[officeholders] Welcome to California Green Officeholders Network/Info About Next GA/Introductions

[Jan Shriner]

Coastal Commission Hearing yesterday in Half Moon Bay, life just doesn't
get much seedier in politics. Cal Am hosted two busses. Their clientele
were issued matching sky blue shirts with yellow lettering "Vote Yes!" and
little signs that said the same thing that the bus people could wave around
on popsicle sticks.

They announced the public hearing by saying that the elected would lead the
way and... they called Supervisor Potter and each of the names of the male
Mayors Burnett (who waved around a guest commentary by Mayor Delgado in the
Herald), Rubio, and Kampe. I was in the audience as a female-elected but
since I do not support the slant wells without proper environmental review
as required by CEQA, I was not called until the last before lunch, the
order in which my request to speak had been submitted.

Paul Bruno, the former President of the Monterey County Republican Central
Committee who was recently fined over $50,000 by the Fair Political
Practices Commission for illegal financial reporting, spent his two minutes
slamming Marina and finished suggesting that adult supervision would be
needed. Marina Resident Jay Fagan mentioned that all Marina Electeds are
crazy. He didn't vote for them but in his opinion, there are just too many
attorneys on the Marina City Council and he was able to count them all on
one hand.

Marina's City Manager, Marina Coast Water District General Manager, and the
attorneys for both organizations spoke intelligently, rationally and
reasonably. George Riley of Public Water Now also did an excellent job.
Former Monterey County Supervisor Del Piero, LAFCO boardmember Darrington,
and the Ag Land Trust attorney also made excellent comments. Marina
Planning Commissioner Margaret Davis spoke about her concern for the
aquifers. Monterey Peninsula College Trustee Copperknoll mentioned that she
too is elected and her viewpoint represented residents of Marina. All of
these people spoke about their concerns for the lack of environmental
review that has no measure of long term impacts or discussion about other
subsurface intake technology other than a production sized slant well that
does not currently successfully exist any place in the world.

I mentioned being elected and not having Board approval would speak as a
resident. I said the Board had not approved my participation in the hearing
and I was certain that the City Councils of each of the Mayors had not
approved their participation at the Coastal Commission hearing. I stated
that I knew for certain Mayor Delgado did not have his Council's approval
to write that guest commentary that did not support his Council's decision
but declared his own opinion and that he represents Marina.

Green Party Mayor Delgado had voted with one other councilmember to approve
the Coastal Development Permit for the experimental Slant Well intake for
Cal Am. Although the Water District had clearly stated their concerns for
the aquifer and future of the Water District, Green Party Mayor Delgado
voted to approve it, said he was doing it for the good of the Water
District, and then wrote a commentary supporting his view for the Herald.

After repeatedly asking public to keep their comments short so that the
Commissioners could go to their field trip scheduled at 2 pm, the
commission moved for approval of the appeal and unanimously approved to
over ride the Marina decision to follow CEQA law. There will be no further
environmental review and construction is expected to begin on the
experimental slant wells on Monday. It will be another first for Marina.

Jan Shriner
Green Party Council, Monterey County
Director of the Board of Marina Coast Water District, one of five elected
at-large Directors, only Green

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Alex Shantz <alexshantz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Green Party officeholders,
>
> First, congratulations to those of you who recently won their seats in
> local races this November. And, welcome everyone to the California Green
> Officeholders Network.
>
> The purpose of this network is to facilitate present and past California
> Green officeholders to share policy perspectives and governing experience
> with each other, and the rest of the party.
>
> As Green officeholders, our role in the party is vital.
>
> We are in a position to demonstrate to the pundits, other elected
> officeholders, the boarder electorate, and everyone else that Greens can
> govern credibly and effectively. We have the unique ability to prove that
> Green public policies work and can help solve the largest social and
> political problems in our communities. And, we are the ones, through our
> tirelessly work as public servants, that can make the best case for
> comprehensive electoral reform.
>
> After all, if we as Greens are able to govern effectively on a local
> level, why should our political system virtually exclude us from higher
> office....
>
> I wanted to make sure everyone was aware that the next Green Party of
> California (GPCA)  General Assembly will occur in Monterey from January
> 24th-25th. The General Assembly is the primary decision-making body of the
> GPCA and consists of delegates from each active county organization
> recognized by the GPCA.
>
> The General Assembly agenda will include an item to discuss electoral
> strategy for moving our party forward. The format is still being worked
> out, but we plan on inviting some of our Green officeholders to participate
> in this electoral strategy discussion. Please, keep this in mind and please
> consider attending. Stay tuned for more details.
>
> More information about the General Assembly:
> http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2015-01
>
> Lastly, feel free to introduce yourselves to everyone. Who are you? What
> office do you hold? Any experiences or stories you want to share as an
> officeholder or candidate for office?
>
> I look forward to getting to know all of you and creating a vibrant
> network!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> *Alex Shantz*, Board of Trustees, St. Helena Unified School District,
> Napa County
>
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