H2Oh
No!!!
Filmmaker William
Bowling is a resident of Topanga Canyon
who has been following the issue of the
Boeing/ Rocketdyne Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL)
for the past several years.
He has now launched ACMEla.org
The whole idea behind a
talking army is to get the right things said to the
regulators by the people.
'Never doubt that a
small group of thoughtful people could change the world.
Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
-Margaret Mead
Click
here to see the History Channel's Modern Marvels
episode talking about the SRE Partial Meltdown at the
SSFL
At every meeting, the polluter gets
anywhere between 30 and 90 minutes for their
"presentation" and the public is given 3
minutes a piece. This is how it works, so it is
crucial that we have people talking and making the
statements that need to be made.
Three basic points that need to be
corrected which address the whole site.
Three basic points that apply to
the specific meeting agenda item
save the last minute for response
to the presentation given by the polluter.
Always say who you are and where you
live. It does not matter if you live farther away
but try to add a brief sentence of why it's important to
you.
Talking
Army wants you!
It's just three minutes, but
those three minutes can change the course of the way this goes.
It is usually the new people with fresh perspectives that wind up
making a really important point at a meeting because they are
looking at it with less personal baggage attached.
Upcoming Dates:
SB990 Appropriations Committee on 8/29/07
Waterboard Comment deadline: 9/4/07
Waterboard hearing: 10/4/07
Legislators:
Letter
from KeuhlLetter from Pavly
Read these letters and think about what your letter
should say. These legislators are speaking up for us.
We need to support this effort with letters from the
public....you.
How to be heard at the mike and making
your 3 minutes count!
Let us help you with some basic things that need
to be said every time, at every meeting
Rule of thumb, hit three important points in your
first minute example:
EPA needs to be the authority on the cleanup
Boeing should not be allowed to do their own
tests on their own schedule.
It has been shown that filtering samples lowers
the results. You've been told to use EPA protocols with
regard to filtering. Now you need to follow the law.
