[ RadSafe ] Fw: [NoMoreDU] Fw: DU bill PASSED!! New challenge: Gov.Lingle

Wed Apr 11 10:06:20 CDT 2007

Roger

Why do you say "Webre of British Columbia"?

He is not well known in BC. I live here and had never heard the name before.

John
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Helbig" <rhelbig at california.com>
To: "radsafelist" <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 1:46 AM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Fw: [NoMoreDU] Fw: DU bill PASSED!! New challenge: 
Gov.Lingle

> The NY City group is crowing about convincing the Hawaii legislature to 
> pass a law that begins with totally false information about DU.  Alfred 
> Lamont Webre of British Columbia is the latest con-artist to climb aboard 
> the DU gravy train.
>
> Carl Lundgren <cllundgren at earthlink.net> wrote:  To: 
> nomoredu at yahoogroups.com
> From: "Carl Lundgren" <cllundgren at earthlink.net>
> Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 18:13:22 -0400
> Subject: [NoMoreDU] Fw: DU bill PASSED!! New challenge: Gov. Lingle
>
> Hi All,
> Sheree just posted this message about the pending DU legislation in 
> Hawaii.
> We can all help get this signed into law by writing to Gov. Linda Lingle 
> of
> Hawaii, expressing our support for the bill. Let her see that there is
> international support for this and that the No More DU community stands
> together. In addition, we need to begin and continue a letter writing
> campaign to the Canadian government demanding that they enforce their own
> laws pertaining to the manufacture and sale of WMD as explained in a 
> recent
> post by our newest group member Dr. Alfred Lambremont Webre of Canada. Dr.
> Webre has already been in touch with Florence Gold and has sent her a list
> of the legislators in Ottawa to whom we should write. I'll post the list
> ASAP.
> Carl
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Sheree
>> To: Carl Green Party NYC ;
> ; melissa 3.07
>> Date: 4/6/2007 5:23:38 PM
>> Subject: Fw: DU bill PASSED!! New challenge: Gov. Lingle
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Maui Peace Action"
>> To: "Lisa Long" ; "Marti Townsend"
>> ; "Susann McCarthy" ; "Marilyn Hoff"
>> ; "Bob Nichols" ;
> "Carolyn
>> Hadfield" ; "Cory (Martha) Harden" ;
>> "Dan Ho" ; "Danny Li" ; "dennis
> kyne"
>> ; "Doug Fox" ; "Doug Milholland"
>> ; "Dr. Doug Rokke" ; "Dr.
>> Janette Sherman" ; "Dr. Lorrin Pang"
>>
> ; "Dr. Rosalie Bertell"
> ;
>> "Erik Kvam" ; "Henry Curtis"
>> ; "Jay Scharf" ; "Jim
>> Albertini" ; "K. Kajihiro" ; "Karen
>> Chun" ; "Kat Brady"
>> ; "Kyle Kajihiro"
> ;
>> "Lance Holter" ; "Lcruz"
> ; "Leuren
>> Moret" ; "Marsha Joyner" ;
>> "Melissa Sterry" ; "NION"
>> ; "Ruth Hsu" ; "Sheree"
>> ; "Sol Kaho'ohalahala" ;
>> "Stokesberry, Mele" ; "Stroud, Bill"
>>
>> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 8:35 PM
>> Subject: Fw: DU bill PASSED!! New challenge: Gov. Lingle
>>
>>
>> > Dear DU network, please forgive any double sends. This is from Kahea's
>> > Marti Townsend with details for upcoming strategies for getting the DU
>> > bill
>> > passed and signed. Thanks.
>> > Mele Stokesberry, Maui Peace Action
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "Marti Townsend"
>> > To: ; "Kyle Kajihiro" ;
> "Kyle
>> > Kajihiro" ; "Terri Kekoolani" ;
>> > ; "Mele Stokesberry"
> ;
>> > "Jay Scharf" ; "Josh Dawson"
>> >
>> > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:40 PM
>> > Subject: DU bill PASSED!! New challenge: Gov. Lingle
>> >
>> >
>> >> Aloha All,
>> >>
>> >> Please forward this far and wide with big mahalos to everyone who sent
> in
>> >> testimony. It worked!!
>> >>
>> >> H.B. 1452 SD1 passed the Senate WAM Committee yesterday. It is on its
>> >> way
>> >> to conference committee now - that's where members from the House and
>> > Senate
>> >> get together to work out differences between the various versions of
> the
>> >> bill.
>> >>
>> >> We are lucky that the conference committee members to be assigned to
> this
>> >> bill all support the effort and are not likely to stick in anything
> bad.
>> >>
>> >> Sen. Baker, Chair of WAM, did mention at the hearing that the Attorney
>> >> General had some concern about jurisdiction and state access to
> military
>> >> property. I have a call in to the AG's office to see if there is
> someone
>> > we
>> >> can speak to, maybe get more info and assuage any of their concerns.
>> >>
>> >> I know that some of us still want to see at least one or two other
> places
>> >> tested in addition to Schofield Barracks. I don't think it can hurt to
>> > ask.
>> >> We can cross that bridge when we find out for sure who the conference
>> >> committee members are (will probably be Rep. Morita, Rep. M. Oshiro,
> Sen.
>> > L.
>> >> Inouye, and Sen. Baker - we'll know around April 12th).
>> >>
>> >> The next big hurdle is Gov. Lingle. We need to really put the burden
> on
>> > her
>> >> to sign this bill. One tactic is to mention her whenever you speak
> about
>> >> the bill.
>> >>
>> >> Also, I have a call into her office to meet with staff to discuss the
>> >> bill
>> >> and hopefully convince them it is something she needs to sign. Now,
> they
>> >> may write back and say no need to meet, we support the bill. In which
>> > case,
>> >> job done and we won... it's Miller time. But more likely, they will
> try
>> > to
>> >> just deal via email or phone, but I think it is really important for a
>> > broad
>> >> contingent to represent this bill to her administration so I am going
> to
>> >> push for a meeting. I don't know when it will be yet, but if you're
>> >> interested in participating please let me know and I will keep you
>> >> posted.
>> >> I'll be shame if I push for this in-person meeting and I am the only
> one
>> > who
>> >> shows. :)
>> >>
>> >> Now, if we get the sense that they are reluctant to support this bill
>> >> (who
>> >> couldn't?!), then we will have to mount a mini-campaign to pressure
> her
>> >> to
>> >> sign it. We will have 20 days after the end of session to get the bill
>> >> signed into law - so that's like May 20th or so. We can talk about
>> > strategy
>> >> for that later, if it comes to that.
>> >>
>> >> That's about it. Attached is the current version of the bill and a
> press
>> >> release I wrote yesterday (take a look and edit, if
> can).
>> >>
>> >> I just gotta say this was a great example of all the different
>> >> communities
>> >> of our islands coming together on a crucial issue and making this
> system
>> > and
>> >> this bill work for us. I've been involved in other legislative
>> > initiatives
>> >> that weren't nearly as successful as this and I think it is due in
> large
>> >> part to how well we all worked together. So, please everybody
>> > congratulate
>> >> yourselves, we did a good job.
>> >>
>> >> Mahalo piha!!
>> >> Marti.
>> >>
>> >> ____________________________
>> >> Marti Townsend
>> >>
>> >> KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance
>> >> P.O. Box 270112
>> >> Honolulu, Hawai'i 96827
>> >>
>> >> www.kahea.org
>> >> tel. 808.524.8220
>> >> fax. 808.524.8221
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>
>
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