Hi Lorraine, and all.

That's very disturbing... As a renter in Alameda County I've not heard about this... Are they talking about spraying...?

There is one really excellent, very detailed expose about the dangers and uselessness of chemical mosquito abatement, which talks about all the different pesticides that are being used in various municipalities. Here's the link (if you want to print it out for them, I recommend also clicking on the link waaaay at the bottom of the piece, to show all the references, which would make it a lot more difficult to dismiss this as a minority opinion...): http://meepi.org/wnv/overkillma.htm

Please keep us posted. I wonder if they might be trying to sneak something past us, like they tried with the Wildfire Prevention Assessment in the Oakland hills some years back, where they suddenly started talking about further weakening the city's already almost meaningless pesticide "ban" (which still allows Public Works to spray everywhere, among many other exemptions...).

Hope this finds you well.

Isis


lorraine james <searchless1@...> wrote:

I want to give an intelligent, well-informed, detailed argument for
"our" position...and don't have one, AND I KNOW one of you does.

I live in Alameda Co. Hope i'm not too late. Just unearthed a survey
from the County Mosquito Abatement Department [for "a select group of
prop. owners"] in my mail. They asked 6 questions about a proposed $3
assessment. Straight up/simple.

AND they asked for written comments "reasons why you support or oppose
this assessment and describe which issues are most important to you."

please respond ASAP.


[props to you isis!]




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