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Category Archives: Education
Kampe – Wins Tree Hater Award
For his persistent efforts to destroy Pacific Grove trees (including those magnificent Cypresses on his Lighthouse home property), and delete Pacific Grove’s Tree Protection laws, (now thankfully former) Mayor Bill Kampf wins HOPE’s 2012 Tree Hater of the Year Award. … Continue reading
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Powerful Media Silence on HOPE’s Public-Records Monterey-Downs Water-Promise Lawsuit
HOPE filed a simple but powerful Public Records Act Lawsuit on Monday to expose documents of a secret Water deal between Monterey Downs’ Horse gambling racetrack, the Water company – Cal-Am and Monterey County. Afterwards, we dutifully sent out Press … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Acts, Censorship, Education, Media Misdeeds, Water
Tagged Bradley Zeve, Herald, Pacific Grove-Pine Cone, Paul Miller, Press Releases, Self-censorship, Weak Coastly
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Supervisor Potter Promotes Secret Water Deal for Monterey Downs – County Hiding Records
Media Release: Monday, March 28, 2016 Subject: Supervisor Potter Promotes Secret Water Deal for Monterey Downs – County Hiding Records This morning Helping Our Peninsula’s Environment (HOPE) was forced to file court action to get the County of Monterey to … Continue reading
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Tagged HOPE, Monterey County, Monterey Downs, Supervisor Potter, Susan Goldbeck
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Thimerosal Harm and Censorship: Evidence of CDC Malfeasance in Research & Pretending that Toxic Vaccine Thimerosal Is Safe
For the past 75 years more than 165 studies have focused on the harm and effects of Thimerosal, a Mercury based compound, finding many, serious harmful effects. The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) conducted a study finding a “7.6-fold … Continue reading
Extinction is Truly Forever
(c) Copyright 2005 David Dilworth Some claim that burning fossil fuels is the most devastating damage humans have done to our earth. That’s one opinion, but it is clearly not the longest lasting harm. While burning fossil fuels certainly causes … Continue reading
Senator Bill Monning Votes to Gut Public Records Law – Will Governor Brown Sign it?
Extremely sneakily the California legislature adopted twin Bills: California Senate Bill 71 and AB 76 which allegedly were about the State Budget. But unknown to the public and the media contain a secret poison pill to gut the law requiring … Continue reading
Dissolving a Criminal California Corporation in 3 “Easy” Steps
(c) Copyright 2002-2013 David Dilworth “To the extent commerce is ungoverned – commerce governs.” California law (and laws in 48 other states) allows you, an individual citizen and non-lawyer, to dissolve or “DeCharter” any California Corporation which has broken the … Continue reading
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Tagged California Superior Court, CELDF, Franchise Tax Board, TOSCO
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Public Records Access – Model City / County Ordinance / Guidelines
Public Records Access – Model City / County Ordinance or Guidelines (c) Copyright 2005 David Dilworth and HOPE The following language can be adopted by any California city or county or any public agency by simple adding the agency’s name … Continue reading
Regional Water Project is Officially Dead
Less than two short years after approving the Regional Water project saying it was the only reasonable water solution the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) just voted to kill that same “Regional” water project. But its going to cost you.
Water Wars: Pacific Grove Council Votes to be a Water Agency
Pacific Grove City Council voted last night (April 18, 2012) to become a water agency for the Monterey Peninsula and set aside its own issues. (Early in the meeting the Council actually continued 3 important items to the next meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Acts, Education, Pacific Grove, Water, Water Supply
Tagged Desal America, Few Pacific Grove, Nader Agha, Public Relations
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Astronaut Ed Mitchell, Paul Hawken, John Robbins, Vandana Shiva and Deepak Chopra Denounce Foster Gamble’s film “Thrive”
Radical Libertarian disguised in Environmental Clothing The Santa Cruz Weekly published an expose of Foster Gamble’s “radical libertarian” film “Thrive” which was released last fall. The film includes conversations with Hawken, Robbins, Chopra, Shiva, Mitchell as prominent thinkers. What this … Continue reading
Closed Government: Bunker Mentality Returns to Pacific Grove
Welcome to the Bad ol’ Days of Closed Government with a Bunker Mentality in Pacific Grove. Current Pacific Grove City Manager Tom Frutchey takes every advantage of loopholes in the Open Meeting law (Brown Act) to avoid informing the public … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Acts, Education, Pacific Grove, Public Participation, Staffocracy
Tagged Brown Act, Continued City Council, Open Meeting, Update April
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Pacific Grove Tree Protection Getting Chainsawed – by Bill Kampe and Ken Cuneo
Once upon a time Pacific Grove had a majestic forest canopy that flowed from Monterey Bay to Shining Sea. Squirrels could jump branch to branch from Lover’s Point to Asilomar – and never touch the ground. The forest almost completely … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Acts, Education, Forest Protection, Impacts, Models
Tagged Bill Kampe, Councilman Ken Cuneo, Tree Protection, Yet Kampe
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Win: Nerve Gas Methyl Iodide – Yanked from US Market by Manufacturer
Tokyo based Pesticide manufacturer Arysta pulled their Methyl-Iodide nerve gas called “Midas” from the US Market. While nerve gas is illegal to use in warfare, the US-EPA and California’s EPA (Department of Pesticide Regulation) both approved it. The fundamental corruption … Continue reading
Police Force Smartmeters on Private Property
This is a press release Subject: Press Release – Police Escorted Utility (SCE) Forced Smart Meters on Private Residences (Thursday, 15 Dec 2011) Police and Electric Utility Force SmartMeters on Residences in Violation of Federal Law, U.S. and California Constitution … Continue reading
Posted in "Smart"meters, Bad Acts, Education, Radiation/Light Pollution
Tagged CPUC, Deborah Tavares, SCE, Smart Meters
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Protected: Trees: Magnificent Monterey Pine Destruction Authorized by Carmel City Staff
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Methyl Iodide and Our Community Forum – Thursday, September 29th at Hartnell College in Salinas
Forum– Methyl Iodide and Our Community–Learn the Facts. What: Central Coast Community Forum on Methyl Iodide. Come learn about the State’s most hotly debated strawberry pesticide- Methyl Iodide, and the potential health risks for the Central Coast. Open to the … Continue reading
Smartmeter Delay – Now has Official Rules
The Calif. Public Utilities Commission President issued a new ruling on Sept. 21 formalizing “Smart”meter delay lists. Now, by September 26, 2011, PG&E’s “Smart”meter installation delay procedures must — 1. Provide information on its website that if a customer currently … Continue reading
Posted in "Smart"meters, Education
Tagged Commission Executive Director, Delay Program, RULINGS, Smart Meter
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Disaster: Fort Ord Cleaup – Military Base’s Ongoing and Potentially Permanent Toxic Cleanup Tragedy
Proposed Resolution – Draft V June 2012 Fort Ord’s Ongoing Toxic Cleanup Tragedy Documented Failures of Fort Ord’s Superfund Cleanup and Request for Legislative Hearings and Action.by California EPA’s Fort Ord Community Advisory Group (FOCAG) Subtitle: “The Dangerous Costs of … Continue reading
Trees: Pacific Grove City Forest Management Plan Meeting Schedule
Once upon a time Pacific Grove had a majestic forest canopy that flowed from Monterey Bay to Shining Sea. Squirrels could jump branch to branch from Lover’s Point to Asilomar – and never touch the ground. The forest almost completely … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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