This cartoon from the California Student Sustainability Coalition was startlingly similar in message to what Leucadian Russell Levan (aka Goathead Thorn Warrior) said at the last (8/15/12) City Council meeting during Oral Communications (essentially the 15 minute open mike portion of each meeting).
Contaminated Soils - Hymettus Neighbors
Neighbors from Hymettus last spoke on the very first meeting of this year. It was the third time they approached the city council majority to try and seek answers, support . . . justice. (The original presentation from representatives of this Hymettus neighborhood complaining about the failure of soil remediation processes in the construction on a former agricultural land can be seen from May 2011.)
For the record, the city council and staff responses and statements from this January 2012 are included here.
They were promised that their request would be agendized. As Russell Levan pointed out, it has been eight months. Where is the agenda item, where is the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health?
As Councilwoman Barth stated, she participated in the recent press conference regarding the bag ban legislation that Russell was urging people to support. Read the Union Tribune coverage here - behind the shiny new pay wall.
Her newsletter contained the following,
"I was honored to be asked to participate with a coalition of environmental advocates, elected officials and grocery store representatives to announce our support for a statewide prohibition on plastic bags. Assembly Bill 298, was co-authored by Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, pictured above in the white shirt. I was happy to report on the success of Encinitas' Day Without a Bag public outreach and education program. Solana Beach council members Lesa Heebner & Dave Roberts spoke about the plastic bag ban ordinance recently adopted in Solana Beach."
