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Two Worlds...Two Views
1. “The Rich” are after hyper-efficiency. Growth. Profits, of course. Speed. Their idea of survival is total control. Keeping the masses in line. Rising to the top of the pack. It’s not just greed. It’s dominance. It’s not just capitalism. It’s victory. The US must rule the world, or somebody else will.
Staring into the grim face of climate change...another view.
If we can’t stop it, I guess we can head for the hills.
I’m tempted. After all, if I don’t like it here, I can leave. Right?
2. Based on the evidence, the only path to survival is working together for global solutions. Combined with all the green technologies we have at our fingertips now, we need to reduce our need for energy, live simply, slow down.
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We hear terms like “de-growth,” and that scary word “socialism.” In the process we can create a more caring, less violent society “that works for all.”
Thank you to all who attended the Housing Our Community Town Hall Series. The series has been completed, but there is still work to be done!
They call us dreamers. We call them greedy.
And never the twain shall meet, it appears. They have the power, the influence, the money. We have the 99 percent.
5G: In the midst of this intense divisiveness and endless arguments, we now
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have 5G. I learned a great deal about 5G this month.
First I attended a workshop presented by Sonoma Neighbors for Safe
A report on the Town Hall Series is scheduled for the August 5th City Council Meeting. Tune in to watch the presentation on our CivicWeb portal or YouTube channel.
Tech, in which attorney and activist Debra Tachover spoke at length about
the health effects of all forms of electromagnetic radiation, and how 5G will increase them. The evidence she presented, thousands of studies by responsible organizations, was compelling; see WeAretheEvidence.org for info.
Special “Thanks” to The Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce, Whole Foods Sonoma and the Vintage House for helping make the series a success! Learn more about Housing Opportunities & Strategies in the City and visit the Housing Our Community page to watch recordings of previous
As in all forms of radiation, and toxic pollution in general, EMFs have the heaviest toll on babes in the womb, young children and their mothers. We don’t have to give up our Internet. We just have to go back to wired. I did it on my computer. It’s called Ethernet, remember? Tachover is working on getting wifi out of the schools.
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What can we do? Speak up. If we make enough trouble, maybe Verizon will give up on Sonoma. The Commission will chose the design at its August meeting, date TBA.
Senator Diane Feinstein has authored a bill to restore the power of cities to accept or reject 5G. Bills typically take a couple of years to pass through Congress, but we would do well to support this effort. It’s SB 2012.
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Then July 11th I attended a study session at the Planning Commission about Verizon’s proposal to install three cell phone towers on W. Napa at Bank of America, Pharmaca and Sonoma Market. Seven more towers in residential areas are likely to follow. About fifty people stated their opposition.
Sewer Trunk Replacement Project to Breaks Ground
It was shocking to learn that city governments have no power to reject this plan whatsoever, except if they reject the design of the towers. The applicant presented multiple photos of nice looking towers we could select. Considering that EMFs have been proven to change DNA, lower fertility, contribute
to cancer, that continued exposure may lead to depression, insomnia, and memory loss to name a few, this limited option to reject the plan based on aesthetics was beyond ludicrous.
Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District (SVCSD) broke ground on their multi-year sewer trunk replacement project that will replace approximately 1.8 miles of the existing 21-inch diameter sewer trunk main with a new 27-inch diameter main.
Before attending the meeting, I did a little research. I read a paper at a site called whatis5G.info/ regarding energy. Turns out that wifi, including cell phones, consumes large amounts of energy. Since the grid is fueled by fossil fuels, and 5G is a much more powerful and energy intensive network than the Gs we are using now, it will be a vast and as yet undetermined producer of carbon emissions. And we won’t be able to shut it off.
The project is planned in three phases, with the first beginning at 6th Street West and will progress northly up State Highway 12 to Ramon Street (see map). Project work hours are Monday thru Friday 8AM to 6PM.
As 5G enables such forthcoming smart technologies as self-driving cars and the Internet of Things (smart houses, smart dryers, smart refrigerators, etc.) the industry argues that it will actually lower our emissions in the long run. But they are not counting the energy needed to run the grid, nor the energy cost of production, the new users going online every day. 5G will also allow installation of 20,000 satellites—and the 20,000 launches to put them in the sky, and has military applications as well. This is yet another blind leap from the Make America First team. It’s a big lie with enormous consequences.
The project will not
affect sewer service.
Also Alarming is the Power of Towers to record your data as you walk by or shop and sell it to marketers of smart tech (and to the government through Amazon surveillance technologies?).
If you live or have
a business along the
construction corridor, the construction may create short-term noise, and traffic delays. Construction activities will incorporate measures to minimize and/
or avoid potential noise and traffic impacts related to construction activities. Two-way traffic will remain open during construction.
5G, in other words, is more consolidation of control by the white, rich, Republican One percent. And what will it get us? Faster video downloads and homes that require less and less physical work. Great. More hours working out to rebuild our lazy muscles.
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