Quake Near Trinidad California - 5.5 and 18 miles away

Monday, February 13, 2012 at 01:07:02 PM at epicenter

5.5! 18 miles from Trinidad towards Bald Hills Road and 30 miles deep.

Better inland, than at sea :)

USGS Link:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/nc71734741.php

Thanks for Voting NO!

Good City Council meeting last night - didn't get too pummeled 'going against the flow' haha

I want to personally thank those of you who made your concerns and opinions known to us by the extra effort the process required of you.

Some of my favorite written quotes from ratepayers:

'.. how many of you have interviewed any of your constituents?'

'.. (protesting) on behalf of our tenants who are those who will ultimately be the ones required to pay.'

'.. there are times that politicians choose to do the right thing even if it's not the popular thing.'

I'm sorry to report your rates are going up as high as originally proposed.

From the City:
1. Water Rate Protest Comments:
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As of 1:45pm today, 72 protest votes have been received. Many of them arrived in the template NO format. A handful of others had comments attached.

We did get 2 verbal commitments and our current mayor stated support for reducing the in/out-of-town differential charged to zero the next time rates are reviewed by them.

That's some good progress!

Also, the City will investigate not raising this new rate an additional 2.5 percent in a few months, and will report if lowering the rate in the future requires another Prop.218 odyssey.

Continue to make yourself heard, and closely monitor our budgeting process this Spring!

Water Rate Increase Coming Next Wednesday for Trinidad, CA

Please feel free to call me with questions, or if you need
help getting your 'VOTE NO!' submitted by next Wednesday' s
Trinidad, CA City Council Meeting at 7pm, Feb. 8th.

Remember .. if you don't write a note, you vote yes - sneaky huh?!

Online Protest Form

Don’t go with the flow on this one, send it back
to the Council for a more conservative increase.

Mike Morgan, 677-0101 (2-5pm)
Your most conservation oriented Councilmember -
especially when your cash is the resource!