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THE US SUPREME COURT HAS A MESSAGE CONTRARY TO OUR CONSTITUTION.

     WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION MEAN TO THE SUPREME COURT?

                 What does the Constitution mean to you?

             WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION MEAN TO AMERICA?

Our homes, businesses, and churches are not safe in the United States. All levels of Government find no shame of exploiting, plundering, and taking by force from hard-working citizens and offer their homes and family businesses to others in order to increase tax revenue. These behaviors are primitive and flaunting violence and blatantly expose greed are behaviors of self-centeredness, contrary to our Constitution, and social contract. The character of this Nation has fallen because Cities may seize your private property for private use and profit for others. As a private property owner you are disposable and insignificant. It does not matter how many years you have invested in the community because profit is the City's victory opposed to traits of virtue such as loyalty and dedication. This is the climate and moral fabric of the United States that stands proud in example and action in exploitation and plundering. The State of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Florida, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado and South Dakota, passed laws that would protect liberty and private property rights.

Now is the time to support officials who are mature and stand up to protect private property rights. Whoever fails to do so must not serve in public office because to condemn your home or business is to condemn you. Why support officials who have the disposition to condemn and exploit you? Take the deadly tool of Eminent Domain away in your City and teach your City to conduct business properly.

Answer in earnest the following questions: Would you invest in a home or business in a City which is abusive and disrespect their citizens? Do you know there is a way to revitalize without using condemnation as a tool? Do you know cities who respect ownership and do not use condemnation as a tool for redevelopments are more resourceful? Do you know cities without a Redevelopment Agency earns more per-capita income opposed to cities with a Redevelopment Agency? Do you think Eminent Domain, Redevelopment, and Revitalization using condemnation as a tool should be used to resolve social related issues? Why do cities fail to discern the social issue from the issue of Eminent Domain? Finally, do you believe in the American Dream and what does the Constitution mean to you?

Do you think you have security as a private property owner?

The government has the power to take your private property for others to profit.

You only own your property until the government decides to take it.

In short, we have lost our private property rights and in reality we lease our land until the Government at will change the land use and ownership. What is your opinion regarding this matter of leasing your land until your time is up to sell by force to the Government.

    EMINENT DOMAIN IS A NATIONAL PLAGUE.

"In my opinion, private property rights are fundamental rights of every citizen, and I will continue to stand up and fight for this principle because I believe it is the right thing for all the citizens." Deanna

The American Dream is to own your own home and then pass the fruits of your life long hard work along to your children or loved ones. I just cannot sit back in good conscience and let the City of San Bernardino and the Municipal Valley Water District turn these hard-working citizens’ American Dreams into a nightmare." Deanna

The Hands Off a coalition unfolds an unknown world of Redevelopment, Revitalization using condemnation as a tool, and Eminent Domain. This world is subtle, quiet, and unknown to the private property owner. Because of the Supreme Court decision, every property owner must know Eminent Domain, Redevelopment, and Revitalization using condemnation as a tool.

Deanna Adams, Ph.D., member of the "Hands Off" coalition, is an authority and knowledgeable regarding the unknown government. No one is safe and your property is next for the taking. As an active participant in the community the author is not part of the status quo or business as usual in City Government. The author asks the reader to examine the issues and research independently from any belief and opinion. The reader will see the Truth in the False. This website is about you because to exploit (the City, Muni, and Regional Water ) is to be exploited ( the citizens of San Bernardino ).

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Who Is The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District?

The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District is known as SBVMWD or MUNI and was formed in 1954. The purpose of the formation was to plan long range water supply for the San Bernardino Valley. As a wholesale distrubtion agency the task is to import water into its service area through - participation in the California State Water Project that manages groundwater storage within its boundaries.

SBVMWD covers about 325 square miles in Southwestern San Bernardino County, about 60 miles East of Los Angeles, and has a population of about 600,000. It spurs the Eastern two thirds of the San Bernardino Valley, the Crafton Hills, and a portion of the Yucaipa Valley, and includes the cities and communities of San Bernardino, Colton, Rialto, Bloomington, Highland, Grand Terrace, and Yucaipa.

The task of a water district is to improve water supply reliability, improve water quality, reduce the risk of liquefaction, maximize beneficial use of water, and ecosytem restoration. The district and other districts are engaging in a integrated regional groundwater management plan. City of Redlands Municipal Utilities Department, City of San Bernardino Municipal Valley Water Department, San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District, West Valley Water District, Yucaipa Valley Water District, East Valley Water District, Water Resources Institute CSU of San Bernardino, City of Riverside Public Utilities Department, Western Municipal Water, and SAWPA. The purpose of the IRGWM plan is to prepare a long term management plan for surface and groundwater resources of the region.Studying the plan, the author found no evidence for a need to raze an entire neighborhood of 437 affordable housing, 47 businesses, and 6 churches to manage groundwater storage within its boudaries. On the contrary, the IRGWM is to protect the environment and implement a plan of integrity to protect and serve the environment. Reviewing the IRGWM the plan implemented a good water management system. The North Lake Reservoir project was excluded from the educational material presented to the agencies and the public. Why? The North Lake Reservoir Project according to SBMVWD is an absolute necessity to resolve high underground water, contamination, and liquefaction for San Bernardino and the region. Examining the IRGWM does the Bunker Hill rely on the North Lake Reservoir or is that a political tool to benefit the wholesale distrubution to Orange County by the SBVMWD? Call the District and ask how much profit are they reaping from the sale of the water? How much property and or sales tax does the district pay on the land use ?(441/2acres) Why did the District not disclose to the public of their plan to sell water to Orange County? Where did the directors receive their training in water management being employed in other professions?

The reader must discern the qualification of each board member who has been elected to manage the water district and serve about 600,000 people in the San Bernardino Valley Region.

The following are the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SBVMWD.

DIVISION I Edward B. Killgore, Vice President, represents Division I, the westernmost portion of the District, which includes Rialto and Bloomington. Mr. Killgore has served on the District board since 1995. Mr. Killgore is a real estate agent.

DIVISION II George Aguilar, represents Division II, which includes the City of Colton and a portion of the City of San Bernardino. He has served on the District board since 1985. Mr. Aguilar is a real estate agent.
DIVISION III C. Patrick Milligan, President, represents Division III, which includes the northern portion of the District, from Highland Avenue in northern San Bernardino to the Devil Canyon Power Plant of the State Water Project. He served on the District board from 1965 to 1976, and again since 1984. Mr. Milligan is an attorney.
DIVISION IV Mark Bulot, Treasurer, represents Division IV, the south-central portion of the District from the Santa Ana River on the north and west, extending eastward to beyond Redlands. Mr. Bulot is a consulting hydrologist.
DIVISION V Steve Copelan,Secretary, represents Division V, the easternmost portion of the District, which includes Highland and Yucaipa. Mr. Copelan is a businessman.

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The argument: Does the Media effectively communicate the message that serve the ends of a dominant elite?

The North Lake Project is a classic example of exploitation which serve the end of a dominant elite. The argument of a environmental necessity for a reservoir and the tossing of the law suits by Judge Wade supports that the laws serve the end of a dominant elite. The argument pertaining to razing an entire neighborhood does not support the claim of the respondents in the law suits. The evidence supported by the respondents are blatant lies that a need for a reservoir is to clear high underground water and resolve the contamination issue. The truth is the need for Muni to sell water, our natural heritage, to others and pave the way for redevelopment at the expense and exploitation of the defenseless. So, to raze an entire neighborhood of two thousand people, forty seven-family businesses, and six churches is supported by laws that serve the ends of a dominant elite and the political economy of the media.

The government and the media cooperate to produce an effective propaganda machine in order to manipulate the opinions of the populous. The media serves as a system for communicating messages and symbols to the general populace. The function of the media on one hand is used to amuse, entertain and inform, however, the other hand is served as a communication system of implementing values, beliefs, and codes of behavior that will integrate the person into institutional structures of the larger society. In a world of conflicts and mixed class interest the media are influenced to serve the needs of a dominant elite.

The marginalization of dissidents are needed to further the need of the elite and the media are able to convince themselves that they interpret the news "objectively" and on the basis of professional news values.

The alternative view of the North Lake is this website to inform effectively in reinforcing class consciousness that unifies the underclass (working class) because it fosters and alters the value system and framework established by the media who serve the ends of a dominant elite. The potential power of the working people are encouraged by an alternative view to effect social change and realize the value of their constitutional rights as a property owner. The effectiveness of change is the "Law" not a revolution of violence or bloody confrontation. A revolution of violence and bloody confrontation is useless for the exploiter and the exploited. Real change is the "law" and  the Law must not serve the end of a dominant elite but pursuit a just society where each member of society is recognized worthy. Revolution must not be used as violence to free the oppression but in intelligence rethinking the letter of the Law to benefit a just society. The need is a psychological revolution setting aside the laws that serve the ends of a dominant elite. We are well accomplished in science but our resistance to mature in consciousness is evident that we are willing to shed blood to maintain the status quo and sell two-thousand people for the North Lake to serve the ends of a dominant elite.

                      THE WATER MUST STAY IN SAN BERNARDINO.

Click: Latest News, Myth of High Underground Water. Examine the graphic from the "District" to rebuttle the Respondents brief reply pertaining to high underground water.

The following are facts written by Harold Willis, former water commissioner and this humble citizen paid large sums to have his letter published by the Sun. Why? His passion is to point out the facts and expose the occult or hidden matters not made public by Muni. Mr. Willis was the San Bernardino City Water Commissioner from 1964-1999. To point out his credibility and his knowledge, Mr. Willis was installed as a water commissioner to resolve problems encountered by the water district on Thursday, April 30, 1964. Harold served as a board member for 29 years and President of the water board for six years and resigned after serving 35 years for the City.

The Argument:  Are the respondents brief reply valid pertaining to Environmental Necessity? Is former SB water commissioner, Harold Willis, a knowledgeable witness pertaining to truth regarding the high underground water and the bunker hill basin?

In the respondents brief reply the High Underground Issue and Mitigation was argued the North Lake project was an Environmental Necessity. Also, Milligan of Muni argued that the project area has high underground water and the North Lake is a need to solve San Bernardino high underground water problem. The Planning Commission, Common Council, and Mayor followed the course of Milligan, however, who examined the reality of high underground water?  The EIR  supported the argument of Milligan pertaining to the High Underground Water and Contamination in the project area. What I find most disturbing is the fact that five years ago  the District was aware of the tree growth rings and the pressure zone of the Leroy Well was the lowest in history. So, how can the EIR be correct if the evidence is pointing to a Drought opposed to having a huge amount of extra water?   Now, how can Muni receive money from the Feds if the true facts of this project are reported to the EPA who is the agency for NEPA? The project must be an Environmental Necessity opposed to an Environmental Injustice.

According to Mr. Willis the public have been told that San Bernardino have this huge amount of extra water that we can sell to people down stream who need it. Mr.Willis was surprised to learn last March (05) at the Municipal Water District meeting that San Bernardino is plagued in the worst drought. Mr. Willis learned this from the Muni District Publication and at the meeting Muni talked about the the tree growth rings, that these five years are the driest "ever". Further, Mark Bulot who is the representative of the Redlands District dutifully reports on the progress of the High Ground Water Mitigation every two weeks througout the year. Mr.Willis cannot believe the fact that San Bernardino is in the worst drought ever. The City of San Bernardino's Leroy Well is just outside the pressure zone at the 345 foot level and this is the lowest in history. Mr. Willis concluded that San Bernardino is the only entity west of the Rockies who is trying to get rid of water they don't really have.
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Click :Latest News: A letter to victims of Eminent Domain Abuse pertaining to the abusive experience of Mr.Abitante and the City of San Bernardino regarding his seventeen "historical" cottages.

The Argument: Once the money is deposited the deed of your property is transferred to another and a 90 day notice is served. Is the transference of the Deed an Act of Theft from the Government?

Mr.Abitante testified under oath and confront Ms. Pacheco pertaining to  the unfair treatment by the Redevelopment Agency. Mr. Abitante had estimates of the value for his seventeen cottages, however, the Agency advised him that if he would object the forced sale the money deposited in Court would lessen the original offer offered by the Agency. Of course, this is a blatant lie because the money deposited is available and independent from any legal action you may take against the City for any monies owed. Mr. Abitante testified at City Hall on Monday, February 06,2006 and Victory Chapel has a copy for you of his sworn in testimony. Call Mr.Abitante at 1-562-940-2237 and find out the abusive treatment and his experience with the City of San Bernardino.

Now, what happens if you are forced to sell to the Agency and the deed is no longer in your name. Imagine, the money is deposited at the Court and the deed is owned by the City, or in my case, the North Lake the deed is conveyed to the Municipal Water District.

The following is a real letter to the tenants of Mr. Abitante and the 90 day notice may apply to you either as a homeowner or a tenant. Notice the failure to vacate the premises will result in legal proceedings against you to recover possession of the premises along with rents and/or damages. Also, you maybe arrested and be put in jail for violating the order to move out of your own home. Is this the American way to be forced out of your home and/or family business?

                                      NINETY (90) DAY NOTICE TO VACATE

                                             SHOBER CONSULTING, INC.

                 520 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 204, Los Angeles, California 90049

Phone: (310)476-5433    Fax: (310) 476-5583

February 01, 2006

Leann Moffett

Re: NINETY (90) DAY NOTICE TO VACATE.

Dear Leann:

The property that you currently occupy at 745 West 5th Street, Apartment #17. San Bernardino, Ca. 92410 has been aquired by the City of SanBernardino ("City"). As a result, you along with all other occupants in your dwelling are required to vacate the premises.This is you formal 90 day notice to vacate the premises which is required by the state relocation guidelines.

You are hereby notified that you must vacate the premises by no later than May 02, 2006. Failure to vacate the premises will result in legal proceedings against you to recover possession of the premises,along with rents and/or damages.

The City has retained the services of Shober Consulting, Inc. to assist you with the relocation process. You can reach your relocation representative at (310) 476-5433. Upon vacating your residence, you are required to turn the keys to your relocation consultant.

Sincerely, Bob Shober

On behalf of the City of San Bernardino.

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                                         THE PROPAGANDA MODEL

          MYNESHA'S CIRCLE is an Classic example of the Propaganda Model. The propaganda of Mynesha's circle targets to benefit the ruling class and serve those in power. This propaganda attempt to justify and convince the underclass that the North Lake can be compared to the East Lake project of Atlanta, Georgia. The underclass must accept the propaganda and not question the media, ruling class, and those serving the ruling class.

The Argument: Is Mynesha's Circle a propaganda for the North Lake Project? Did razing an entire neighborhood, reduce crime in Atlanta, Georgia?  Will razing an entire neighborhood resolve crime in San Bernardino? Let us examine and inquire.

The Sun for weeks is using Mynesha Circle as an achor to  convince the reader the model of the East Lake project of Atlanta is San Bernardino's salvation and an answer to Crime. The Sun's position of the East Lake is a hope  for the North Lake and to exploit  beliefs to justify the Environmental Injustice of the Project. The Sun's argument supported by their cohorts are that the East Lake project   proved a solution to Atlanta's crime problem. Did that project reduce crime and let us examine the crime index in Atlanta compared to San Bernardino? Also, what happened to the displaced citizens of the East Lake project? Did the displaced people invade other disadvantaged neighborhoods in Atlanta crowding the people leading to oppression and an increase of crime?

The following is an analysis of the crime index of Atlanta, San Bernardino, and San Jose. The purpose of a third City is to point out that population is not the key factor of  Crime and that Crime is independent from the population factor.

The site to view the crime index is www.homefair.com and this site offers  evidence to the argument.

Did that project decreased crime or increased crime in Atlanta? Could it be possible that those people displaced in Atlanta may unknowingly increased crime because the invasion of angry displaced citizens crowded into other troubled neighborhoods sets the stage for more oppression and violence?

                         San Bdno, Ca.                 Atlanta, Georgia        San Jose, Ca

Population:          198,406                          419,122                         904,522

Median income     $31,140                         $34,770                          $70,243

Unemployment rate: 7.6%                              6.9%                           6.4%

*Crime Index           377                                533                               84

*Per 100,0000 people calculating an increase of 156 (crime index) between San Bernardino and Atlanta. I do not believe Atlanta has resolved their crime issues!

The source of this data can also be interpreted by the Relocation Crime Lab.

San Bernardino, California has a relocation Crime Lab-Index of 377 which is a higher crime rate than the national average.

Atlanta, Georgia has a relocation Crime Lab-Index of 533 which is a higher crime rate that the national average.

The Relocation Crime Lab index gives the City's crime rate relative to the national average of all the cities in the database. A value of 100 means that the City is exactly average. A value of 200 means that the City has twice the crime rate as the average city. A value of 50 means that the City has half the crime rate of the average city.

The following are the annual crimes per 100,000 people for San Bernardino and Atlanta and crimes reported that has been adjusted to yield a rate per 100,000 people.

                         ANNUAL CRIMES PER 100,000 PEOPLE

Crime Category            San Bernardino, Ca.                    Atlanta, Georgia

Robberies                           520                                                883

Rapes                                   60                                                67

Homicides                           24                                                 36

Aggravated Assaults          839                                             1 040

Motor Vehicle Theft          1670                                             1728

Crime Lab Index          377 for 100,000                             533 for 100,000

These are the facts of crime issues relating to San Bernardino and Atlanta. The facts above are evident the North Lake will not resolve crime issues. On the contrary the abuse faced by angry displaced citizens and the intrusion invading other neighborhoods will perhaps result in over-crowding, oppression and an increase of violence.

I am disturbed that the Sun and their cohorts for the North Lake use false propaganda for their benefit using the DEATH of a young girl.  The Reality of Crime is the outcome of an defective Social Contract between the members of the Community and their Government. An honorable and intelligent  elected official would put this project on the table for people to vote.*****

The Argument: What does the Constitution mean to you?

January 17, 2006

Re: North Lake Project: Over two-thousand disadvantaged people displaced, four-hundred thirty seven-affordable housing units, forty-seven family businesses, and six churches of which one is Historical and California Registered.

Dear Friends:

        The individual person's property is his or her primary right. Neither the State nor anybody else has the right to take away that which is rightfully his or her. So when I, for example, work at producing a home and chapel, that home and chapel should belong to me and I should get the benefits because I am the one that produced it. When the government takes through Eminent Domain what I have produced out of myself, they are engaging in a Theft, particularly if they then give my home and chapel to others in ways that I would not choose to have them being given away. So, when they try to redistribute my home and chapel, we are in fact engaging in a Theft and is Theft the American Way?

The North Lake, a reservoir project, is nothing but theft, exploitation, and a project based on hope. The faculty of reason must not be based on hope or sensation, but on history and analysis of the Good for the entire City. The City's history of failed projects in the downtown area and the neglect of disadvantaged neighborhoods will cause the outcome of this project a severe setback of financial and painful consequences. The Municipal water district is the winner and the City officials unintentionally are blind to the deep reality of "what is" that will affect a severe adverse impact on the progress of San Bernardino. The media adds to this drama of sensational propaganda, a vision of "new life," which is an illusion and the history of the Central City project has proven this to be true. (06/27/1965) I think today especially, in the age of the sound byte, in the age where tremendously powerful forces and the media are trying to turn reasoning about public issues into mockery and into simple manipulation. The reality is there is no such thing as "new life" because life is present in all disadvantaged areas. The purpose of the Government is to lead and renew "new life" in the life of the people existing in the disadvantaged neighborhoods and not engage in theft, exploitation, and plundering.

The solution is not outward but inward in working with the people in all disadvantaged neighborhoods. Last month I observed the entire City and I noticed new buildings but I also observed a significant decline in people's morale and a decay in other disadvantaged neighborhoods. Mayor Valles did well in erecting new buildings but what about the decline in the morale of the people and a decay in other disadvantaged neighborhoods? The years of neglect reap the fruit of high crime, deterioration, and decline in people's morale that sixty five percent of the City has remained troubled. Further, the displacement of people in the area taken is a significant impact on other disadvantaged neighborhoods which would add to the stress of the City and increase crime. My argument of a reservoir plunked in the middle of troubled crime ridden neighborhoods, past history of failed projects, City's budget and the City's lack of capacity equals an unsound plan. The Municipal water district is the only winner, in this case, exploiting the poor, using our water( not knowing the destiny of our natural heritage and water resources), our land tax free, and earning huge profits from selling water to others not sharing the profits. One must go very deep and probe in depth the nature of this project, blight, crime, elected officials, and inquire the "what is". The outcome of that observation and inquiry, setting aside media and propaganda, you will find solutions to the problems that troubles this City.Thank you for your attention. Deanna ***********

The Argument: How does the politician use cognitive psychology to frame ideas? How is language used to address the internal mental processes?

Language is  used to propogate ideas and using selective words is a tool used by politicians to create a desired illusion. In cognitive psychology language have a profound affect on the mind and language is used to frame ideas and words which has an impression from the senses such as: re-vitalize, vibrant, beautify, economic boost, and destination. Those words are pleasing to the internal mental processing but far removed from reality. One must set aside all media, propaganda, and discern the reality of what is and what is not.*******

The Argument: Is participation a psychological tool to ease the condemnation threat?

The Walnut Project is a classic example of abusive powers by the Agency, Mayor, and Common Council. A letter was sent to a family who owns two homes and one vacant parcel. These homes are the family’s ticket to escape poverty because the investment has potential to bear much fruit in the future. To sell the properties by force to the developer will terminate any opportunities for the family's financial freedom. The family has lived in their home for thirty years and the eldest member of the family suffers anxiety, and the fear of the unknown. Why must an eighty-year old woman suffer this threat of losing her family home by a developer who is anxious to profit off her land? The offer of three-hundred and eighty nine thousand dollars from the developer for two homes on large lots cannot purchase the family the replacement taken. How can this family participate and compete on social security and a low income job earned by the old woman's daughter who is also senior citizen?

A letter was sent to them and the Agency asked to meet with the family to discuss the neighborhood improvement plans and possible opportunities available to participate in the revitalization effort of the neighborhood. How can that family who is struggling be a participant and compete a project that is knowingly unapproachable? Why does that family have to deal with an issue which is contrary to the American ideals? Because the project developer has been unable to reach an agreement with the owners he has asked for the City’s assistance in completing the purchase. Is this the American Way?*************

The Argument: Should the rule of Law benefit one group and discriminate against another group? Should a Law be Moral? Should a Law be based on Belief or Reason?

"To see "what is" is to set aside our own beliefs and influences from propaganda and society and concentrate just on justice to a point that we might agree.

So, when African American Rosa Parks, for example, refused to give up her front seat to a white person on a bus why did the Law not protect her? The Law applied to one group of people but not to another group of people. The Law Ms. Parks violated was based on a Rule of Law which confirmed a belief that white people had the privilege to sit in front of the Bus. If Justice demands that all people should be treated equal why do so many people seldom think about the injustice of others, in this case Rosa Parks? It appears that everyone else was doing a moral mistake and it's very easy to make a moral mistake when others do, and it even takes some courage to do the right thing when other people are doing the wrong thing. That's part of the explanation why people did not do anything to help the African Americans until Ms. Parks violated the law and point out the law was flawed. The Law was flawed because the Rule of Law was based on a belief that nature create white people superior opposed to black people. So, is it possible to set aside our own belief and propaganda from influences and society and concentrate just on justice to a point that we might agree? The Law of Eminent Domain is a bad law because the Law favorites one group for another, in this case, the land use is taken and given to those who think they can do better with the Land. Since the Law discriminates one group from another, the rich from the poor than the Law is not only flawed but immoral and sets the stage for corruption and the possibility of a terrible fate.***********

"So, fortunately or unfortunately for yourself, you have heard something that is true. If you merely hear it and are not actively disturbed so that your mind begins to free itself from all the things that are making it narrow and crooked, then the truth you have heard will become a poison. Surely, truth becomes a poison if it is heard and does act in the mind, like the festering of a wound. But to discover for oneself what is true and what is false, and to see the truth in the false, is to let that truth operate and bring forth its own action." Deanna***

Media:

"The powerful forces of the *media are trying to turn reasoning about public issues into mockery and into simple manipulation. The media avoids the person of serious and reflective thinking to discern truth which is important. The nobleness of the media is to probe the mind to pursue the answers and not being willing to take the traditional, culturally given answers as Truth. "Deanna

"The way we see the world is in many ways constructed by our own minds. Much of the content, however, is not from our own reason but dependency on authorities until we reached maturity realizing that we are our own highest authority."Deanna***

MEMORANDUM

Date: January 07, 2006

From: Deanna Helena Adams, Ph.D.

Click Latest News and Will Leviathan Prevail? for update pertaining to the contamination argument.

To: Respectable taxpayers, citizens, home owners, business owners, and the six churches of the North and South Lake project.

Re: Hear the arguments to protect your rights at Superior Court, San Bernardino on 01/11/06 at 8:30. Judge Wade will hear the arguments at Superior Court, Arrowhead Ave in San Bernardino.

"The ultimate violence is razing 437 affordable housing units for 72 upscale homes in order to pave the way for the affluent. The justification for this violence is "limited options" and the bogus Bunker Hill argument; however, alternatives for the reservoir and treatment of contaminated water in the Environmental Impact Report proved the arguments of the respondents flawed. What I find most disturbing and violent is the invention of this project to raze a neighborhood and our fight to retain our affordable homes and seek Justice." Deanna

PROFIT VS. PEOPLE? WHAT IS IMPORTANT PROFIT OR PEOPLE? COME and SEE.

Witness the Law in Action protecting our rights as taxpayers, citizens, and human beings.

The outcome of the cases pertaining to the North Lake will be known on January 11, 2006. The outcome is a reflection of our moral fabric in our society. Will the Law reflect our consciousness in the realm of exploitation, plundering, and profit or will the Law reflect the consciousness in the realm of True Knowledge which Goodness is the highest and most important of all Forms?

What is your relationship with the Government? Come and find out what your relationship is with the Government at all levels. Find out if the Government is interested in protecting your home, business, and church. Is it acceptable to take your property and sell by force in order to avoid Eminent Domain procedures? Is it acceptable to take your property and give your hard work to others for profit? How about the fruit of your labor passed to your children and grandchildren as a blessing when you depart?

How will your life be psychologically, physically, and financially after you are forced to commit an act against your will?

COME AND HEAR THE ARGUMENTS BETWEEN THE LAW FIRM OF LOUIS E. GOEBEL AND THE LAW FIRMS REPRESENTING THE MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, AND THE REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES WHO ARE THE RESPONDENTS.

Witness Justice in action and observe the system at work pertaining to the needs of thousands of people that will be impacted with this Environmental Injustice. JANUARY 11, 06 at Superior Court in San Bernardino. The cases will be heard by Judge Wade at 8:30 a.m. Room S-8.

"A mind that is like a white sheet of paper is a joy for the media and government to exploit." Deanna**********

What is ultimately more unjust for a society: To leave some people in poverty or to take property from others?

How can so many go about daily lives of comfort or even luxury, and think so seldom about the suffering of others?

"The ruling of the Judge is the genesis of slavery and corruption. Corruption begins in the lack of relationship and slavery to surrender our land to prosper the Master. Unless one understands the corruption of this, it seems to me when we try to bring order in society, we are bound to create not only deep divisions between the slave and master, but also we will be unable to prevent corruption." Deanna

"Society is not something separate from you and me. Society is the relationship that we establish or seek to establish between each other. So you and I are the problem, and not blight, because blight is the projection of us, and to understand blight we must understand ourselves. The blight is not separate from us because we are society, and our problems are society's problems." Deanna

"A society whose structure is based on mere Greed must breed conflict, confusion, and misery. Society is the projection of us in relationship with another, in which the need and use are predominant. When you use another for your need, in actuality there is no relationship at all; you really have no contact with the other. How can you resolve deep social problems with the other when the other is used for profit and convenience? So, it is essential to understand the significance of relationship between the Government and citizen." Deanna

"The social morality, as I observe, is totally immoral; maybe respectable, but what is respectable is generally disorderly. The crisis in our society is the disorder in consciousness in which you and I share equally. It is consciousness that is in disorder; there is no disorder anywhere else. Now, the crisis is in this consciousness and not in blight, and not in tearing down homes and replacing those homes with new homes. The crisis is not seeking outward solutions but in understanding of "what is" that flowers goodness and a transformation in society." Deanna

"The mind unadorned finds Truth in the Rule of Law by composing the parts that make up a whole. A just decision must equal the wholeness of the person interpreting because Integral is essential to completeness and nakedness is essential to uncovering the False from the Truth." Deanna*********

01/11/2006

The Decision.

                                     People Sold for Profit.

The case was predetermined and no consideration and compassion for thousands of people. The Judge read a brief response pointing out the Environmental Impact Report is good enough for a start, and officials can address issues as they arise. The Environmental Impact Report must not be rationalized as "good enough" and address issues as they arise. The theory of "ripeness" is not acceptable to address a project of this magnitude and how can the whole be determined if the parts are not critically examined? What I find disturbing there is no evidence of a social-economic benefit, and development. Ignoring the reality of "what is," a human condition minimized in order to reap a profit is the rule of law. The Judge did not have the courage to stand alone and the nature of his ruling, in this case, are the forces that tie the Judge to the establishment. I am questioning his interpretation of the Constitution and what does the Constitution mean to him?

The "Project EIR" according to Judge Wade was free of abuse from the water district and the City of San Bernardino. The Judge found no errors in the Law and his own psychological conditioning advanced him to sign the judgment to evict two-thousand citizens who are now strangers and considered inferior.

The "Project of a Superior Anglo Race" was considered a righteous law and Adolph Hitler found the project Good to exterminate folks he considered inferior including those of Jewish Faith.  This infantile behavior stimulates patterns of desire and justify any action imposed on others as righteousness. Those who lust for power feel accomplished but the author find any self interest stimulation false and destructive.

Both Laws  promoted the self interest of the dominant elite in order to purue their agenda of the establishment and the nature of those laws are similar -- a depiction of a certain group of people unfit for society.

"In solitude I meditate and feel the pain of the human condition and awareness of the psychological impact. How can I be forced to sell and commit an act so immoral too deepened the blindness of those who inflict injustice on innocent people and are unjust and cause pains to them? Surely, my duty is to help and shed light on True Knowledge and Goodness, the highest form of the Law." Deanna

"In meditation, I know the water predator gloats and triumphs his victory and lies in a wait to tear me piece by piece to ease his madness. My defiance is his lust to show the world his righteousness and once he finalized his score he'll find an Energy unmoveable and free." Deanna********

'Do not shed a tear for the gadfly instead weep for the City rulers who unintentionally command things to be done which are to their own injury. The writing of this stinging insect is mere testimony of things to come and the outcome on the body politic, policies, and the "project." The tool of the gadfly is her sting to probe deeper and deeper into the nature of Justice and a Just Society. It seems that a just society distributes benefits according to individual merit, according to his or her ability, and according to his or her needs. The body politic unintentionally sold the value of people as objects for others to profit and set the stage for further corruption. Ask yourself the question: Isn't unjust to take the common meal to be nourished and give it to others for profit? Surely, the unequal economic class will seize control in order for a new kind of Justice to appear."Deanna

In the United States there is a gap between the rich and poor. The poor are subject to the pressure of economic necessity and they have to be preoccupied with their own self interest, will not share in a self-rule, and as a result virtue is corrupted. The rich are also preoccupied by luxury and virtue is corrupted because they are ill equipped to share in a deliberation about the common good. It is this grave gap between the rich and the poor that destroys the common life, destroys any possibility of sharing a sufficiently common life, so that we can deliberate as a political community about the common good. Unless this grave gap is significantly narrowed, it is this that will corrupt the virtue of the poor and the rich that protect themselves against the possibility of a terrible fate.

"Suppose all the people of our society could gather in one place. Suppose by some miracle no one knew whether they would be rich or poor, black or white, Mexican or Asian, male or female. And suppose they have to agree upon rules to govern their society. In this situation, wouldn't each person choose rules that would be just to everyone, and protect him or herself against the possibility of a terrible fate? Surely, the rule of Eminent Domain for profit would not be a law to govern their society." Deanna

"The core of ethics as I see it is doing the right thing. Are people going to be better off or worse under a given set of Eminent Domain practices? Doing the right thing means acting in such a way that you promote the interest of the people who are affected by your actions, where everyone's interest is given equal weight." Deanna****

The Argument:  Is Morality the Extension of the Social Instinct?

The view that people in the state of nature are nasty is the veneer theory. The author finds the veneer theory flawed since humans are social and morality is essential for survival. The author's research conclude our ancestors possessed instincts of empathy and reciprocity and those traits are viewed as the extension of the social instinct. Humans lie but our ancestors do not lie or pretend and observing their nature the research found evidence that these instincts are wired in the human brain and is independent of traits passed by genes or learned from the environment. Further, these instincts are essential for survival and since empathy and reciprocity are considered moral instincts the human being is moral because of the extension of the social instinct.

Of course, biologically we have inherited behaviors to fend off those who aggress against us, however, empathy and reciprocity are equal in significance because of their instincts to assure survival. Now, what has this to do with eminent domain? The law of an eminent domain is a bad law because the Taking violates empathy and reciprocity. A law that violates empathy and reciprocity is a bad law because the law is contrary to the extension of the social instinct and an overall insult to the organism. ***

Letter to the Sun 01/18/2006 by Paul Christopher Adams

Violation of the Social Contract.

As I sit and reflect upon the trials and tribulations that have Lead us to seek the protection of the appellate courts. You see, I have been painted by The Sun as a person who wants to stand in the way of the future of San Bernardino, I have sought the privilege of serving my neighborhood on the city council, and I have stood with my friends and neighbors against the injustices.

But what are the injustices that we speak of? Well, I was born in the United States and as a citizen of the US, I entered into a contract with the government that would consent to be governed under the laws of the constitution and the bill of rights. In the constitution it says the government will have the right to take property "for public use" providing fair market value is paid. I do not disagree that the government has the right to take nor do I take exception to the just compensation. I do disagree with the Lake project when it comes to for public use for two reasons.

One, the idea that government should make the lightest footprint upon the people governed as possible argues greatly on the side of those of us that have sought a compromise of the smaller lake.

Two, the sad fact that the city is not getting any of the projected 120 million dollars a year that muni is going to make on the sale of water. As a proud citizen of San Bernardino I hate to see our resources being given away when we need all the help we can get. If asked to give up our property we would like to see our city get something out of it. So Mr. Milligan (president of muni) if you are so interested in the taking of our land give us something back. By pledging to the city a percentage of the profit to lower the price of water paid by the citizens of San Bernardino, and help make this project a success by providing funds for more police and emergency services. In short give to the public good or is all your wishes are to take. This is where the social contract has been violated by our government in this case. We get nothing except some magic beans that might grow into something some day, but we lose a precious commodity our land and citizens.

We need to remember that we are all a part of this city. We must stop the killings or nobody will ever want to come to our city let alone stay. We must have more after school activities. Our parks need to be a place where parents and kids feel safe to go. Not a place for drug dealers and sexual deviants to lurk.

No wonder why it is so easy for muni to want to plunder our resources. We have lost our sense of hope. We see no future in our own people. We see the profit in displacing people. We want to give our land away because or politicians do not know what to do with it.

I hope that we can stop the violence. I hope that the new mayor is able to see that the citizens and our land as a resource to be used to improve our city not to be given away. I hope my neighborhood is here in the future. I hope our City can be more prosperous.

I hope.

Paul Christopher Adams

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Will Leviathan Prevail?

The North and South Lake Project: A joint project of the City of San Bernardino, Valley Municipal Water District, and Regional Resources Authority.

*This is only the beginning. Vision 20/20 plan identified seven (7) districts throughout the City that would eventually have a Lake, a Stream, or both. (Administrative Record, page 8564)Who is the Municipal Valley Water District? The Municipal Valley Water District is a large wholesale water distribution agency. It is not the City's water department that delivers water to your house. Instead, the Municipal Valley Water District delivers water to water companies generally. The water district would operate the proposed North and South Lake as a water regulating reservoir in San Bernardino. Once the reservoirs are built and the water is on the surface, the water becomes part of the Santa Ana River Watershed. The project points to liquefaction mitigation; however, I have yet to unearth the study that shows that denaturing is an effective liquefaction mitigation strategy. What I have unearthed, and is quite common knowledge, that denaturing does cause subsidence ground failure.

"The demand for the North Lake project comes from our own violence, from our own ugly, and limited selfishness. Surely, it can hide politically "doing well for the City. I am certainly for social change; however, this project requires observation to see where the subtleties of the self, of selfishness, are hidden."Deanna"

Are we really actually concerned about the transformation of society - society which is corrupt, which is not Good, which is based on ruthlessness, exploitation, and plundering? That is the society in which we are living. Are you really interested, deeply interested in changing that, even as a single human being? If you are, then you have to inquire into what is society. Is society a word, an abstraction, or a reality? Is it reality or is it an abstraction of human relationship? It is human relationship that is society. What your relationship is, your environment is. That human relationship with all its castes, complexities, its conditions, its hates, its exploits, and its plunder, can you alter all that relationship? Yes, you can. You can stop the exploit and plunder and all that goes with it. If your relationship is destructive, exploitive, and self centered, you are creating a thing around yous11 which will be equally destructive. So, the individual is you and you are mankind. Surely, the promoters, authors, and those in authority have contributed to the decline and primitive state of human consciousness and lessen the intelligence in human relationship. The outcome of Environmental Injustice is the Decline in the development of "Good" in Consciousness and in the World because you (individual consciousness) and the World (collective consciousness) is one. To be Good is not to follow and be satisfied with superficial revolutions in politics. To be Good is to be able to understand the whole movement of life because you are society. Is the Society different from us, or have we created this society, each one of us, through our ambition, through our greed, our envy, our violence, and wanting our security in the community? This shameful Environmental Injustice is an example of our primitive consciousness, in human relationship and a step in the wrong direction to undergo a radical transformation psychologically. The hope for us is to bring about a radical psychological revolution in the very structure of our thinking, of our acting, of our behavior and our outlook. The exploitation and plundering of Eminent Domain for profit are systems of Corporate Welfare and an example of our decline and deterioration in consciousness and human relationship because society is human relationship."Deanna****

A SHAMEFUL EXAMPLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE."This project is a shameful example of environmental injustice as its worst. The government agencies openly demonstrate their lack of respect for the honest hardworking people who have lived long and worked in this neighborhood. They have toiled long and hard to improve their community. Many of the family homes and small businesses in the area are well maintained and show pride of ownership. It is grossly unfair for the City to threaten to take these citizens' private property for their government cohort's great profit in SELLING WATER TO OUTSIDERS. Instead, the City should respect hard work, ethnic diversity, and entrepreneurial spirit of these citizens who are striving to make San Bernardino's a better place. The City ignores the fact that much of the "BLIGHT" it complains about is the result of the threat of Eminent Domain which has been hanging over these people's heads for many years. Contrary to state law and the City's own General Plan and related housing ordinance rule and guidelines, this City and their government cohort adopt an EIR (Environmental Impact Report) and blatantly expose governmental agencies’ SELF-CENTERED GREED and LACK OF COMPASSION for fewer fortunate citizens by performing like an ostrich, burying its head in the sand and ignoring 437 affordable homes, 47 businesses, and six churches with a mere 72 unaffordable homes possibly being offered later as so called replacements." Louis E. Goebel, Attorney.

(Affordable means a home the average San Bernardino citizens could afford and not limited to subsidized housing no federal, state, local government, or charity.)

Additional Comments by Louis E. Goebel The City openly states in the Final Environmental Impact Report that the proposed project is not consistent with the City’s General Plan. The 2000/2005 Consolidated Plan, required by State law)published its program priorities as follows:

High Priority one: Preserve and Rehabilitate Existing Single Family Dwellings.

High Priority two: Expand Home ownership Opportunities and Assist Home buyers with the Purchase of Affordable Housing.(Existing and New Construction)

High Priority three: Provide Rental Assistance and Preserve Existing Affordable Rental Housing.

If this is the case, what does the General Plan Amendment do but allow jeopardy, if not destruction, of not less than 437 affordable single family housing units, in direct derogation to the overriding priorities contained in the Housing Element of the General Plan and the Consolidated Plan, which are mandated by State Law?

The Respondents claim that the case is not ripe. With all due respect to the authority cited by Respondents as to ripeness, why go through the ritual of the "project EIR" if there is no project?

There is simply no mitigation proposed except the assertion that the normal relocation processes for condemnation will apply. This does not answer the ultimate question of the irretrievable loss of 437 units of existing affordable housing to the City of San Bernardino. The absence of a mitigation the General Plan Amendment should not have been approved and Mandate relief is available to reserve that approval.

The respondents obviously rely entirely on the relocation provisions of Government Code section 7260, with the idea that as to any individual resident or property owner, if and when the Respondents decide to do so, if affect, the parties can then negotiate. This is no way mitigates the overall impact on housing in the City of San Bernardino, but rather only partially mitigates the impact as to some of the residents of the 437 affordable housing units Respondents plan to destroy.

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Eminent Domain for profit is Corporate Welfare.

Bad Government is condemned to repeat ill projects. The North Lake project must not go forward unless Seccombe Lake and the Central City Mall, a.k.a. Carousal Mall project delivers the benefits certified in the Final Environmental Impact Reports. Good Government recognizes failed projects and offers atonement and restitution to displaced citizens who were forced to sell their homes, businesses, and faced Eminent Domain. Good folks lost opportunities to benefit from today's profit in home equity if they where not forced to sell, and some folks were sent further into poverty. Also, other folks lost the opportunity to pull themselves from poverty and Eminent Domain steals the chance for their children to inherit their property. A failed project, Trojan Horse, Unuseable, and a White Elephant result. Good Government must finish all unfinished business of ill projects. To finish unfinished business is the mark of Good Government and responsible City Officials.

The North Lake project: The first reservoir: A backward project and embarrassment for the City of San Bernardino and citizens. To wipe out an entire neighborhood to limit blight is a step in the wrong direction. The North Lake Project is developed from an idea based on "hope" that downtown will be revitalized creating a San Antonio dream like a river walk. The plan is to raze 437 affordable housing units, six churches, and 47 businesses for a Lake disguised as a Reservoir, 72 upscale family single homes, plunked, isolated, and three large commercial pads.

The hope of the project is that the North Lake will be the focal point of a revitalized downtown. The author sees no evidence, on the contrary, the author views the project as an exploitation and plunder by the Municipal Valley Water District and the City's inability of solving social problems dealing with issues in the project area and other distressed areas. Bad government repeats ill projects and without expertise and risk these projects are nothing more than a Trojan Horse, Unuseable, and a White Elephant.

The author's point of view pertaining to the project is a bait and switch promise and a knife in the heart of San Bernardino's progress if this project goes forward. This project is an irreversible step in the wrong direction and exploitation by the water district unmatched for a City like San Bernardino. The City must find a way to solve social problems and not raze an entire neighborhood to benefit the water district and an unrealized dream of a revitalized downtown. The author does not find evidence realizing a benefit like a river walk in the middle of downtown, the center, of San Bernardino.The South Lake project: The second reservoir. This project area includes about 482,000 square feet of office and supporting retail development uses on about 34 acres, and this is located north o the Lytle Creek Flood Control Channel. South of the channel are approximately 13 acres of open spaces and wetlands’ area. (A reservoir) The South Lake area offers 5 acres for the Reservoir and only a handful of residents is affected by the South Lake project. The South Lake area is more appropriate for a large lake (34 acres) opposed to the North Lake. According to the Consolidated Administrative Record, page 8536, only four (4) housing units in the South Lake Area Project would result in demolition opposed to (437) housing units in the North Lake Area Project. The evidence is clear that the purpose of the North Lake is to vacate more than two thousand souls and raze an entire neighborhood using a 44 ½ acre of Reservoir to serve the need for Greed.

*Click the "Latest News" for an update on the South Lake project.The problem: North and South Lake. The problem is that the Municipal Valley Water District (Muni) is to purchase all the land known as the "North Lake Project." Imagine submitting eighty-four and one half acres of valuable land to Muni. Muni must not control our land until the City is financially fit at some point in time to repurchase twenty-five acres for new infrastructures, seventy two-single family homes, and three commercial pads.

The South Lake project includes about thirty-four acres of office and supporting retail development. The City and the City's Economic Development Agency would be responsible for all the development or redevelopment activities. Today, our land and properties (North Lake) are valued at one hundred and fifty million to two hundred million dollars and has the potential to increase in land value over the years. The City would lose the potential shared property tax and sales taxes for years to come. Since August 2004, Real Estate in San Bernardino County increased thirty two percent. Why would San Bernardino give millions of dollars in land and properties for reservoirs to serve others using our valuable resources not earning one cent for the City? The math of new infrastructures, at some point in time, (10yrs-25yrs) is a multi six figure number, a cost this City cannot manage. Further, why would San Bernardino vacate (to give away ) the underlying streets for Free. In other words, this City is giving Muni all the infrastructures owned by the Public Free. Follow the downtown track record of this City. The downtown track record for San Bernardino is zero and now the City wants to eliminate an entire neighborhood for a reservoir, seventy two-upscale homes plunked, isolated, and three large commercial pads in an area surrounded by neighborhoods in distress.

The problems are social and bad Government repeat mistakes from the past. The Central City Mall project a.k.a. Carousal Mall and Seccombe Lake are classic examples of bad Government. Both projects desired to limit blight and promote revitalization and a destination for people. The experts and the joint power authority failed at the expense of citizens and businesses who were forced to sell and faced Eminent Domain. The problems are social and revitalizing not using condemnation as a tool is a way to go and guarantee success without taking a financial risk and leave the failed project for others to burden. Renovation is a valuable tool and most prudent for a City like San Bernardino. Renovating the neighborhood and work the infrastructure in the project area but also other areas in distress are prudent. The Municipal Valley Water District must not own our land, tax free, and sell our natural heritage "water." The Municipal Valley Water District needs to understand that selling water must be independent from exploiting our citizens, land and water resources.

To point out, the North Lake project like other failed projects above is deemed to repeat; however, this project is unmatched for San Bernardino and will suffer consequences of great loss to all. The track record in the downtown area for failed projects is evident and to see the truth in the false, is to let the truth operate and bring forth its own action. The outcome of Seccombe Lake and the Central City Project a.k.a. Carousal Mall is "Truth in Action" today. Quick Facts

The California Environmental Quality ACT (CEQA) was intended as a legal document to protect the fullest possible protection to the environment. According to the Administrative Record, page 8560, the overall, North Lake Alternative 4 has been determined to be the Environmentally Superior Alternative aside from Alternative 1.(page 8554) Alternative 1 is the No Project Alternative. Alternative four is the North Lake Storage Tanks This alternative is good for the City's housing stock and reduce the City's population by less than the proposed project.

Alternative three is the South Lake Superior Alternative. According to the Consolidated Administrative Record, page 8574, South Lake Alternative 3 has been determined to be the Environmentally Superior Alternative. Pursuant to Section 15093 of the CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) guidelines, decision makers are required to balance the benefits of a project against its unavoidable environmental risks in determining whether to approve a project. In the event the benefits of a project outweigh the unavoidable adverse effects, the adverse environmental effects may be considered "acceptable." Further, the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino having reviewed and considered the information contained within the Final Environmental Impact Report for the project, and having reviewed and considered the information contained within the public record, and having balanced the benefit of the project against the unavoidable effect which remain, finds that such unmitigated effects to be acceptable in consideration of the following overriding considerations discussion. (Consolidated Administrative Record, page 8575.) The Mayor, Planning Commissioners, and Common Council failed to examine the Reports and failed to examine, and analyze the Records in depth. The record proves the fact that interest in critical review, analysis, and reports in the flawed Environmental Impact Report was absent. Further, comments’ presented by Valerie Ross was the final curtain draw for the Show. In other words, Ms. Ross concluded her comments as the finality and no other comments were made regardless of contrary facts and evidence presented. Due to the size and nature of the projects the Statement of Facts and Findings and all of the evidence presented the Mayor and Common Council failed to examine the impact of the Project. The project was a done deal! If the project was reviewed, analyzed, and examined the evidence would be contrary to the memo's on record. In short, there were no memo's from the Mayor and Council members (except Longville - read further) reviewing, analyzing, and examining this immense project of such significant nature.

Planning Commissioners: A handpicked group by the Common Council, uncertified, failed to mitigate the Environmental Impact.The only qualification the Commissioners must have been his or her appointment by a council member and residence in the ward of the Council member.

Reading the report on March 08, 05 the questions the Commissioners asked was evident that they failed to examine the Environmental Impact or perhaps a lack of concern knowing that they would vote in the direction to pass the certification of the Draft Environmental Impact Report.

Six City Council members (except one member) failed to examine the content of the project and mitigate the Environmental Impact.

The author examined the Administrative Record of almost 10,014 pages and not some written memos from the Council except from Councilwoman Longville.

According of the Administrative Record, page 8527, the Mayor and Common Council of the City have independently reviewed, analyzed, and exercised judgement in making their respective determinations, in accordance with Public Resources Code Section 21082.1 (c)(3). If this is the case, the record must provide evidence of such effort. On the contrary, the only memo's in the record is from Longville. The Council members did not analyze and exercised judgment because from the evidence the members never participated in reviewing, analyzing, and exercising judgment in depth! A project of this magnitude surely requires intense examination and multiple memos’ because of the significant impact.

Certainly this is evident that the council members had this project voted as a "done deal."

The numerous memos from Susan Longville are evident that her passion was the "project". The author is questioning her drive, motive, and direction of her passion. Is it possible that her drive, motive, and direction of her passion point to the promotion of the project or to protect her constituents?