NOTICE TO CITY OF CHICO RESIDENTS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION The City of Chico is seeking applications from volunteers to serve on the newly created Climate Action Commission. The deadline for submitting applications to serve on this commission is Friday, November 1, 2019. Applicants must be residents of the City of Chico and qualified voters (18 years or older). The Commission is comprised of seven members, three of whom must have experience in climate action related activities, social/community services, energy, economics, transportation, or business. The Climate Action Commission will provide recommendations to the Council for adoption, a comprehensive climate action plan, monitor and recommend updates based on quantified metrics to measure and evaluate reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and community benefits. The Commission will meet on the second Thursday of the month at 6 pm. Initial appointments will be staggered with four positions ending in 2020 and three ending in 2022. Applications are available on the City’s website at www.ci.chico.ca.us and from the City Clerk’s Office, 411 Main Street, 3rd Floor, Chico. Please call 896-7250 if you have any questions. ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE BY 5:00 P.M, Friday, November 1, 2019.
LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 5 Chico needs road repair, street lighting, fire and police, housing and homeless issues resolved, but do it with accurate, doable solutions. What if the simple majority-passed measure is used for pension shortfalls, salary increases and other perks?
—Joe azzarito
Support Medicare for All Private insurance corporations kill more than 28,000 of us every year by blocking access to pay for needed care. One in 3 of us skip care even if we’re insured because we can’t afford the additional outof-pocket expenses. Harsh facts. True nonetheless. The 2019 Medicare for All Act, H.R. 1384, is the only current national legislation that will change this and it will cost less than what we are spending now. Go to Butte County Health Care Coalition, Physicians for a National Health Program, National Nurses United, and Public Citizen and read what it does. Join the campaigns for local Medicare for All resolutions. Demand your inclusion in this social good—like fire protection, roads and sewage treatment. Represent your family and friends at the Medicare for All rally in San Francisco on Nov. 2. Simple facts, clear solution. Hard fight. Let’s win it. Paul O’Rourke-Babb Chico
The POTUS show A week in the life of the Disclaimerin-Chief. More than embarrassing, it’s a serious concern: ● The president has actively been obstructing a congressional impeachment inquiry. ● Four associates of Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, have been arrested for alleged campaign finance violations, including attempts to inject foreign money into U.S. politics. ● Trump spent time at a Dallas rally belittling an ally that fought sideby-side with Americans in the war against ISIS. ● The president announced that he had chosen his Doral Resort in Miami as the site for the June 2020 G-7 Summit, claiming he won’t make any money off it. ● Trump’s acting chief-of-staff, 6
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Mick Mulvaney, said Trump tied the release of congressionally approved military aid for Ukraine in exchange for help in an investigation of a political opponent, exclaiming, “We do this all the time, get over it.” ● Trump released his letter sent to Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan telling him not to be a fool. ● Mulvaney went on Fox News and denies it when Chris Wallace pressed him on what he said on camera. ● Probably at the advice of consigliere William Barr, Trump removed Doral from consideration as the host site for the G-7 Summit. Hollywood would be hardpressed to script this. You can’t make this stuff up. Roger S. Beadle Chico
Acknowledge the turd Nearly every opinion last week (silent spring, Trump, PG&E, unsustainable population) whined about the smell while sidestepping the turds of the elephant in the room: free market capitalism. It’s like you are allowed to exercise your human-nature need to complain as long as you don’t mention Big Brother by name. Ten Commandment No. 3: “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.” Until we are willing to reject this heartless, soulless ruler of the world—and to identify its inevitable path to (global warming—oops, not allowed to say that) climate change, scarcity, apocalypse—we are all pawns in the devil’s plan. Roland McNutt Chico
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