Version of Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” created by Russell Brutsché for RightToVoteOnDesal.org – May, 2012
Five Santa Cruz Mayors and a County Supervisor at the Mitchell’s Cove “Walk the Route” event on April 7th, 2012. From left to right, Jane Weed, Tim Fitzmaurice, Gary Patton, Bruce Van Allen, Celia Scott, and Chris Krohn.
Watch the “Guarantee Our Right To Vote” video – part 1
Watch the “Guarantee Our Right To Vote” video – part 2
Our community is at a crossroads. Faced with periodic droughts and a federal mandate to reduce our water diversion from area streams we need to take action to make our water supply more resilient. We can choose:
* Desalination: a highly expensive and energy intensive process for manufacturing fresh water from ocean water, or
* Regional water transfers; innovative conservation measures, including rainwater and graywater systems; aquifer recharge; and keeping new development water neutral.
Since this choice will affect our community for generations to come, we say, “Let the Voters Decide”. We will be gathering signatures for an initiative to go on the November 6th ballot that reads,
“The purpose of this Charter Amendment is to enact a comprehensive policy ensuring that the City of Santa Cruz does not approve, permit, or fund a desalination project without voter approval.” For complete text, click here.
Join us by volunteering to get signatures, and by donating for the legal drafting costs and campaign.
Thanks!
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