Dear Governor Cuomo, Nov. 12th Cornell Cinema

Join us for a very special screening of the new documentary, Dear Governor Cuomo featuring a performance by the Horse Flies and special guest Natalie Merchant!

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11/12/12 at 6:30 PM at the Cornel Cinema!

Tickets are almost sold out!

Call 607-273-4497 or head to the Ticket Center Ithaca on The Commons to purchase tickets.

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Dear Laurie,

We are thrilled to let you know that the new anti-fracking documentary Dear Governor Cuomo will be showing this Monday, November 12th in Ithaca at the Cornel Cinema! The film by award winning filmmaker Jon Bowermaster takes a look at the anti-fracking movement in New York and documents the May 15th rally and concert to ban fracking in Albany. The film features Mark Ruffalo, Melissa Leo, Natalie Merchant, Joan Osborne, The Felice Brothers, Medeski Martin & Wood, Sandra Steingraber and many more musicians and anti-fracking organizers in the state.


The screening on Monday will be accompanied by an appearance by local musical favorite, the Horse Flies and singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant!

Who: The Finger Lakes Clean Waters Initiative, the New Yorkers Against Fracking coalition, author and biologist Dr. Sandra Steingraber, filmmaker Jon Bowermaster, The Horse Flies, and singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant!

What: Screening of the new documentary Dear Governor Cuomo followed by a Q/A with Filmmaker Jon Bowermaster, Sandra Steingraber, Judy Hyman and Natalie Merchant followed by a performance from the Horse Flies and Natalie Merchant!

When: Monday, November 12th at 6:30pm

Where: Cornell Cinema, 104 Willard Straight Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853

Tickets are almost sold out!!!

Tickets are available at Ticket Center Ithaca located on The Commons or by calling 607-273-4497 right now!

Frack You film screening in Ithaca Nov. 15th at Cinemopolis

http://www.frackyoufilm.com/node/8

Cortland vigil flier.11.14.12

Voting and Hurricane Sandy – Updates For Affected States | League of Women Voters

Voting and Hurricane Sandy – Updates For Affected States | League of Women Voters.

Voting and Hurricane Sandy – Updates For Affected States

Last week we shared updates on changes in voting procedures in the many states affected by Hurricane Sandy. These states sought to mitigate the impact on voters. Over the weekend several new changes have been announced in New York, New Jersey and Maryland.

Below are the new changes voters need to be aware of as of 9:30 am ET on Monday November 5, 2012:

New York:

  • Absentee Ballot:All absentee ballot applications must be requested in person at your county board of elections by Monday, November 5. Absentee ballots must be postmarked no later than Monday, November 5, 2012. See more info from the state board of elections here.
  • Polling Place Changes: Due to Hurricane Sandy, poll site information for the November 6, 2012 election may change. Continue to visit the Secretary Of State page for the latest changes in polling places provided by each County Board of Elections. Updated polling places for New York City can be found here.
  • Voters statewide can call an emergency hotline for more information: 1-855-NYS-SANDY (1-855-697-7263).
  • Voters in New York City only can call an emergency hotline for more information: 212-465-0503 and 866-VOTE-NYC.

New Jersey:

  • Displaced voters can vote via fax or email by downloading a mail-in ballot application by 5pm on November 6. The ballots must be returned electronically or in person before 8 pm on November 6. Download your ballot application here.
  • Displaced voters and first responders can vote by provisional ballot at a polling place in any county in the state. If you are in your home county, vote at the polling place where you are registered.
  • Voters are encouraged to take advantage of extended office hours at county elections offices to cast their vote early and in-person. Registered voters can also obtain and cast a ballot in-person at their county elections office up until 3 pm Tuesday, November 6.
  • Look up contact information for your county official here. Voters may also call an emergency hotline, 1-877-NJVOTER.

Maryland:

  • Registered voters who are out of their county of residence due to Hurricane Sandy are able to apply for an absentee ballot up to 5 pm Monday November 5, 2012. Download the application here.
  • Completed ballots must be mailed on or before Election Day, November 6. Find the executive order here.

Voters all over the country can use VOTE411.org to get needed election information. Use VOTE411.org to set up your personalized voting guide that will include up-to-date information you need to cast your ballot, including your polling place, voting rules, and ID requirements.

Texas landowners take a rare stand against Big Oil – Yahoo! News

Texas landowners take a rare stand against Big Oil – Yahoo! News.

Capital Business Blog » Hundreds turn out for pro-fracking rally at the State Capitol

Capital Business Blog » Hundreds turn out for pro-fracking rally at the State Capitol.

Allegations of regulatory failures at DEC

Coming up on the Capitol Pressroom –
Allegations of regulatory failures at DEC…   Healthcare literacy… Healthcare ombudspersons (ombudspeople?)
Activist Walter Hang of Toxics Targeting has issued a report documenting failures by the DEC’s Division of Mineral Resources to effectively enforce gas drilling regulations over the last 20 years.   Hang will have the details.
On another fracking front, the lawsuit filed against New York State by the Environmental Working Group seeking to uncover data being allegedly withheld by the state is being called “uncommon”.  James Pardo is fracking attorney and trial partner in the New York office of international law firm McDermott Will & Emery.
Healthcare literacy could keep you healthy; conversely, healthcare illiteracy could leave you in the dark.  We meet Karen Laing of Your Health Advocate about how critical it is that you take time to understand how the Affordable Care Act may affect your family.
Governor Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team made over 100 recommendations.  Today
Sen. Kemp Hannon chairman of the Senate Health Committee discusses a few significant ideas including the development of accountable care organizations or ACOs:  They are supposed to act as ombudsmen for you as we transition into a new system of healthcare.
 
 
 
Susan J. Arbetter
Host/Producer; News & Public Affairs Director

http://capitolbureau.org/

Community Environmental Defense Council’s work with towns

Community Environmental Defense Council, Inc.


VIDEO: Options for Local Land Use Laws – Presentation to Plymouth Town Board

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 07:01 AM PST

Plymouth NY 2/13/2012. David Slottje of Community Environmental Defense Council gives a presentation about NY ECL 23-0303, zoning under general police powers, and why all NY Towns now should enact a local ban on hydrofracking as heavy industrial activity. He explains the legal basis and judicial precedents behind this strategy.

VIDEO: Attorney David Slottje Exhorts Vestal Town Board to Ban Drilling While They Can

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:21 AM PST

 

Attorney David Slottje Exhorts Vestal Town Board to Ban Drilling While They Can from Ben B on Vimeo.

1/23/2012 – Attorney David Slottje tells the Vestal town board why they can, and should, enact a moratorium or a ban on gas drilling. New York State law clearly gives towns the authority to restrict gas drilling altogether, despite misleading statements to the contrary from gas drilling proponents. In fact, they plant such false doubts in order to scare towns into waiting until after permits are issued to consider moratoria/bans, so as to put towns in a weaker legal position, with increased liability. The town should pass a moratorium before the state issues permit and the companies invest in HVHF. Slottje and his wife Helen work pro bono to help towns craft ordinances to preserve their rights.

VIDEO: Options for Local Control for a Town Without Zoning

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 06:59 AM PST

Attorney David Slottje, Community Environmental Defense Council. November 17, 2011. Legal Issues Related to Banning Hydrofracking in the Town of Enfield: An Information Session to Understand the Options. Town of Enfield’s lawyer, Guy Krogh, and David Slottje of Community Environmental Defense Council address town board and residents of the Town of Enfield. Video by Cris McConkey. Audio by Bo Lipari.

STAR GAZETTE: Home rulemust protect from perils of fracking

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 10:43 AM PST

Waiting to pass a moratorium or protective law until after the DEC begins issuing drilling permits deprives the municipality of the single, flimsy protection for local control that the DEC has built into its draft SGEIS — the right to say that a proposal to frack in the town is “inconsistent with local land use laws.” […] waiting is not the “fiscally prudent” thing to do.

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NPR: New York Town Takes Up Fracking Issue

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:45 AM PDT

Some towns in New York are rushing to ban horizontal hydrofracking, a controversial technique for capturing natural gas trapped deep under ground. The state itself has yet to approve fracking, but Dryden, N.Y., isn’t taking any chances. Town supervisors approved a ban based on local zoning. David Chanatry of the New York Reporting Project at Utica College reports, the Dryden’s ban is the issue in next week’s town board elections.

Listen or read full story…

VIDEO: We Wanna Frackin’ Ban!

Posted: 13 Aug 2011 07:49 AM PDT

RIVER REPORTER: ‘Prohibiting’ and ‘regulating’ are not the same

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 11:47 AM PDT

Sinkhole cavern entry expected today, fearful residents meet tonight BAYOU CORNE SINKHOLE DISASTER SEPTEMBER 20, 2012BY: DEBORAH DUPRES

http://www.examiner.com/ article/sinkhole-unified- command-tells-residents- information-meeting- inappropriate.

Sinkhole cavern entry expected today, fearful residents meet tonight
BAYOU CORNE SINKHOLE DISASTER
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012BY: DEBORAH DUPRES

THE CORTLAND-ONONDAGA FEDERATION OF KETTLE LAKE ASSOCIATIONS, INC. Indoor/ Outdoor Annual Water Festival & Picnic Little York Lake Pavilion Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 1:00 to 4:00 PM

Please share this information and Please join the The Cortland-Onondaga Federation of
Kettle Lake Associations, Inc. at this terrific event in a lovely setting.

Music with Colleen Kattau and Some Guys
Special Gas Lease Table – Have a gas lease question? Bring your lease

 

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THE CORTLAND-ONONDAGA FEDERATION OF KETTLE LAKE ASSOCIATIONS, INC.
Indoor/ Outdoor
Annual Water Festival & Picnic
Little York Lake Pavilion
Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 
1:00 to 4:00 PM 
This event is free and open to all our friends and neighbors
Good food and great neighbors.
Have fun learning about our beautiful lakes
Activities / displays and Games for all ages – family fun!
Music with Colleen Kattau and Some Guys
Special Gas Lease Table – Have a gas lease question? Bring your lease
 
~ Please bring one dish to pass ~                              ~BYO for special drinks~
 
For More Information or to participate as a sponsor call:
Tarki Heath 315-696-5262, Karen Lang 607-423-4653, or Tom Cappa 315-696-6668
C-OFOKLA is a coalition of the lake associations of Song Lake, Crooked Lake, Tully Lake and Little York Lake

 

The Cortland-Onondaga Federation of
Kettle Lake Associations, Inc.