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Freedom to choose: Pocahontas can now “self identify” as a “person of color” at Brown University

Freedom to choose to be a “person of color” at Brown University.

Freedom to choose:   Pocahontas/ Elizabeth Warren  can now  “self identify”   as  “person of color”  at Brown University.  Be the minority  you want to be?

Brown University has announced a change to their application process that will allow applicants to “self-identify” as a person of color.

According to The College Fix, the policy is the result of complaints made by Asian-American and international students that they aren’t yet categorized as members of historically underrepresented groups. Historically, Brown has restricted minority status to “American Indian, Alaskan Native, African American, Hispanic or Latinx and Native Hawaiian and/or Pacific Islander” students.

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Pocahantas, an American Indian heroine

Comment:  Will Harvard and Penn Universities   follow suit and get  Pocahontas   aka Elizabeth Warren off the hook?   Is  1/32  of American Indian blood  sufficient to be a “person of color”  based on  Senator  Warren’s say so that her mother had “high cheek bones”?

What say you?      Cameron Jackson

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freedom – soon – from Pocahontas’ Consumer Finance Protection Agency (CFPA)?

 

credit cards you carry chosen by you or by the Consumer Finance Protection Agency (CFPA)?

Freedom – soon  -   from the Consumer Finance Protection Agency (CFPA)?    Freedom from the  brain child of  Senator Elizabeth Warren aka nicknamed Pocahontas by some. Some call the CFPA  an important  “watchdog” for consumers.  But  who wants this “watchdog”.    That watch dog tells you which credit cards you can carry in your wallet.

Do you want one person in America — the head of the CFPA –  deciding what credit cards you can have in your wallet  and whether you can get a mortgage?

Some questions need answering:  The Consumer Finance Protection Agency (CFPA) takes money via fines  and gives  those fines and money   to whom?  Who actually receives those  fines is not clear.

It is documented  that  the CFPA overwhelmingly gave  2016 donations to  Hilary Clinton …. and  to Elizabeth Warren.

It is  known that the  CFPA is 100% funded via the Federal Reserve and  that there are  no accountability requirements to Congress.  It is reported  that the fines received  go to Planned Parenthood but that’s not verified.

The constitutionality of the CFPA will be examined by the courts in May 2017. What National Review has to say about the constitutionality of the CFPA:

“House FinaLast year, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the CFPB was “unconstitutionally structured.” Its opinion was not subtle. According to the Court, The CFPB’s concentration of enormous executive power in a single, unaccountable, unchecked Director not only departs from settled historical practice, but also poses a far greater risk of arbitrary decisionmaking and abuse of power, and a far greater threat to individual liberty, than does a multi-member independent agency.

‘But wait, there’s more: In short, when measured in terms of unilateral power, the Director of the CFPB is the single most powerful official in the entire U.S. Government, other than the President. Indeed, within his jurisdiction, the Director of the CFPB can be considered even more powerful than the President. It is the Director’s view of consumer protection law that prevails over all others. In essence, the Director is the President of Consumer Finance.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454121/elizabeth-warren-native-american-heritage-harvard-fraudncial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas  calls  the institution a “rogue agency.”  Senators led by Sen. David Perdue of Georgia introduced a bill  which gives  lawmakers control over the CFPB’s purse strings. Currently, the CFPB is funded through the Federal Reserve.

“No person in America, particularly an unelected person, should have the power, unilaterally, to decide what credit cards should go in our wallet, whether or not we can have a mortgage, and whether or not, if we like our banker, we can keep her,” Hensarling said. “This agency is just out of control.”

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Comment:    When Pocahontas aka Elizabeth Warren is unhappy about reining in the  CPFA  — others smile.   Clinton’s $800 BILLION  “stimulus plan”  which was supposed to build roads and  bridges actually went to support  union jobs who paid union dues and that money went back to the Democrat coffers.

It appears that  the Consumer Finance Protection Agency takes money via fines (as banks settle rather than go to court) and that money goes to support Democrat  Party goals.    Goals that take freedom away from American consumers.  That’s not cool.            written by  Cameron Jackson

 

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Firrenze Sage on German asylum seekers: As Butch Cassidy said,”Who are those guys?”

 

 Asylum seekers in Hamberg,  Germany.  So, “who are those guys?” as Butch Cassidy said.  Not adults it turns out.  They claim to be children but are really adults.

49 per cent of the migrants who have claimed to be underage in the city of Hamburg Germany  this year are actually adults, according to a new report from the Social Security Board.

The number is up from figures from last year which showed that 47 per cent of those claiming to be underage were adults. The new 49 per cent figure covers the 482 unaccompanied asylum seekers who came to Hamburg from January to September of this year, Die Welt reports.

Across Germany this year there have been a total of 55,890 asylum seekers claiming to be under the age of 18 but according to the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, 24,116, or 43 percent, were officially adults.

Underage minors go through a different process than adults in Germany.  Those defined as “minors” receive different services than adults.

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Firenze Sage:  No photo id ? No problemo. We take everyone,  bomber or otherwise.

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A trophy for fake news of the week? Al Franklin? Trophy for real heroes? Native American code breakers?

 

A trophy for fake  USA  news of the week  goes to?

A trophy for fake news of the week goes to …? Al Franklin?   And trophies  for  real heroes this week   go to?

Fake apology of the week trophy  goes  to Republican  Al Franklin who can’t say exactly what he is apologizing for.  He  made an on the air apology for  fondling an  attractive woman’s breasts   while on an airplane.   Al  Franklin  does not remember   ‘the kiss’  as described by the woman — nor  does he apologize for it.

Fake news award  trophy for the week  goes to ….   Democrat Senator  Elizabeth Warren aka  “Pocahontas”  who President Trump slams for faking  Native American heritage which she used to further her graduate school career. Doubtful that Warren will apologize for that bad behavior  which she engaged in  many  moons  ago.

Fake defense  of the week ….?   That award  goes to Democrat Nancy Pelosi  who describes  Democrat John Conyers as an “icon”…   An icon of what?  Revere John Conyers for successfully covering up money paid by taxpayers in 2015  related to charges of  sexual harassment?

And who are some  heroes of the week?     How about  the Native American code talkers who were honored recently by President Trump.    They are  true heroes.   And  how about  the heroine Pocahontas who in 1607 saved the life (so it goes) of John Smith,  an Englishman who was captured by Native Americans.    She was a true heroine.

Some info on Pocahontas  below:

   

Pocahontas, a real Native American heroine to tell children about

Pocahontas (born Matoaka, known as Amonute, c. 1596–1617) was a Native American[2][3][4] teenager notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief[2] of a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of Virginia. In a well-known historical anecdote, she is said to have saved the life of a captive of the Native Americans, the Englishman John Smith, in 1607 by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him. Some historians have suggested that this story, as told by Smith, is untrue.[5]

Yes, honor Native American code breakers that helped win World War II.  And call a fake a fake  –  Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” is and was a fake for  saying that she is Native American when she applied to Harvard and Penn. There’s lots of fake news out there.

written by Cameron Jackson

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Speak up about what you know? On Monterey Bay Fourm write about freedom & what you love

 

write about freedom and what you know

Can you write? Know something about freedom?   Know  something about Santa Cruz or Monterey?  You are welcome to join Monterey Bay Forum and write what you think about what you love and know.   drcameronjackson@gmail.com

https://patch.com/california/capitola/calendar/event/20170527/153676/community-writers-series-of-santa-cruz-county

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firenze sage— Cokie Roberts, elitist woman snob in action

Cokie Roberts elitist woman snob in action

   Elitist woman snob in action:  ABC Cokie Roberts  Suggests that  Lower Class Women Excuse Moore Because ….. get this ….  That Kind of Woman  Are Used To Being Raped. Oh?

Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts said, “One of the things to keep in mind is, in the base, even women are suspicious about these sexual harassment claims.  

She continued, “And part of the reason for that is that women who are not in fancy white collar jobs often have really awful things happen to them on the job. They are assaulted. They are raped. They have horrible things happen to them. And so when they hear women say, ‘he talked dirty to me,’ or ‘he came on to me,’ they think, ‘big deal. That’s not what happened to me. What happened to me is so much worse.’ And so there’s not that same sense of affinity.”
More on  what Cokie Roberts says about women:   on how to limit the Hispanic vote. 

http://www.breitbart.com/tag/cokie-roberts/

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Firenze Sage:   Or it could be that the non tv personality woman just punches the sexual assaulter –  rather than scream for a safe spot?   But this  swamp  broad wouldn’t get that.

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cultural warfare issues about Moore underlie letter by 50 Alabama pastors?

Cultural warfare  issues  going on?    Of note, roughly 2/3  of the  50  Alabama pastors signing the letter opposing Moore are United Methodist (22)  and Episcopalian (8).

Whether same sex marriage is OK is a  a major  issue dividing conservative and progressive United Methodists.  Many Episcopalian churches typically  are on ‘the cutting edge’ of cultural warfare issues.  Both of these  denominations are losing members year after year in the U.S. while their  numbers increase in other parts of the world  which do not support same sex marriage.

Another cultural warfare issue is possible sharia/  Muslim influence on U.S.  legal institutions.   Moore has made many controversial statements, i.e. that the influence of sharia law is growing  in the U.S. and that Ellison   should not serve in Congress related to donations he has received  and comments that he  has made.

Here’s the letter that the Alabama pastors   signed — should you want to sign it.

“Under ordinary circumstances, we clergy refrain from speaking directly about political candidates, and only speak to issues. But these are not ordinary circumstances.

“Even before the recent allegations of sexual abuse, Roy Moore demonstrated that his extremist values and actions are not consistent with traditional Christian values or good Christian character. He and politicians like him have cynically used Christianity for their own goals. But Roy Moore does not speak for Christianity, and he acts in ways that are contrary to our faith.

“Christianity affirms God’s love for the neighbor and care for the most vulnerable in society: the widow, the foreigner, and the orphan. But he has denigrated people from other countries and other faiths. He seeks to deny the most basic civil rights of our fellow citizens. He has used racial slurs and casually referred to state-sponsored violence against lesbian and gay families. He has sought to deny children without parents access to loving families on the basis of sexual orientation. Kindness and justice toward widows, orphans, and foreigners are priorities in the Bible but they are not priorities for him.

“Christianity thrives in religious freedom from government interference, and a government impartial toward people of all faith traditions. But instead he has sought to entangle government with religion. He has preached vehemently against Islamic religious law but he has sought government affirmation of his religious extremism and nationalism. He has claimed civil rights only apply to Christians.

Christianity rejoices in the truth and affirms the rights of abuse survivors to tell their stories without silencing. Christianity abhors sexual coercion and violence. We acknowledge that many people have been victims of sexual assault and abuse in our own places of worship. Clergy misconduct has done real and lasting harm, both physically and spiritually. We repudiate the actions of religious and political leaders like Roy Moore who have sought to silence, to cover up, and to be complicit in the sexual abuse. These actions reopen the wounds of anyone who has been abused by leaders who should have been committed to compassion, to justice, and to healing God’s world.

Why is this important?

We clergy write and sign this letter not as representatives of our own congregations but as individual faith leaders compelled by conscience to speak.

Our intent is not to tell anyone how to vote, but to urge the people of Alabama to vote their conscience, regardless of political affiliation. Roy Moore has done harm to our government; he has done harm to our Christian witness, and he has done harm to vulnerable people.

We do not make this statement lightly. We do so with much prayer and discernment. We believe no follower of Jesus Christ should be silent while the words of our Lord and Savior are perverted for partisan power, while our Bible is appropriated as a weapon for a false “culture war,” and while the name of our God is blasphemed by the hypocrisy of those who claim the name of Christ

Signed,

Dr. Dave Barnhart, United Methodist, Birmingham
Rev Angie Wright, United Church of Christ, Birmingham
Rev. Matt Lacey, United Methodist, Birmingham
Rev. Jennifer Sanders, United Church of Christ, Birmingham
Rev. Ramone R. Billingsley, Baptist, Birmingham
Rev. Cat Goodrich, Presbyterian Church (USA), Birmingham
Minister Cara McClure, Non Denominational, Birmingham
Rev. Jaime Pangman, United Methodist, Cullman
Rev. Eva R. Melton, Baptist, Birmingham
The Rev Tyler C Richards, Episcopalian, Birmingham
Rev. Laura Stephens-Reed, Baptist, Northport
Rev. Sally G. Harris, Lutheran ( ELCA), Bessemer
Rev. Wayne McLaughlin, Presbyterian, Homewood
Rev. Matt Reed, United Methodist, Northport
Rev. Emily Freeman Penfield, United Methodist, Birmingham
The Rev. Kelley Hudlow, Deacon, Episcopal Church, Birmingham
Pastor Adam Mixon, Baptist, Birmingham
Rev. Eric Hall, Baptist, Birmingham
Rev. Carolyn Foster, Episcopal, Birmingham
Rev. Raul Dominguez, United Methodist, Cullman
Rev. R.G. Wilson-Lyons, United Methodist, Birmingham
Rev. Dr. R. Lawton Higgs Sr., United Methodist, Hueytown
Rev. E. Tramaine Solomon, Baptist, Lineville
Rev Steven W. Barber, United Methodist, Haleyville
Rev. Paul Eknes-Tucker, United Church of Christ, Birmingham
Rev. Sonya Gravlee, United Church of Christ, Trussville
Rev. Daniel Stallings, Baptist, Montevallo
Rev. Malcolm Marler, Episcopal, Birmingham
The Reverend Pamela A. Canzater, United Church of Christ, Birmingham
Rev. Horace Blount, United Methodist, Birmingham
Bishop Antwon B. Womack, Non-Demonational, Birmingham
Rev. Charles Perry, Unity, Birmingham
Rev. Dollie Howell Pankey, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Birmingham
Joe Elmore, United Methodist, Vestavia Hills
Rev Bud Precise, United Methodist/United Church of Christ, Birmingham
Herb Williamson, United Methodist, Bagley
The Rev. Louie Skipper, Episcopal Church, Hoover
Dr. Everett B. Kelley, Baptist, Lincoln
Dr. Kevin Higgs, United Methodist, Birmingham
Rev. Stephanie York Arnold, United Methodist, Birmingham
The Rev. Tom Duley, United Methodist, Vestavia Hills
John Gregory, Chaplain, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Leeds
Pastor Marcus Singleton, United Methodist Church, Huntsville
Rev. Katy Smith, Episcopal Church, Birmingham
Rev. Tommy Morgan, Christian Church (DOC), Alabaster
Rev. Joe Genau, Presbyterian Church (USA), Homewood
Ava Rozelle, Associate Pastor, United Methodist, Pell City
The Reverend Lawrence Willson, PhD, United Methodist, Birmingham
Rev. Thomas Osborne, Episcopal, Florence
Rev. Elizabeth Cole Goodrich, Presbyterian, Birmingham
The Rev. Mikah Hudson, United Methodist, Birmingham
Rev. Baxter Chism United Methodist, Pinson
Carolyn Garner, Christian, Philadelphia
Rev. Deborah Gibson, Epley United Methodist, Birmingham
Rev. Lydia Casey, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Birmingham
Rev. Dale Capron, United Methodist, Gurley
Rev. J. Shannon Webster, Presbyterian, Birmingham
Shelaine Bird, Presbyterian (USA), Mountain Brook
Rev. Cathy C. Hoop, Presbyterian Church (USA), Tuscaloosa
Rev. Doreen McGoldrick Duley, United Methodist, Vestavia
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, Pastor, Greenleaf Christian Church; President & Sr. Lecturer, Repairers of the Breach; National Co-Chair, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Director, the Kairos Center for Religion, Rights, and Social Justice; National Co-Chair, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival

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Comments:   About cultural warfare issues:   Why not call a spade a spade.   Let’s ask that these 50   progressive pastors  — and others who oppose Moore based on these issues –  state up front where they stand  on  cultural warfare issues.  One of the hot issues of the 2016 elections was amnesty versus control of U.S. borders.

For progressive pastors,  does  the Biblical  ‘care for the  stranger’ standard  translate into support for  ‘open borders’ and sanctuary protection  for all those  who somehow can  get in?

Instead of support for open borders, why not do what America can so people elsewhere have the freedoms that are available here.     Cameron Jackson

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Freedom to choose! Alaska supports repeal of Individual Mandate says Sen, Murkowski

Alaska supports freedom to choose!  Sen. Murkowski supports repeal of Obamacare’s Individual Mandate

Freedom to choose!  Alaska’s Sen. Murkowski Says She Supports Repealing Obamacare Individual Mandate

Senate Republican tax bill includes provision to repeal mandate

Sen. Lisa Murkowski / Getty Images

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R., Ala.) wrote in an op-ed published Tuesday that she supports Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare’s individual mandate.

“I have always supported the freedom to choose. I believe that the federal government should not force anyone to buy something they do not wish to buy in order to avoid being taxed,” Murkowski wrote in her piece for the Daily News-Miner, an Alaska newspaper. “That is the fundamental reason why I opposed the Affordable Care Act from its inception and also why I cosponsored a bill to repeal the individual mandate tax penalty starting as early as 2013. And that is why I support the repeal of that tax today.”

Murkowski’s announcement comes as a welcome surprise to Senate Republicans, whose current tax reform bill repeals the individual mandate, which forces most Americans who do not have health insurance to pay a fine. Earlier this year, Murkowski was one of three Republican senators who did not vote for the Senate GOP’s so-called “skinny” repeal of Obamacare.

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“impartial” Washington Post reporter Janelle Ross feeds swamp

 

“impartial”  Washington Post  reporter  Janelle Ross  feeds swamp

  “Impartial” reporter feeds swamp.

Washington Post reporter Janelle Ross sat on a panel at a secret gathering of Democrats where she offered strategic advice, according to a report “by the Washington Free Beacon.  Left-wing billionaire George Soros was also in attendance.

Ross presents herself and is presented by the Post as an objective journalist. She primarily covers politics and race, and much of her focus is on the Trump administration. Nevertheless, Ross’s Twitter feed is that of a left-wing activist, and back in 2015, with no evidence, Ross smeared then-presidential candidate Jeb Bush in such a sleazy way, even MSNBC felt the need to push back.

According to the Beacon, the Washington Post journalist “gave a presentation at a secretive California gathering where Democratic politicians, liberal activists, and their biggest donors plotted the future of the progressive movement[.]”

The Post claims to have known nothing about their reporter’s attendance, and told the Beacon that Ross has been “reminded” about the Post’s policy when it comes to attending events that “could be perceived as partisan.”

The Democracy Alliance, which hosted the event, bills itself as “the largest network of donors dedicated to building the progressive movement in the United States” on the group’s official website. The liberal group also claims to “play a leading role in fostering the infrastructure necessary to advance a progressive agenda” in the United States.

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Firenze Sage:   Just another reason to doubt everything in the Washington Post.

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Protest $2 MILLION Aptos Creek Road plans — move that bus out of lane of traffic & fix ramp?

Move that bus out of the  lane of traffic?     In the proposed Aptos  Creek Road  plans  — at taxpayer expense of $2 MILLION –  the bus cannot fully exit the lane of traffic when stopped.  If the bus cannot fully exit then it sticks out in traffic.  What about the traffic behind the bus?    Those cars just  wait, right?

And the proposed  ramp hard for those with mobility problems?  So put in a ramp but don’t put in one that really works?

 

The info below was written by Becky Steinbrunner:

“Greetings, All, —
“I am sending this Bcc to those whom I think would be interested.  Please pass the information below to others you think would want to know, as well as on social media and NextDoor.  Sign the Online Petition  to protest using further Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) public money to pay for proposed road work at Aptos Creek Road that is to benefit the Aptos Village LLC developers, when they are paying virtually nothing: ( I could not get a photo of the Aptos Creek Rd. intersection to load onto the petition website)

https://www.change.org/p/lmendez-sccrtc-org-protest-taxpayers-funding-3-million-traffic-light-at-aptos-creek-road

“Please know that any money you donate to the website DOES NOT go to me, but rather supports Change.org.
******I saw an announcement in today’s Santa Cruz Sentinel ‘Coastlines’ that work will begin on the Trout Gulch intersection railroad crossing next Monday and continue through December 8, with expected delays of 20 minutes.  I looked on the Dept. of Public Works website and found this:

 http://aptosvillageimprovement.blogspot.com/

posted November 20, 2017:
 “Work is on break for Thanksgiving holiday following last week’s rain shutdown.
Work will resume on November 27, 2017 on the railroad crossing while switching to a night time schedule, 8 pm to 6 am.  One lane will remain open at all times with flaggers assisting motorists through the intersection during work hours for the safety of construction staff and the community.  A one night closure to lay down rail will need to be completed with more information forthcoming.  The detour route will be Valencia Road via Freedom Boulevard and Trout Gulch Road.
Progress on new bus shelter turnout:”

(photos of the new bus stop that will not be wide enough to allow the bus to fully exit the lane of traffic when stopped, due to required utility setbacks from the rail line)

 Meanwhile, on December 7, 9am (Board Chambers @ 701 Ocean Street) the RTC Board will consider approving an additional $1.9 Million for the Phase II Aptos Village Traffic Improvement Project work at Aptos Creek Road (project application #25).  Even though the RTC has granted $1.2 million to the Phase I work already, with a contingent in last year’s grant to install bike racks, no bike racks are included anywhere in the total County Public Works project areas.  It is also unclear whether there will be Class II bike lanes on Soquel Drive in the Village, with the addition of dedicated turn lanes to accommodate the Aptos Village Project and on-street parallel parking for the existing businesses. The County has consistently ranked this project applicaton area as highest priority for the past three years

The plans for the application #25 project this year were withheld from my Public Records Act request, with Public Works staff stating it was in the best interest of the public not to do so, but I did see a diagram of the work on the screen at the two RTC Committee meetings that I attended.  I could not discern if there will be track replacement in the full Phase II project area, as there has been in the Phase I area (at huge taxpayer expense due to soil contamination problems).

Have you seen the large rail warning light system stored in the back of the Aptos Village Project construction area that is probably going up at Trout Gulch?  It is the same as what you see at State Park Drive railroad crossing.  Ridiculous and expensive.

Please feel free to pass this information on to others whom you think would be interested.  I think we need to get alot of letters to the RTC before December 7 to protest the $1.9 million grant for Phase II and to get people to show up at the December 7 meeting.  Commissioner Jacques Bertrand has already asked staff to investigate the Phase I problems with the relocated #71 Inbound bus stop in the Villag (the 100′-long 5%-grade sidewalk to access the bus stop will present problems for those with mobility challenges).

Write RTC Executive Officer George Dondero <gdondero@sccrtc.org>  Call 460-3200
    RTC Deputy Director Luis Mendez <lmendez@sccrtc.org>
     RTC Chairman Zach Friend <zach.friend@santacruzcounty.us>   Call 454-2200
You can find the e-mail addresses for all RTC Board members here: https://sccrtc.org/about/commission-members
Please speak out on this and be mindful of the upcoming delays to your travels in the Aptos Village area for the next couple of weeks.
Take care,
Becky Steinbruner
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Comments:   The public aka Becky Steinbrunner  was told it was in the public’s  best interest NOT to know the proposed bus stop plans in Aptos Creek Village area.    Since when is it ever in the best interest of the public to withhold information about a proposed $2 MILLION tax burden?

Be sure to sign Becky’s Petition.  There are 111 signatures so far.  More the better.

https://www.change.org/p/lmendez-sccrtc-org-protest-taxpayers-funding-3-million-traffic-light-at-aptos-creek-road

Cleaning locally  ‘the swamp’ might start by requiring all public expenditures and the proposed plans be available via internet?

Cameron Jackson   DrCameronJackson@gmail.com

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