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Don Steinke posted an update in the group Community Rights Working Group 4 days, 7 hours ago

Next Meeting
Thursday May 17, 2012
5:30
Downtown Library, Klickitat Room, 4th floor

Dialog Opportunities
Whenever you want to say something to the group, click reply all to any group email sent by Don Steinke or post on http://www.OccupyVancouverUSA.org. Keep our mission statement in mind. I notice that the people in Community Rights Pdx have a…[Read more]
Don Steinke posted an update in the group Corporate Personhood Working Group 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Hi all: Four topics
Next Meeting
Our next meeting will be at the Cascade Park Library, 600 NE 136th Avenue.,Thursday May 10, 5:30.
Jane McAlonan will present chapter 4 of Gavelling Down the Rabble
Monica Dailey will present chapter 5 of Gavelling Down the Rabble

Directions: Take Mill Plain to 136th. Turn north and go about 1/2 mile. The…[Read more]
Don Steinke posted an update in the group Corporate Personhood Working Group 2 weeks, 1 day ago

We had 15 people show up last night, May 3.
Our next meeting will be at the Cascade Park Library, 600 NE 136th Avenue.,Thursday May 10, 5:30.
Take Mill Plain to 136th.
Turn north and go about 1/2 mile.
The library will be on the west side.
The library is the south part of the Firstenberg Community Center.
The large parking lot is always 90% full.
Don Steinke commented on the post, Our Message 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Do you have a plan? CELDF does. Its plan is to pass a local ballot measure that includes a Bill of Rights, Strips corporations of rights, and prohibits offinsive actions by corporations.
Don Steinke posted an update in the group Corporate Personhood Working Group 2 months, 2 weeks ago

We have two parent organizations, with lawyers, working specifically on this issue, CELDF, and Paul Cienfuegas. Our group is not very large yet. We comminicate using crvancouverusa@gmail.com. Please use that to get into our loop. Below is a copy of our latest news:
To the 40 people on the email list of Community Rights Vancouver (bcc…[Read more]
Don Steinke posted an update in the group Corporate Personhood Working Group 2 months, 4 weeks ago

After participating in grassroots democracy for thirty years, I became discouraged. Then I learned of a new approach that is more empowering and has been used successfully in 150 communities.

Those communities have told the Federal government, we don’t care if you allow a certain level of pollution, we won’t. They told their State…[Read more]
Don Steinke posted an update in the group Corporate Personhood Working Group 2 months, 4 weeks ago

An informational meeting regarding increased coal-train traffic will be held at 1 o’clock this Thursday Feb 23, 2012 in the new Vancouver Library at Evergreen and C streets, in the Klickitat Room.
Every day, about 1 mile of slow-moving coal cars travel through Vancouver.
Plans are being made to increase that traffic to 30 miles of coal cars each…[Read more]
Don Steinke posted an update in the group Corporate Personhood Working Group 3 months, 2 weeks ago

I’ve condensed and paraphrased the legalese of the rights based proposal in Bellingham.
I will copy and paste it here.
Section 3—Statements of Law—Rights of Bellingham Residents and the Natural Environment
(a) The people retain the right to self-governance in the community where they reside.
(b) All residents of the City of Bellingham possess…[Read more]
Don Steinke posted an update in the group Corporate Personhood Working Group 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Here’s the rights based ordinance drafted by the Community Environmental and Legal Defense Fund for No Coal Bellingham
Copy and paste the website address into the address bar on your browser.

http://readthedirt.org/2012/01/27/bellingham-rights-based-ordinance-proposed-to-stop-coal-trains/

The routine process would be for the Whatcom County…[Read more]
Don Steinke joined the group Corporate Personhood Working Group 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Don Steinke became a registered member 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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