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proposal. For many progressives, the effective aftermath highlighted the possibility that grassroots action still can work despite the power Wall Street and the big banks hold over American society. As Occupy Wall Street spread and gave birth to Occupy movements in cities and towns across the country, progressive groups became local focus points for community action. The Marin MoveOn Council was involved from the start in forming Occupy Marin, says Johnstone, a San Anselmo resident. Members of the Marin Peace & Justice Coalition also were there at the start. “Those were the two largest groups who were there at ďŹ rst big Move Your Money rallies,â€? she says. That effort urged people to close their accounts at the big banks and deposit their money in community banks and credit unions. The grassroots nature of the Occupy movement has political pundits in a twist because no strict hierarchy exists. But that doesn’t mean the movement totally lacks organization. Johnstone participates in what she calls “inter-occupyâ€? calls during which she talks with occupiers across the nation. “We’re working on foreclosure now, and [I can] really keep my hands on what’s happening in all different parts of the country and how people are approaching the issues and what’s effective. We are deďŹ nitely connected. Even if [Occupy Marin doesn’t] go and participate in all actions, we stand in solidarity.â€? 10 > Store Hours: M-F 9-8 U SAT 9-7 U SUN 10-7 508 TAMALPAIS DRIVE U CORTE MADERA, CA 94925

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< 7 Open season on foreclosures is built on the foundation of a national mortgage settlement between 49 states and lenders. Among its provisions, the legislation prohibits lenders from proceeding with foreclosure while a homeowner’s request for solutions other than foreclosure are under review. Goff says that was the case when Wells Fargo proceeded with foreclosure. But the legislation didn’t help Goff and Graybill—it doesn’t take effect until Jan. 1. Occupy Marin is calling for a moratorium on foreclosures until the law takes effect. Although it’s too late for Goff and Graybill, it could prove beneďŹ cial to other Marin homeowners facing bank eviction. “Foreclosure has been one of the major issues for Occupy because it is one of the major economic issues in the country,â€? says Occupy Marin spokeswoman Barbara Bogard, a Mill Valley resident. Other homeowners have contacted Occupy Marin to seek help as well. Foreclosures have declined across the country and in Marin, but the foreclosure rate still poses a serious threat to the economy and to the many homeowners in ďŹ nancial crisis. In June, Marin saw 57 notices of sale, according to Foreclosure Radar. That’s a 57.14 decline from June 2011. Foreclosure Radar also reports that in June of this year, Marin saw 90 notices of default, a decline of 15.09 percent from June 2011. Even with the good news of the downward trend, those who face foreclosure ďŹ nd little solace in the macro numbers. The Occupy movement sees foreclosures as just one symptom of ďŹ nancial inequality that eats at the heart of democracy. Occupy Oakland came across the bay to support Occupy Marin in rallying behind Goff and Graybill. The effort received national notoriety resulting in a media feast that featured afuent Marin and foreclosures. But Marin has been far from immune in the foreclosure contagion. And for some here, the situation is harder psychologically than elsewhere, says Bogard. “In some ways it’s more difďŹ cult here because people who go through it here are so embarrassed about it. They are ashamed. We have many people going through it here who don’t want to admit it. They don’t want to take action. They don’t want to do anything about it because they don’t want to tell anybody about it. They are humiliated.â€? Occupy offers support. “We see ourselves as providing community,â€? says Bogard, “and creating a situation where nobody has to go through this alone.â€? Pat Johnstone, an organizer with the Marin Council of MoveOn.org, also is a spokeswoman for Occupy Marin, a connection that highlights the lineage of Occupy Marin. In October 2011, MoveOn joined the Occupy Wall Street movement in protests that swept the country and called attention to practices at the big banks. One trigger was Bank of America’s proposal to charge customers $5 a month to use their debit cards. The chorus of objections that reverberated across the country convinced the bank to table the

< 7 Newsgrams “Eileen was an improbable, compassionate, and astonishing physician and colleague,� said Dr. Colin Hamblin, of the West Marin Medical Center.“She gave care equal to three physicians.� Michael Whitt, founder of the WMMC, credits her with helping keep the doors open when the clinic was in danger of closing. “She devoted her life to her patients in a way that is uncommon today. She will be sorely missed,�said Whitt.

Preservationists whittle away at sale of lumber company A possible buyer is hoping to carve out a deal for the Mill Valley Lumber Co., which turned off its circular saws after 120 years earlier this summer because the wood-chopping business simply wasn’t cutting it financially. The Cerri family has owned the buzz biz since the late 1990s and they say the lumber mill, located at 129 Miller Avenue near the downtown, has struggled as a business since the economy tanked in 2008.Word is that Mill Valley residents with a penchant for historic preservation have stepped forward with an offer that may or may not match the $1.8 million the Cerris originally were asking.The deal is confidential until close of escrow next month. The lumber company had its genesis in 1889 when the Northwestern Pacific Railroad built a line from its Tam Junction stop deep into the valley at the base of Mount Tamalpais.The railroad ambled down the center of Miller Avenue and over Corte Madera Creek and terminated at what is now the downtown plaza. It was along this last stretch of track that Mill Valley pioneer and shipping magnate Robert Dollar had settled in the 1850s. In 1892, Dollar took a look at the building boom around him and promptly converted his parcel of land into a lumberyard. In 1912 it merged with Doherty’s Lumber Yard, a rival just a half block up the railroad tracks, to become the Mill Valley Lumber Company. Hal Brown finally gets his bench! The Hal Brown Bench has only been officially“dedicated� in its new digs at Creek Park in San Anselmo since Saturday—and already it’s one of the most sat-upon benches in Marin. The town of San Anselmo held its bench dedication Aug. 4 in honor of the late Ross Valley supervisor who died of cancer March 2.The bench is located at the Hub with an unobstructed view of San Anselmo and the greater Ross Valley. In attendance were several of Brown’s family members, as well as his longtime aide—and his successor on the board—Katie Rice, San Anselmo Mayor Tom McInerney and former Mayor Peter Breen, who played a big role in securing the bench. “Hal had many things named for him,� notes San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce President 10 > Connie Rodgers,“but he always wanted a bench.� COUPON

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