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Nina Beety Explains "PG&E Not-So-Smart Meters"

Next Meeting - Thursday, August 12th, 7 pm

Location:
Peace Resource Center - 1364 Fremont Blvd, Seaside


Nina Beety

PG&E wireless "Smart" Meters are coming to Monterey County soon, replacing all gas and electric meters. Are they green? Are they safe? What are the serious problems and issues surrounding them. Nina Beety, Monterey resident and local wireless safety advocate, presents an overview on the meters. She will also discuss the growing opposition here in California and elsewhere, and how to get involved to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your community.
Free and open to the public.

Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd, Seaside
August 12, 2010, 7 pm
Past meeting!

Bruce Delgado, Mayor of the City of Marina, will address “A Vision for the Future of Marina.” Marina is the gateway to the Monterey Peninsula and home to the Marina Coast Water District, which is planning a major desalination facility to provide water for growth on the former Fort Ord and the Peninsula. In the past several years, Marina has approved over 4,400 residential units, but with changes in economic conditions the City is reconsidering the design of one of its major projects. Also on the City’s agenda is its relationship of the proposed light rail system and transit-oriented development. Understanding how these issues intersect will help us plan for our future.

SPONSOR: League of Women Voters of the Monterey Peninsula. Contact: LWVMPca@yahoo.com, or visit www.lwvmp.org.
DATE: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 12 noon (lunch), 12:30 to 2pm (program)
COST: $18 per person for hot buffet lunch at 12 noon requires reservation (contact Loretta Fisher, 375-8301); FREE lecture at 12:30 (does not require reservation).

Elks Lodge, 150 Mar Vista Drive, Monterey 93940
March 10, 2010
Past Meeting

June 10, 2010, 7 pm
John Laird, John Laird Campaign for State Senate

The Governor has called a special election for June 22nd
This has a unique history, an unnecessary cost, and political significance.
It is tied to Prop 14 (vote NO)
It also has an extraordinary candidate!

Join a representative from the John Laird for State Senate campaign. We'll discuss why this special election is so important to all Californian's, why it's not too late to get involved and support our effort and how John will advance critical environmental issues in our State. www.laird4senate.com for more info about meeting, Larry Parrish, 622-7455.

Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont, Seaside
June 10 meeting, June 22 vote in Special Election!
Next Meeting

Amy White, Executive Director of LandWatch Monterey County with Virginia Jameson, Associate Director of Ag Land Trust, will speak on land use, water, transportation and more issues important to life in Monterey County.

  • Hear the "citizen" side about land use, water, transportation, more.
  • Ask about developments thought dead but not.
  • What interests are active in these issues?
  • Where does the average citizen get plugged in?
  • How preservation of ag lands benefits all

Come and learn, and get involved. Be part of grassroots successes.

Peace Resource Center -- 1364 Fremont Boulevard, Seaside, CA
7:00pm - 9:00pm -- Thursday July 8, 2010
Meetings of 2009 Below

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen

Voting Integrity: Examining the Process


In 2007 newly elected California Secretary of State Debra Bowen ordered an independent examination of California's electronic voting systems. When this "Top to Bottom Review" revealed troubling flaws, she limited the use of touch screen voting machines and imposed significant security and auditing requirements. Bowen's decision was met with resistance by voting system vendors and many county elections officials.
Join us to hear from this pioneer in open government reform, election integrity, and personal privacy rights. Ms. Bowen will provide a short presentation, followed by a lengthy question and answer session.

Contact:
Beverly Bean -- (831) 484-2451 -- beverlygb@gmail.com

Sponsored by the League of Women Voters, Monterey Peninsula

Co-Sponsors:

League of Women Voters, Salinas Valley Monterey Peninsula College
League of Women Voters, Santa Cruz SAVElections Monterey County
ACLU-NC Monterey County Chaper Monterey College of Law
CSUMB - Masters in Public Policy Program Green Party, Monterey County
Carmel Area Democratic Women's Luncheon Club Associated Students, CSUMB


On the internet:
ACLU Northern California
ACLU-NC Monterey County Chapter

Hyatt Regency Monterey -- 1 Old Golf Course Road, Monterey, California
7:30 to 9:00 pm -- Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Green Party Program Meeting -- May 2009

Fred Keeley, Member of California Forward

What is Wrong in Sacramento?


The 6 budget propositions on May 19th election
Politics of lack of compromise
Reforms currently underway

California Forward is financed by five major California foundations to design
and present reforms of the 'broken' elements in our state government.
The first was Prop 11 last fall to remove redistricting from the Legislature
and place it an independent bipartisan commission (it passed).
Fred Keeley was formerly in the State Assembly, and is currently the
Santa Cruz County Treasurer-Tax Collector.


Come and hear and discuss these issues!

Peace Resource Center 1364 Fremont Boulevard - Seaside
7PM -- Thursday May 14th 2009
Green Party Program Meeting -- April 2009

The Green Party of Monterey County will host student representatives from local
colleges for a discussion about the nature and state of student activism.
Schools to be represented are:

  • CSU Monterey Bay (CSUMB)
  • Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS)
  • Monterey Peninsula College (MPC)
Peace Resource Center 1364 Fremont Boulevard - Seaside
7:00PM -- Thursday April 9th, 2009
Green Party Program Meeting -- March 2009

The Green Party of Monterey County will discuss the effects on families and
communities of the world-wide economic recession / depression, what resources
there are, and what we need to do for survival.

  • Lee Hulquist, Program Manager for the Food Bank for Monterey County will speak about food insecurity and hunger in Monterey County and how the need is growing.
  • Be Swartley will speak about her experiences with bartering in Africa.
  • Mark Folsom of Sustainable Monterey County will speak on local community sustainability.

    • Other speakers to be announced...

Peace Resource Center 1364 Fremont Boulevard - Seaside
7PM -- Thursday March 12th 2009