meeting. Betsy went back to the group and they said they wanted to take a break to decide how to deal with our presence. After a long delay, Betsy came back and stated, "The group as a whole has asked you to leave." Jennings, after asking under whose authority or jurisdiction we were being asked to leave, said, "Are you prepared to have us arrested?" Betsy received word from Natural Resources Secretary Lester Snow that rather than having us arrested, they would not continue meeting in that room unless we left. The participants then began leaving from the room, disbanding the meeting. After the meeting was disrupted, Jennings said, "I'm astounded that four people involved in Delta issues for decades walked into a room and had everybody walk out from continuing the discussion about the future of the Delta." "What I'm really disturbed by is the corruption of this public process and how the participants are deciding the fate of the Delta behind closed doors." Jim Crenshaw noted, "I find it incredulous that these meetings are not open to public." Bret Baker added, "Today I feel like a proud American. I understand the meaning of Margaret Mead's statement that 'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.'" Representatives from the California Natural Resources Agency, California Department of Water Resources, California Department of Fish and Game, Westlands Water District, Metropolitan Water District, federal agencies, environmental NGOs and other organizations attended the closed-door session at the Farm Bureau before the four of us disrupted it. Sandy Cooney, deputy secretary for communications for the California Natural Resources Agency, was critical of our effort to attend the secret meeting in the Central Valley Business Times on September 30. "There's a lot of discussions that are happening in the course of developing the Bay Delta Conservation Plan that will go into the public process of how the plan is eventually developed," Mr. Cooney claimed. "No decisions, not a single decision, is going to be made if it doesn't eventually go through the public process and the steering committee of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan." "Mr. Cooney insists that plans for the Delta, the largest estuary on the west coast of the western hemisphere, will be done in a transparent way," the article added. Mike Wade of the California Farm Water Coalition also slammed our attempt to attend the BDCP closed-door meeting. "The action taken by these four individuals have probably done more to set back efforts to resolve California's water crisis and protect the Delta than any one action in recent memory," Wade stated. "What a shame." In reaction to Wade's comment, Jennings quipped, "I don't know whether to take a bow or to open the champagne. Unfortunately, the principals convened their secret session at another location after we left and then again at an undisclosed location the following day." These meetings have been going forward behind closed doors since August in what Resources Secretary Lester Snow told lawmakers was "a key procedural component of the public BDCP Steering Committee process." Speaking seats at the meeting had been reserved for "principals," representatives of the entities who have financed the planning process. I observed representatives from the California Natural Resources Agency, California Department of Water Resources, California Department of Fish and Game, Westlands Water District, Metropolitan Water District, federal agencies, environmental NGOs and other organizations at the closed-door session at the Farm Bureau. Jonas Minton of the Planning and Conservation League noted that exporters had withdrawn from the public BDCP process when confronted with overwhelming scientific evidence that exports from the Bay-Delta would have to be reduced to save the Estuary. "They've been frantically trying to come up with some kind of agreement that could be signed before this Governor leaves office," said Minton. A sharply worded letter sent on September 16 by Members of Congress and the California legislature urging Lester Snow and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to open the BDCP talks to the public and include Delta representation preceded our visit to the secret meeting. State Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis), Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, and Congressional Representatives John Garamendi, Doris Matsui, Jerry McNerney, George Miller and Mike Thompson officially requested that the meetings be more inclusive and transparent. State Senator Mark DeSaulnier and State Assembly Members Bill Berryhill, Joan Buchanan, Alyson Huber, Tom Torlakson and Mariko Yamada also signed the letter. A similar push to the BDCP by the Governor has driven the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) process going forward in coastal Northern California, noted Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, campaign director of Restore the Delta. "The MLPA Initiative, like the BDCP process, has been characterized by attempts to bypass open meeting laws," said Barrigan-Parrilla. " In that case, MLPA officials limited media coverage of their 'work sessions,'which they distinguish from public meetings. One independent journalist was arrested for trying to film "work session" proceedings." Newspaper industry and civil liberties attorneys protested, saying the process violated the Bagley-Keene Open Meetings Act and the First Amendment. Under political pressure, MLPA Executive Director Ken Wiseman opened up the "work sessions" to videographers and photographers. For more news coverage of the meeting, go to: http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=16448. For more information about Restore the Delta, go to: http://www.restorethedelta.org <http://www.restorethedelta.org/>.

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[Sustain] Valero Oil & Rendering Giant Darling Launch Noxious Agrofuel Venture
by Eric Brooks 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hi all, Prop 23 is not Valero Oil's only evil move on energy policy... See: Valero plans JV biodiesel plant with Darling International http://cleantech.com/news/5020/valero-darling-jv-biodiesel-vlo-adr Not only will such a move start a worldwide further ramping up of the incredibly environmentally disastrous factory animal ag industry, but under such a scenario, the current users of Darling's tallow and other fats (cosmetics, soap, paint and feed producers) will switch to crop based fats; most likely palm oil - because it is the cheapest alternative to rendered fats. This, combined with an inevitable resulting increase in factory based animal agriculture, will simply perpetuate and expand the same problem of excess greenhouse gas releases via land use shifting and deforestation, that is already being caused by -direct- plant based biofuel production. Darling is making a move locally -now- which may reach a final vote in San Francisco on Tuesday October 12th. See: http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/09/09/darling-international-enters… More Details & International Implications Also see attached, a new report commissioned by the UK Department Of Transport 'Tallow_Biodiesel_Report_AEA' which shows that greenhouse gas emissions will -increase- when tallow rendering plants like the Darling facility are converted to produce biodiesel. Note too that the UK report is very limited in scope and doesn't even consider the problems of land use shifting and deforestation. This is not just a local issue. Darling is planning to do this with its rendering plants all over the world, and the move must be stopped in San Francisco, in order to keep it from getting press hype and spreading. Eric Brooks 415-756-8844

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[Sustain] Earth At Risk Conference, October 16
by Dennis Brumm 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Sorry, I forgot to attach the flyer to this. I'll just put it up here, if anyone is interested just download it: http://www.brumm.com/tempo/EAR-Color-wCynthia.pdf

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[Sustain] Fwd: Want your problem fixed on TV? KGO and YouTube can help
by Eric Brooks 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Want your problem fixed on TV? KGO and YouTube can help Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:58:59 -0700 From: You Fixit <abc7ufixit(a)gmail.com> To: Dear Community Group, Send us video of a problem that needs fixing in your neighborhood, or a government service that isnt working, and well help you get it fixed. KGO-TV is collaborating with YouTube to keep local governments accountable and improve everyday life in your community. We need to hear from you -- What needs fixing in your neighborhood? Upload your video on the uReport <http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/feature?section=resources&id=7562842> section of our web site www.abc7news.com <http://www.abc7news.com/>. Dont forget to include your name and a phone number where we can call you. You can also email us a description of the problem, along with your phone number, at this email address: abc7ufixit(a)gmail.com <mailto:abc7ufixit@gmail.com> Here are some of our recent stories: Problematic Potholes Finally Get Attention <http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteam&id=7694942> September 29, 2010 Playground Condition Causes Concern <http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteam&id=7668208> September 15, 2010 Feel free to pass this email on to anyone you think we might be able to help. We look forward to hearing from you. Regards, *uFIX IT*** KGO-TV / ABC7News

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