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Author Archives: David
HOPE Requests Supervisors Rescind/Void All Regional Desal Contracts and Approvals
HOPE sent this letter to Monterey County Thursday June 30, 2011 — County Counsel Monterey County Supervisors Monterey County Water Resources Agency Please Rescind/Void All Regional Water Project Contracts Hello Supervisors, Water Resources Agency Board and County Counsel, Considering the … Continue reading
The Herald (Royal Calkins) Censored this Witty Letter
Monterey Herald May 22, 2011 Dear Editor: In your Sunday, May 22 Rants & Raves, the Herald’s editorial staff argues that Mark Dierolf and his “tax-hating” pals at Citywatch will “say almost anything to beat a tax measure.” Well, does … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Acts, Censorship, Media Misdeeds
Tagged Lawrence Samuels, Mark Dierolf, Monterey Herald Letters, Rants Raves
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Did Carmel Pine Cone’s Paul Miller have a Stroke?
The Carmel Pine Cone is the last paper I expected to break the media silence and publish information about the “Right-Sized” Desal Solution by our Water Management District.
Posted in Good Acts, Growth, Solutions, Water, Water Supply
Tagged HOPE, Regional Desal, Water District
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Ed Mitchell’s First Class Research
I’m amazed at the thorough research conducted by Ed Mitchell regarding the meetings MCWRA Director Steve Collins participated in while getting paid to do so as a paid employee of a private corporation. Ed’s commentary is at https://1hope.org/hopeblog/commentary-collins-investigation/.
Posted in Bureaucratic Fraud, Collins Corruption, Education, Good Acts, Understanding, Water, Water Supply
Tagged Ed Mitchell, MCWRA
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Water Wars (Regional Desal Corruption): Report on Bad Acts by Steve Collins, Jim Heitzman, Curtis Weeks, RMC and Cal-AM
The report to the County Supervisors about Monterey County Water Resources Agency Director Steve Collins’ Conflicts of Financial Interests was released yesterday.It states “. . . the facts we have discovered to date are extremely troubling.” Some of those troubling … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Acts, Bureaucratic Fraud, Coastal Protection, Collins Corruption, Good Acts, Growth, Impacts, Incompetence, Law, Staffocracy, Water, Water Supply
Tagged County Supervisors, MCWD, MCWRA, Monterey County Supervisors, RMC
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Regional Desal Implode Begins: Yes, We Warned You
In the mad rush to approve the silly and violently expensive “Regional Desalination” plant in Marina – HOPE warned of the Boondoggle in Waiting. We warned the public through articles, public presentations at City Council meetings and even a special … Continue reading
Wanted: Electric Vehicle for HOPE
It is time for HOPE to convert over to a gasoline free vehicle. Do you have an electric vehicle you want to donate and get an IRS approved tax-credit ? Please call and let us know. 831-624-6500 Thank you.
Finally-The First Official Recognition that Cell-Phones Could Cause Malignant Brain Cancer
Landmark News ! This morning a panel of the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), changed their position declaring now that Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields (of cell-phones and by association WiFi, cordless phones and Smartmeters) … Continue reading
Monterey Peninsula Faces Water Poisoning Threat From Anti-Science Fluoridation Activists
(c) Copyright 2001-2011 David Dilworth (Update August 12, 2011) According to Cal-Am’s Chemistry lab, as of August 2011 they do not yet add any Fluoride to Monterey Peninsula water. However, naturally occurring fluoride is in our water at about 0.3 … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water, Toxics
Tagged Applying Fluoride, Denmark, Drinking Fluoridated, HOPE, MSDS, Update August, Water Fluoridation
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How to Stop Smartmeter Installation at your home (877) 743-7378
PG$E has a phone number (877) 743-7378 that will stop installation of a Smartmeter at your home for about 18 months – until the PUC or the Legislature acts. Tell them you do not want a Smartmeter installed period.
New Pebble Beach Project Begins
The new Pebble Beach Company project will be unveiled at a public meeting on April 28, 2011 at the Pebble Beach Community Services District office. (Yes, the gate guards will let you in free to attend the meeting. But if … Continue reading
Why Smartmeters Need an Environmental Impact Report
The public has raised very serious concerns about PG&E Smartmeters’ fire danger, interference with medical life support equipment, non-thermal radio frequency harm to humans and wildlife, and broadcast of private personal energy use. California state law (California’s Environmental Quality Act … Continue reading
Posted in "Smart"meters, Education, Public Participation, Solutions
Tagged EIR, Environmental Impact Report, HOPE, PUC
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Its “Our” Environment – Not “The” Environment
Copyright 2011 David Dilworth You can tell a lot about someone by the words they select to use.
How Can I Find Genuine Pesticide-Free Food?
(c) Copyright 2001-2013 David DilworthPesticides are explicitly intended, designed, manufactured, and applied as deadly killing poisons. Pesticides have been intentionally applied abundantly to most food we consume in the United States since the late 1940s when man-made chemical pesticides were … Continue reading
Posted in Clean, Solutions, Toxics
Tagged Carmel Valley, County Agricultural Departments, DDT, Food Sources, Food Species Strawberries
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How to Stop a Project Made Easy: CEQA for Citizens
Ordinary people (who are not lawyers or planners) are rarely aware of how the law requires them to object to a project. If you fail to do it correctly, you lose your right to sue to stop the project. HOPE … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Good Acts, Impacts, Law, Models, Public Participation
Tagged CEQA, Citizen Participation Tools, ESA, HOPE, NOTICE
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PG&E Proposes Insanely Greedy and Vindictive Smartmeter Opt-Out Plan
PG&E reaffirmed their reckless “Corporate Greed Monster” reputation(1) with their Plan to financially gouge people who don’t want ‘Smart’meters. They outraged smartmeter opponents Today by proposing to charge those who prefer not to have the controversial meters $135 to refuse … Continue reading
PG Golf Clubhouse Liquor License Transfer Rejected
Wednesday evening March 23 the PG Council agreed to have new Restaurant operators run the PG Golf Clubhouse. The City Manager, Tom Frutchey, had proposed an increase in use (50 more seats, hard liquor sales, off-site food catering and outdoor … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Acts, Bureaucratic Fraud, Pacific Grove
Tagged ABC, Thursday March, Tom Frutchey
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SmartER-meters Solve All the “Smart-meter” Problems
If the continually negligent Public Utilities Commission (they are jointly responsible with PG&E for the San Bruno fireball that killed 14 people: 8 known dead and 6 still missing in March 2012) had prepared an Environmental Impact Report for Smartmeters … Continue reading
Posted in "Smart"meters, Education, Energy, Models, Solutions
Tagged Environmental Impact Report, Monarch Butterflies, Public Utilities Commission, PUC
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Privacy Violation: PG&E’s “Smart”meters Apparently Send Your Data UN-Encrypted !
The job of a Burglar and a Stalker is now easier than ever – thanks to Smartmeters. I just found a revealing section of PG&E’s Public Relations materials (always of dubious factual accuracy) that indicates that your personal data sent … Continue reading
Vital Privacy Loss: Can Smartmeters Tell Burglars When You are Away?
We need Smart-ER meters (c) Copyright 2011 David Dilworth Would you publish a newspaper ad that lets burglars know when you are going on vacation? Well, that’s essentially what “smart”meters do. Vital Privacy Lost: Smartmeters Broadcast Your Private Information: Smartmeters … Continue reading
Should We Revoke PG&E’s California Charter ?
What does “Diablo Canyon’s” Nuclear power plant right near the San Andreas and Hosgri faults — have in common with : The San Bruno Pipeline explosion that killed at least 8 people, “Erin Brockovich” finding deadly Chromium 6 groundwater contamination … Continue reading
“Smart”meter Myths
The number of false “facts” about the so-called “smart’meters is growing at an alarming rate. The “fish stories” are primarily spread by PG&E. This article intends to help clarify the factual basis of those topics we feel are most important. … Continue reading
Posted in "Smart"meters, Education, Understanding
Tagged Carmel Pine Cone, CPUC, Frank Egger, Pacific Grove, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Telecommunications Ordinance
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Why Has the Monterey Herald Censored a Major Local Water News Story for 9 Years?
The Herald has a long tradition of censoring important opinion: a long list of letters to the editor, commentaries and Op-Eds. That’s bad enough. But I didn’t think it could get worse. Well, I’ve been reading the Herald for several … Continue reading
Air Conditioners Cause California’s Electric Supply Emergency
Air Conditioners are Primary Cause of California’s Electrical Supply Emergency. During peak power use air conditioners in Los Angeles and California’s Central Valley use 40 percent of our state’s electricity. In sharp contrast, in California’s coastal communities like our Monterey … Continue reading
Fire Danger: Unknown-Safety of SmartMeters’ New Disconnect Switch
Unknown Safety of New On-Off Switch in Smart Meters: CPUC Meter Safety Testing Confirmation Needed. (c) Copyright 2011 Lance HoustonIntroduction There are numerous safety concerns with the new smart meters being installed by PG&E throughout parts of California. The new … Continue reading