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San Francisco Screams NO to Apple Moth Spraying
Guess who in this photo from last night really really doesn't want Light Brown Apple Moth spraying anytime soon. Now check this awesome video from Robert Lyles (or search for "lyles" here) to see if you're right. Larger photo here
Yesterday's "scoping" meeting in Golden Gate Park went the way you might imagine. Lots of yelling for sure.
See you after the jump.
You had your pro-spraying government representatives, a court reporter, a hundred-something riled residents and a neutral "facilitator" to help everyone get along. First, the crowd was introduced to representatives from the offices of antispraying pols Senator Carole Migden and Assemblywoman Fiona Ma. Then word came down that nobody from the state or federal government was there to answer questions.
The whole exercise was just to get public input. So you'd be allowed to rant and rave for a few minutes, and then the next person, and then on and on for two hours. Many people there were expecting more of a town hall meeting approach.
We had to leave during the opening PowerPoint-ish presentation but you should read all about it.
Everything's on a fast track and the people that want to spray have "emergency powers", so what you think about all this isn't supposed to matter much. Grass roots groups beg to differ.