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TAM Must Reassess Priorities
As reported in the Marin IJ on April 16, management at the Transportation Authority of Marin is complaining about the possible repeal of the new state gas tax. A tax that was increased by 66% (from .18 to .30 cents a gallon) and never voted on by th... more »
Mike Popovich — Larkspur
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ACTION ALERT: Do this on Monday! Tell Marin’s State Senators "Vote No on SB 828"
ACTION ALERT: Do this on Monday!We need your HELP to defeat SB 828! Tell Marin’s State Senat... more »
Ann Peckenpaugh Becker — Kentfield
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Earth Day 2018 — It's how we live!
Living responsibly, just and sustainable in the twenty-first century Around the time of our first Earth Day in 1972, our global numbers and consumption became unsustainable. Since then, 46 years later our numbers and consumption have grown consider... more »
William Callahan — San Rafael
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Sustainable TamAlmonte's letter to the Senate Transportation & Housing Committee re: SB-828
** Sustainable TamAlmonte sent the following letter to Senator Mike McGuire, urging him to oppose Senate Bill 828 (Wiener) and remove the bill from consideration. We sent similar letters to the other members of the State Senate Transportation and H... more »
Sharon Rushton — Mill Valley
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Exclusive Report – Community Choice Aggregation (CCA): A False Choice
Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is in many ways like a purchasing cooperative or co-op. Co-ops have been around for hundreds of years. The idea is simple: use the purchasing power of many to get volume discounts. It’s kinda like belonging to Cost... more »
Dan Titus — Alta Loma
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Sustainable TamAlmonte's letter to the Senate Housing & Transportation Committee re: SB-827
April 16, 2018 FROM: Sustainable TamAlmonte, 215 Julia Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 TO: State Senate Transportation and Housing Committee, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: OPPOSE Senate Bill 827 Dear Senate Transportation and ... more »
Sharon Rushton — Mill Valley
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American Planning Association Opposition Letter to SB-828
SB-827 has been getting the bulk of attention and opposition. But don't let SB-828 (which will be heard in the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee on Tuesday, 4/24) slip through the cracks without a letter and phone call of opposition. Co... more »
Susan Kirsch — Mill Valley
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That 'split roll' you heard about? Less a Prop. 13 fix than a pension bailout
This is a particularly timely editorial from the San Diego Union-Tribune that outlines recent efforts - supported by public unions - that would go much further than simply plugging the loophole in Prop 13 that has allowed commercial property own... more »
Jody Morales — San Rafael (LV)
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Accountability needed in lawsuit ‘debacle’
In the IJ edition of March 31 we learned that taxpayers paid $90,000 to settle a lawsuit by the county — a lawsuit a judge deemed improper — against a public advocacy lawyer. And that figure doesn’t include expenses the county incurred in bringing t... more »
Suzanne Thompson — Mill Valley
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Would consolidation of schools save money?
Why do all the Marin school districts separately need operating funds? I was surprised when I found out Marin County has 19 school districts for a population of 250,000 citizens. Each school district has a superintendent, assistant superintendent, ... more »
Al Dugan — Novato