4 results for month: 08/2017
Stopping construction of a dirty cement factory in Vallejo
The Vallejo Marine Terminal (VMT) is a proposed deep water port designed to bring slag from China and/or Japan for a proposed plant—Orcem—to grind into cement on the Vallejo waterfront at the mouths of the Napa River and Mare Island Strait. The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for this proposed project was released in September 2015, and Fresh Air Vallejo formed when a group of near strangers came together to read and analyze the 788 page DEIR and 3,000 pages of exhibits. These citizen-analysts found that the Orcem/VMT operation would reactivate long-unused railroad tracks that bisect Vallejo, and would generate hundreds of trucks daily on ...
Tagami gets thumbs-down from Police Commission Selection Panel
No Coal in Oakland mobilized in opposition to the possible appointment of Phil Tagami to the new civilian Police Commission. We are delighted to report that the Police Commission Selection Panel did not include Tagami in their proposed slate, which will be submitted to the City Council for final approval.
Tagami offered himself as one of 146 candidates for the commission, and remained in the running when the Selection Panel narrowed the field to 28.
According to one member of the Selection Panel, "The Selection Panel has received over 50 emails in opposition to Phil Tagami, and the message is not lost nor has fallen on deaf ears."
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Tagami Police Commission interview: join NCIO Tuesday at 7pm
Coal promoter and developer Phil Tagami is currently a candidate for a position on Oakland’s Police Commission. No Coal in Oakland is horrified at the prospect that this man—who proposes to bring toxic coal into Oakland and has sued the City to overthrow its popular ban on coal—could be chosen to represent residents on a city commission that will provide civilian oversight of the Police Department by reviewing and proposing changes to Department policies and procedures, requiring the Mayor to appoint any new Chief of Police from a list of candidates provided by the Commission, and having the authority to terminate the Chief of Police for ...
Let’s Keep Coal Promoter Tagami off the Oakland Police Commission
Phil Tagami is currently a candidate for a position on Oakland’s Police Commission. This powerful new commission will provide civilian oversight of the Police Department by reviewing and proposing changes to Department policies and procedures, requiring the Mayor to appoint any new Chief of Police from a list of candidates provided by the Commission, and having the authority to terminate the Chief of Police for cause.
Out of an original 146 applicants for the four seats on the commission to be chosen by a selection panel, 28 were selected for second interviews. Tagami is one of the 28 who made the cut and is still under consideration.
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