October 04, 2005

Whistleblower Trial Starts Next Week !
 
From: Oscar Braun [mailto:oscar@oscarknows.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:40 AM
To: News@sanmateodailynews.com; Editor at Almanac News; Editor San Jose Mercury; Editor SF Examiner; Clay@hmbreview.com; Laura Ernde; Laura Ernde; jjouvenal@examiner.com; Julie Scott; rkim@sfchronicle.com
Re:Letter to the Editor: Whistleblower Trial Starts Next Week !  

Dear Editor,

On April 30, 2002, I appeared before the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors to protest and appeal the Devil’s Slide Tunnel project.  I stated on the record in part: “The Half Moon Bay Coastside Foundation asserts that the Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, Committee for Green Foothills, County of San Mateo and California Coastal Commission have conspired to prohibit ALL legal and approved coastal zone community growth by limiting road access as well as water and sewer systems.  The Coastal Commission has illegally delayed and blocked voter approved development of our schools, Boys & Girls Club, housing, water and sewer systems in the San Mateo Coastal Zone.  The California Superior Court ruled last year that the California Coastal Commission violates the states’ separation of powers as embodies in our California Constitution.  The Half Moon Bay Coastside Foundation demands that the California Coastal Commission immediately exempt ALL locally approved development projects in the San Mateo County Coastal Zone that provide mitigation schemes for their proposed statutory delineated coastal ESHA development.  The Half Moon Bay Coastside Foundation asserts that ALL Californians receive equal treatment under the Coastal Act.  We demand a public hearing regarding this Final Notice of Violation of the San Mateo County Local Coastal Program, California Coastal Act, U.S. Endanger Species Act and the CEQA/NEPA review process.”

On August 8, 2002, the Board of Supervisors , at the request of the Committee for Green Foothills, ordered the bulldozing  of the Braun’s ranch entire water system, the affordable housing , stable, and all agricultural structures.  The Whistleblower Retaliation trial begins in U.S. District County on October 11, 2005.

Oscar & Andrea Braun
Co-Founders Half Moon Bay Coastside Foundation aka www.saveourbay.org
Telephone: 650-726-3307
Oscar@saveourbay.org or Oscar@cwposse.org