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Orange County, CA | November 5, 2002 Election |
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My GoalBy Joey J. RacanoCandidate for Council Member; City of Huntington Beach |
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My name is Joey Racano, and my goal is to restore our reputation as the worlds playground destination, by restoring our environment to a natural state of HEALTH and ABUNDANCE.Hello...
Im Joey Racano, City Council Candidate in Huntington
Beach for 2002.
I am endorsed by Mayor of La Palma PAUL WALKER, the OCSD Boardmember who cast the historic final vote that put the waiver to rest, and I am also endorsed by the Green Party of Orange County. Further, I am endorsed by Bruce Monroe, National Marine Committee Chairman of the National Task Force on Marine Protected Areas. In 2000 through 2001, I am proud to have played a role in the successful defense of the State Coastal Act that saved Littleshell wetland. I also helped stop the 301(h) waiver, closing a loophole in the Clean Water Act that for 30 years allowed the Orange county Sewage District to discharge the dirtiest sewage in the nation. I continue to press FOR full secondary treatment of all sewage, and AGAINST the dumping of CHLORINE. I favor using prop 50 and Land and Water Conservation funds to purchase the Bolsa Chica Mesa. The Bolsa Chica Mesa and Wetlands are a single eco-system that must remain natural and whole. I propose helping fund the infrastructure repair shortfall by creation of the 'NEWPORT/INGLEWOOD WILDLIFE CORRIDOR'. It will include 5 wetland/open space areas, as well as 12 educationally important, culturally significant archeological sites- all within Huntington Beach. Replete with interpretive centers, elevated walkways, and related rentals, this magnet for international eco-tourism dollars will provide habitat for indigeones species, filter our water, and provide educational oportunities for our schools. I favor a Pro-Humane animal shelter for our city, which would be far more affordable than the 'MYERS/ALLEN' study has suggested. I oppose the districting of our city, or any reduction in the number of councilmembers. Balancing our BUDGET is a matter of priorities. Before we balance the budget on the backs of LOW INCOME SENIORS, close the Nature Center, lay off the Ranger, cut LIBRARY HOURS, or darken HBTV, we need ask ourselves-
"Do we really need a new 18 million dollar sports
complex, and its
projected $700,000.00 SHORTFALL when we already
have GREER PARK,
MURDY PARK, GOLDEN WEST PARK, EDISON, and
MILES of BEACH?"
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I would favor regionalization of FIRE SERVICES, with
the right county
guarantees.
This would increase public safety (by cutting response
times) and be
less expensive for the city as well.
.................................................................... Finally, I intend to implement S.A.N.D. Plan, my 5 point clean water action plan. Point one, getting rid of the WAIVER, has already been realized. Point two, Full Secondary Treatment of all SEWAGE. Point three, 'DON'T BLEACH THE BEACH'. Tertiarry disinfection, yes, but with the emphasis on purification, not sterilization, avoiding what I call the 'TIDY BOWL' effect. Point four, SOURCE CONTROL and SEPARATION' A) It is much cheaper to nab pollutants at the source- an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! B) Keep separate the FECAL DEBRIS in residential effluent from the heavy metals in industrial effluent- these metals kill the beneficial microbes neccessarry for secondary treatment! Point 5, 'POROUS PAVING and PERCOLATION PONDS' A) ...Visit http://www.invisiblestructures.com to see how porous paving stops URBAN RUNOFF. B) Point 5 also reclaims the 243 million gallons of water wasted each day out the OCSD outfall, treats it to primary, secondary, then reverse osmosis levels, then sends it to AES for cooling their equipment (this is already being done in CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA, creating a 200,000 dollar ANNUAL windfall for that city!). Point 5 of S.A.N.D. Plan-
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