VOTE for Environment by Liora Leah Blog entry

CALIFORNIANS: Vote for the Environment Tuesday November 7

Propostions Are the Key!

Date: 11/1/2006 12:19:12 PM ( 18 y ) ... viewed 1709 times

YES on 84   Natural Resource Protection
YES on 87   Alternative Energy Funding
NO on 90   Eminent Domain
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Sierra Club California Voting Guide:
Put the Propositions in Your Pocket

So many elections, so many propositions...It's easy to be overwhelmed. That's why the Sierra Club has created a handy pocket guide to help you vote for the environment when you hit the election booth on November 7th. Go to: http://www.sierraclub.org/ca/propositions/votercard.asp

Even if the ballot is long and a little confusing, this is one election you can't afford to sit out. Please vote if you care about protecting wildlife habitat from destruction, preserving our ability to enforce zoning and land-use regulations, want to end our oil addiction and invest in renewable energy and get the special interest money out of elections.
Vote on November 7th. And make it easy on yourself: Take the Sierra Club's Proposition Pocket Guide Election Day Information Card to the polls with you -- and let your friends know about it, too! Go to: http://www.sierraclub.org/ca/propositions/votercard.asp

Vote for the Environment Tuesday November 7

Dear Californian Redwood Enthusiasts,
Only in California can you walk among a grove of ancient redwoods, following a trail to the bank of a mighty river as it flows to the coast. As Californians, we have a responsibility to preserve these forests, streams, and breathtaking coastline for future generations. On November 7th, California voters have the opportunity to further protection of the state’s land, water, and redwood forests by voting on two initiatives of particular importance to redwood conservation.
Please help the Save-the-Redwoods League and its conservation partners to pass Proposition 84 and defeat Proposition 90. By providing a brief overview, with links to more detailed information, we hope you will have the information you need to vote with the redwoods in mind.
Vote YES on Prop 84--Clean Water, Parks & Coastal Protection—$5.4 Billion Conservation and Water Quality Bond
Proposition 84 will provide $5.4 billion to protect California’s lakes, rivers, beaches, coastline, parks and forests.
Public funding has been essential in helping the League to protect more than 170,000 acres of California redwood forest and establish some of its most treasured state parks, including: Jedediah Smith; Prairie Creek; Del Norte Coast; Humboldt Redwoods; Montgomery Woods; and Calaveras Big Trees.
Without Prop 84, state resources for protecting the redwood forest could be depleted as early as this year. You can help Save-the-Redwoods League preserve California’s diverse redwood forests by voting YES on Proposition 84.
More about prop 84 and how you can help:
http://www.yeson84.com/
List of Environmental groups supporting prop 84:
http://www.yeson84.com/supporters/#envGroups

Vote NO on Prop 90—The Most Significant Threat to the Redwood Forest in Years
Although we are reluctant to endorse any political position other than park and land conservation bonds, we believe that Prop 90 poses a great threat to redwood protection.
While touted as an eminent domain issue, Prop 90 contains far-reaching provisions that allow virtually anyone to sue, claiming a new law or regulation has impacted the value of their property or business. If it passes, the negative impacts to the redwood forest will be substantial and long-lived.
The Save-the-Redwoods League has joined a coalition of more than 200 groups and more than 20 major daily newspapers in opposing this measure. These organizations opposing the measure include the California Taxpayers Association, the National Wildlife Federation, League of Women Voters, Small Business Owners, and the League of Homeowners.
More about prop 90 and how you can help:
http://www.noprop90.com/
List of Environmental groups opposing prop 90:
http://www.noprop90.com/coalition/index.php

Save-the-Redwoods League:
http://www.savetheredwoods.org/
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Remember to Vote Tuesday November 7
YES on 84 http://www.yeson84.org/
YES on 87 http://www.yeson87.org/
NO on 90    http://www.noprop90.com/
Thanks for going GREEN!
Liora Leah