Briones & Beyond!
I used to go hiking in Briones Park after taking my daughter to her orchestra rehearsal. She would play the violin with young musical achievers while I would wander with trees. I didn’t know then that there is a trail there named after Glenn Seaborg – and here I am now working to honor his love of the open space in this area. Funny how things all connect. And here’s another random line of connection in this water color of (yes-again) Briones posted recently to the blog by my long-time friend, adventure pal and accomplished Bay Area painter/designer Denny Holland. If everything is connected, maybe there’s a deeper lesson there. Hmmmm.
On the front lines now there is so much going on right now at the federal, state and local levels. Perhaps all the activity just represents the thaw of pent up action plans drafted during the long nuculer [sic] winter of the Bush era when advances for the environment were pushed back by the political buldozer driven by the extraction industries.
Here closer to home, the Seaborg Fund is currently supporting the ongoing efforts to prevent Pt Molate from becoming a casino. We also are trying to figure out the best way to help defeat the PG&E’s self-serving Prop16 (cleverly and cynically disguised as the “Right to Vote” as if it’s about democracy and sunshine – which it most assuredly is not, but rather all about the polar opposite of those things.) While not directly a part of the Seaborg Fund charter, this ballot push is too ridiculous just to stand by — likewise with the $500,000 fronted by Texas gas giant Valero to shut down California’s precedent-setting climate change legislation.
We have a sign on letter in support of saving Point Molate. Please us let know if your organization would like to sign on in support and we will present that to the Richmond City council during its next review cycle about the disposition of the Bay front property in question, and in danger.
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