Trout Nut
08-04-2009, 04:09 PM
If you live near the SF Bay Area, PLEASE JOIN ME AND OTHERS ON 13th AT 9:AM TO DEFEND CONGRESSMAN MILLER FROM AN ANTI - ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT DEMONSTRATION AT HIS CONCORD CA DIVISION OFFICE. We need to shout them down, and show media that the Fresno "Turn up the Pumps" crowd is not uncontested. More info coming.
I will be there early. I have been developing an anti-Peripheral Canal web site at www.StopCanal.org (still not complete, and video needs to be re-done), and will have a Take Action page active in a day or so. And I will get CSPA and others to post as well.
This is no BS people. Please send this email everywhere. Please see SOS below from Congressman Miller's senior legislative Aide, Ben Miller. -- Robert Johnson, Jr.
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FYI – We just saw an announcement that "Water For All" (http://www.thewaterforall.com/) will be organizing a rally outside of Congressman Miller’s office next week.
It’s pretty clear that this is not a grassroots protest of any kind— this group shares an address with the "Latino Water Coalition," and it seems to be a front group run by Piedad Ayala, a labor contractor in Fresno who also receives cotton subsidies for a farm in Avenal, CA (http://farm.ewg.org/farm/persondetail.php?custnumber=009875240). He's also running the same announcement on his labor contractor's corporate website: http://theayalacorporation.com/.
And according to the press release below, this effort is coordinated with the right-wing "central valley tea party," not exactly a sign that they're interested in constructive solutions to California's water problems.
We thought you’d want to know what’s apparently in the works.
Let me know if you have any questions.
-Ben
Written by Business Journal staff
Tuesday, 04 August 2009 08:04
A group called Water for All is organizing a protest rally at the Bay Area office of Democrat George Miller on Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. in Concord.
As a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, Miller has been a critic of irrigated agriculture on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. Protesters plan to oppose Miller's stance on the Endangered Species Act that has led to protections of Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta fish species and reduced water deliveries to local farmers.
Congressman Miller’s office is located at 1333 Willow Pass Rd., Ste 203, in Concord.
I will be there early. I have been developing an anti-Peripheral Canal web site at www.StopCanal.org (still not complete, and video needs to be re-done), and will have a Take Action page active in a day or so. And I will get CSPA and others to post as well.
This is no BS people. Please send this email everywhere. Please see SOS below from Congressman Miller's senior legislative Aide, Ben Miller. -- Robert Johnson, Jr.
______
FYI – We just saw an announcement that "Water For All" (http://www.thewaterforall.com/) will be organizing a rally outside of Congressman Miller’s office next week.
It’s pretty clear that this is not a grassroots protest of any kind— this group shares an address with the "Latino Water Coalition," and it seems to be a front group run by Piedad Ayala, a labor contractor in Fresno who also receives cotton subsidies for a farm in Avenal, CA (http://farm.ewg.org/farm/persondetail.php?custnumber=009875240). He's also running the same announcement on his labor contractor's corporate website: http://theayalacorporation.com/.
And according to the press release below, this effort is coordinated with the right-wing "central valley tea party," not exactly a sign that they're interested in constructive solutions to California's water problems.
We thought you’d want to know what’s apparently in the works.
Let me know if you have any questions.
-Ben
Written by Business Journal staff
Tuesday, 04 August 2009 08:04
A group called Water for All is organizing a protest rally at the Bay Area office of Democrat George Miller on Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. in Concord.
As a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, Miller has been a critic of irrigated agriculture on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. Protesters plan to oppose Miller's stance on the Endangered Species Act that has led to protections of Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta fish species and reduced water deliveries to local farmers.
Congressman Miller’s office is located at 1333 Willow Pass Rd., Ste 203, in Concord.