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A creditable report from Washington, D.C. today passed on information that Matthew Franklin and his group's application for land into trust has been denied by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Apparently, Mr. Franklin and his group provided false information in their application to place the land into trust status in Plymouth, CA. for the purpose of Indian gaming. It has been reported that the BIA has notified Mr. Franklin and his group that no further request or applications for land into trust for the Mr. Franklin and his group will be considered.
Sent by:
Joan Villa
Ione Band of Miwok Indians
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CA wants to legislate a 9% tax on all veterinary services, including meds. This is really reprehensible at a time when so much is being done to heighten awareness regarding caring for animals. Veterinarians, whose training and licensing is as rigorous as that of MDs, would have their care taxed. And the cost of surgeries, neutering, etc. is high—an additional 9% will discourage many from giving their pet care.
This only takes 5 seconds - you can punch the numbers one after the other. Works 24/7.
Say NO to taxes on our vet services!
Please call the governors's office and make it known that balancing the budget at the expense of our pets' health is not acceptable. It takes about 20 seconds because it's all automated.
Call 916-445-2841.
Press 1 for English.
Press 5 for the veterinary tax proposal
It will ask you to press 1 if you're calling about the veterinary tax proposal, so press 1.
Then press 2 to oppose the tax
Please forward to others. Thanks!
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I'm writing to everyone in the area to encourage you to become involved in the MAC IRWMP. That is the Mokelumne Amador Calaveras Integrated Regional Water Management Plan. This is the "vehicle" under which Proposition 84 funds will be distributed to projects throughout the state. The website which provides more information can be accessed via the link: www.ccwd.org/macirwmp.html , and the Department of Water Resources page containing information can be accessed at http://www.grantsloans.water.ca.gov/grants/irwm/integregio.cfm . Prop 84 is the "new" funding tool, following Prop 50. Under the new guidelines the requirements for a project to have priority in obtaining funding, according to the consultants for our region, will be projects which have multiple applicants for facilities which solve regional problems. We certainly have the need, and the entire county could potentially benefit!
Jim Abercrombie of the AWA has shared his opinion with me that the bottom line is that projects which are not on the priority list drafted during the MAC IRWMP update will not receive funding and will not be built! The Regional Participant's Committee (RPC) is currently forming, and if you care about the future of this county, water and wastewater rates, and in my opinion ultimately property values, I strongly encourage you to join the committee and make your concerns heard. Whether or not you are involved in your local water board (CAWP, Drytown, Comanche and others) now is your chance to have your voice heard on how a truly regional solution could benefit everyone in the county. The committment of attending several meetings, reading the materials, and informing the group of issues you become aware of is fairly small considering the potential benefit of coming up with a regional solution to some of our challenges regarding water and wastewater.
My personal observations have given me the strong belief that if AWA and other participants could be joined by other potential area applicants who are not yet involved (ARSA, City of Sutter Creek, City of Jackson, County of Amador, Drytown Water District and others) and come together in supporting a regional solution, we may be able to build a facility which would ultimately benefit the entire county. For example, a Regional Recycling Plant could treat water to a tertiary level to be used for irrigation and possibly other applications such as industrial uses, thereby freeing up raw water to be used elsewhere in the county. This may also be a solution to Jackson's anticipated future issues with dealing with effluent, and ARSA's constraints, and could lower rates county-wide. This solution may also be something that potential new users (such as new developments) could participate in funding. The result would be a larger "customer" base for the entire water, and maybe even !
wastwater systems, which would be greatly beneficial as we move forward, since spreading costs over more participants could obviously keep individual costs down. Any water or wastwater system has ongoing expenses such as maintenance, capital improvement projects required by new regulations, etc. and one problem water and wastewater customers throughout this county are constantly saddled with is how to pay for requisite improvements and other issues caused by a system that is over 30 years old, and failing or barely functioning up to current standards in some places.
To become involved, interested parties can log on to the MAC IRWMP link above and contact Rob Alcott, then read the materials and come to the meetings, and have your voice heard. Don't let special interest groups be the only ones represented during this process. Thanks for your time and attention.
A Concerned Amador Water and Wastewater Customer!
Krista Clem
Member - MAC IRWMP Regional Participant's Committee
209-296-1591
