From caver456 at gmail.com  Wed Sep 24 11:20:49 2008
From: caver456 at gmail.com (Tom Grundy)
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:20:49 -0700
Subject: [Energy] Fwd: CALPIRG: What Will It Take?
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From: Emily Rusch, CALPIRG <EmilyR at calpirg.org>
Date: Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:39 AM
Subject: CALPIRG: What Will It Take?
To: info at apple-nc.org


   *To win Prop. 1a this fall, we need people on the ground. Can you help us
put organizers across the state?

[image: Donate to CALPIRG's
Campaign.]<https://www.calpirg.org/action/transit/donate-prop1a?id4=ES>
*

Hi Tem,

As many of you have been emailing family and friends about the high-speed
rail measure on the ballot, you've also been writing back to ask: *What's it
going to take to ensure high-speed rail passes this fall?

*We've got a plan, but it's not going to be easy. We've got seven weeks to
go and *78% of California is in the dark about high-speed rail*.

The opposition -- like the California Chamber of Commerce -- are going to be
hammering away the next seven weeks to convince people to maintain the
status quo.

I'm convinced we can push past the chamber and the other powerful interests
if we can get the truth about high-speed rail into people's hands.

We're trying to bring on *additional organizers* to build support in places
including San Diego, Los Angeles, the Central Valley, the Bay Area and
Sacramento. *Can you pitch in and support us?

**https://www.calpirg.org/action/transit/donate-prop1a?id4=ES

* <https://www.calpirg.org/action/transit/donate-prop1a?id4=ES>Last week,
opposition to high-speed rail got a new face: the California Chamber of
Commerce -- they think California should be spending our money on new roads,
*despite the fact that high-speed rail is half the cost* of the highway
expansions we'll need without it.

Meanwhile, the San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other local chambers of
commerce strongly support high-speed rail, and the business it will bring to
California.

We need to be able to get the word out: High-speed rail is the right thing
for California. *It's cheaper, it's cleaner, it cuts oil dependence, and it
would make getting around California so much easier*.

We expect to see more opponents come out to oppose high-speed rail. And if
we don't get to work now, the 78% of the state that hasn't heard of
high-speed rail might not get the facts that they need.

We've got a plan to swing the debate in our favor, and I need your help.
Here's our plan:

   - Dedicate six staff to lead local campaigns in San Diego, Los Angeles,
   the Central Valley, the Bay Area and Sacramento;
   - Through tabling events, door-to-door interactions and e-mail, get more
   than 35,000 people to pledge to vote yes on high-speed rail (stay tuned!);
   - Organize students on at least 12 college campuses to turn out the
   student vote for high-speed rail;
   - Help secure more than 120 endorsements from organizations and local
   elected officials;
   - Hold 12 public forums about the benefits of high-speed rail across the
   state; and
   - Keep a steady stream of media stories in the papers and on TV about
   high-speed rail -- like last week's San Francisco Chronicle front-page
   article, featuring CALPIRG's Kevin
Powers.<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/11/MN6812P3E1.DTL>

So much of what we've been able to accomplish so far is thanks to support
from our members and dedicated e-mail activists. But if we are going to pass
high-speed rail this fall, we need to step up our efforts.

*Can you chip in $35, $50, $100 or more today?*

*https://www.calpirg.org/action/transit/donate-prop1a?id4=ES

* <https://www.calpirg.org/action/transit/donate-prop1a?id4=ES> Emily Rusch
CALPIRG
EmilyR at calpirg.org
*http://www.calpirg.org* <http://www.calpirg.org>

P.S. If you know someone who would benefit from high-speed rail, forward
this e-mail to them.
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From caver456 at gmail.com  Sat Sep 27 09:02:15 2008
From: caver456 at gmail.com (Tom Grundy)
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:02:15 +0000
Subject: [Energy] county buys EV
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Maintenance fleet dips into electric


By Laura Brown <laurab at theunion.com>
Staff Writer
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   Maintenance crews from the county will soon be driving an electric
vehicle to 13 sites within five miles of the Rood Center, thanks to a state
grant designed to curb emissions.

"For the county, this will be the first 100 percent electric vehicle," said
Steve Monaghan, chief information officer for the county.

The small utility truck not much larger than a golf cart can reach maximum
speeds of 25 mph. An electric vehicle will save the county nine-tenths the
operating costs of a gasoline-powered vehicle and 10,000 miles of fuel
costs, Monaghan said.

It will join about a dozen hybrid vehicles already in the county's fleet.

The truck is manufactured by Miles Electric Vehicles, in Santa Monica.
(Electric vehicles made by the company can be seen at www.milesev.com.)

The Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District administered $13,500
worth of grants through the state Deparment of Motor Vehicles.

Each year, the air district receives $450,000 in vehicle registration fees,
half of which are distributed to various grants among the three counties the
district represents.

A funding balance of $7,414 from the county's facilities management budget
was approved by the Board of Supervisors this week to pay the remaining cost
of the truck.

To contact Staff Writer Laura Brown, e-mail lbrown at theunion.com or call
477-4231.
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