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CSPP Endorses Greg Knell for Division 1, MMWD
In the November there is an opportunity to elect new members to the Marin Municipal Water District Board. One of those seats is for Division one, currently held by Jack Gibson. Mr. Gibson has been an MMWD director continuously since 1994. ... more »
Jody Morales — San Rafael (LV)
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County should reverse decisions to appeal
The Board of Supervisors, supported by County Counsel Brian Washington, has decided to appeal two separate judicial rulings on controversial land-use projects in Marin County. The rulings in essence required more independent assessment and more opp... more »
Suzanne Thompson — Mill Valley
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Defensible Space from the Opposite Point of View
On August 27th, a structure fire, adjacent to wild-lands, destroyed one condominium and damaged two others in the 110-unit Canon Village community in Fairfax. The fire started in a 5-unit structure. The Ross Valley Fire Department successfully limit... more »
Charles Cornwell — Fairfax
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Iceland's democracy, one for our world? Not yet!
There's a battle of sorts going on in Iceland to revise their constitution (one of the world's oldest) in an inclusive democratic way where fundamental issues like nature of democratic participation, ownership of natural resources, protection of nat... more »
William Callahan — San Rafael
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Good pensions are still vital to maintain a middle class.
In his effort to shoot the messenger, MAPE Executive Director Rollie Katz falls back on well-rehearsed spiel that I have heard and read enough times to be able to deliver it myself. It is all available, including the 3-legged stool analogy, in his s... more »
Jody Morales — San Rafael (LV)
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Woman hit by SMART train in Novato pronounced dead at the scene
At about 7:00 am this morning, south of North Hamilton Parkway, Novato Police report that a pedestrian was hit by the SMART train. The Marin County Coroner's Office, police and SMART train officials are investigating the incident. more »
Marin Post — Mill Valley
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Livable California supports BART Board Members in opposition to AB-2923
In a letter to the State Senate Appropriations Committee (below), Livable California urges a "OPPOSE AB-2923," a bill that would remove jurisdiction over building near a BART station from locally elected city/county officials and put decisions ... more »
Susan Kirsch — Mill Valley
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It’s time officials face the facts about public pensions
Transparent California released alarming data showing the growth of “promised benefits” in the Marin County Employee Retirement Association (MCERA) compared with the growth of countywide personal income, median household income, inflation and popula... more »
Jody Morales — San Rafael (LV)
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The County's appeal of the Middagh Trail Superior Court decision
Now we have a County appeal to Judge Haakenson's extremely well reasoned decision that the narrow Bob Middagh trail should stay in hiker-equestrian use, because Parks and Open Space did not do proper site-specific CEQA analysis Amazing---!!! What ... more »
Peter Hensel — Corte Madera
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Jerry Brown to Supreme Court: Hurry up and hear my pension law case,
This is such an important article. It’s great that Gov. Brown is anxious for the State Supreme Court to hear the CalFire v CalPERS case as soon as possible. The comment by the front-runner for governor, Gavin Newsom, however, declaring in advance t... more »
Jody Morales — San Rafael (LV)