Liberty Quarry Concerns
Today is Saturday, July 4th, 2009  
The Rainbow Gap, upwind from over 100,000 residents,
is NOT the right place for a quarry.

Health Risks Created by Liberty Quarry

Silicosis is a deadly disease caused by the inhalation of razor sharp microscopic particles of silica dust.

North County Times, 3/26/08 - Doctors say quarry is a prescription for trouble

Press Enterprise, 3/26/08 - Group of physicians oppose quarry, cite health concerns

Click here to read some of the over 1.4 Million references to Silicosis on Google.com.

Read Pete Friederich's Letter to the Press Enterprise 7/20/2007

Air-pollutant chemicals and oxidized lipids - real health science from real scientists!!

• What is the risk for those of us who will be breathing the air from Liberty Quarry?

Freeway Traffic Due to Liberty Quarry

Yes, they say... there may be fewer trucks on the freeways BUT...

• With more development and more residents living in Southern California,
  won't there be alot more traffic?
• How much more traffic will pass through the Temecula Valley when the trucks turn north to meet the regional need? Click here and run your mouse on and off the map
• Will San Diego commuters face a higher risk of broken windshields?
  Click here for a thought provoking picture
  

Jobs Lost Because of Liberty Quarry

Yes, they say... Liberty Quarry may create about 100 jobs BUT...

• How many truck drivers are going to lose their jobs? Why has this issue not been discussed?
  See how many truck trips Granite Construction claims they will take off the highways per day.
  
  
• What will the impact be on our tourism economy? Why has this issue not been addressed?
  
  
• What will it do to employment at the SDSU research center adjacent to the proposed site?
  How many research projects are "on hold" pending resolution of the Liberty Quarry issue?
  How much in lost research revenue has this cost? How many jobs has this already cost?
  Click here to learn more about the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve.
  Click here to sign up for a FREE tour of the reserve.
  
  
• According to Granite, there will be no negative impacts on Temecula, Murrieta, or Lake Elsinore.
  This is an untrue statement since any major project is comprised of both costs and benefits.
  Denying the costs raises the question... What else are they saying that is untrue?
  
  

Environmental Impact of Liberty Quarry

Yes, they say... Liberty Quarry itself may not be visible from the valley below BUT...

• How will Liberty Quarry affect the wildlife in the area?
  
  
• How will Liberty Quarry affect the projects at the Santa Margarita Ecological Reseerve?
  Click here to sign up for a FREE tour of the reserve.
  
  
• How will the lights during nightime operations affect the environment?
  
  
• How will the odor of asphalt affect the desireability of being in our valley?
  
  
• Click to read this email from someone who used to live near a quarry
  
  
• Click here to see photographs of other quarries
  
  
• Click here to view a PBS film on the affect that mining can have on a community
  
  
• Read "The Initial Insult" and "The Death of the Santa Margarita River"
  by Steve Parker , Electrical Engineer, Doctor of Pharmacy, Fallbrook, California
  
  
• Read "Facts about LIberty Quarry" by Jerri Arganda of Rainbow Against the Quarry
  
  
• DEQ Penalizes California-based Contractor on State Highway Project $240,000 for Water Pollution Violations - Agency cites Granite Construction for 40 of 61 violations regarding discharges into Yaquina River and its tributaries from June 2006 through May 2007
  
  

Erosion of Property Values Caused by Liberty Quarry

Health risk, freeway traffic, job loss and adverse enivornental impact combine to make Temecula a less desirable place to live which directly impacts decisions to buy property and consequently property values. California state law requires disclosure of "Material Facts" that may cause some one to alter their decision to act. That would include Liberty Quarry. If you think this won't have a negative impact on home values and home equity, please think again.

Temecula Valley Realtors currently use a disclosure document approved by the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) that is called the "Seller Property Questionaire" (C.A.R. Form SPQ 04/05). It is not required by law but is highly recommended for use by C.A.R. The "Seller Property Questionaire" does not specifically cover Liberty Quarry because it is a statewide form and Temecula Valley Realtors do not currently have a "Local Area Disclosure" like the two communities listed below.

• Click the links to below to see how the disclosure issue has been formalized in two other California communities.
  How San Diego treats disclosure of the Rosemary Mountiain quarry - Note Item #8c page 11
  How disclosure is treated regarding the quarry in the Santa Carita Valley - Note Item #17
  
  
• If you were going to buy a home here, would you want to know about the proposed quarry?
  How many Temecula area home purchase decisions have already been deferred pending resolution of this issue? What affect has this had on property values?
  
  
• What do you think an operating quarry may do to property values?
  
  
• Will the taxes generated from Liberty Quarry offset the lost revenue from the lower taxes on
  all the homes with reduced values in the Temecula Valley area?
  
  

  Property values in this area are already under significant downward pressure. NOW is NOT the right time to allow a controversial facility like Liberty Quarry which may act to further depress property values. Click Here for Info on Prop 8 Decline in Value Reassessment Procedure

More Volunteers Needed

Speakers are needed to help address concerns
at the Riverside County Board of Supervisors

Click here to read Nick Biddle's report of his experience on Tues 6/26/07

You can help keepTemecula a great place to live.

North County Times, 5/5/2008 - TEMECULA: Anti-quarry rally draws 2,500
your comments are welcome

Just Say NO to Liberty Quarry
NO Not Here!!! NO Not Now!!!
- 2007 -

This is the 2007 sign.
Note the addition of the exclamation mark in 2008!

Click Here to See Enlarged Version

More Volunteers Needed Volunteers are needed for many different aspects of the campaign to stop Liberty Quarry. Protect Your Health, Protect Your Property Values. Step forward and join the fight. You can help keepTemecula a great place to live. Name How would you like to help? Volunteer experience? Phone Best time to call Email Comments Help Raise Public Awareness Use the button below to add this website to your favorite social bookmarking site

Granite Construction, Inc., a $2-billion a year company, plans to excavate the Nation's largest granite open-pit mine 1 mile SW of Temecula in the Rainbow Gap. The proposed "Liberty Quarry", raises important concerns for every one of the 100,000 + residents who live DOWNWIND in the Temecula Valley. This open-pit mine will be: 1mile long 1,000 feet deep Located on a 311 acre site Operating 20 hours a day, 6 days a week Blasting & grinding 300 tons of rock per day Extracting over a 1/4 of a billion tons of granite Facilities will include: On-site cement plants On-site asphalt plants Aggregate processing operations Liberty Quarry - Riverside County Surface Mine Permit No. 213 - This page contains project proposal and environmental documents related to the Surface Mine Permit No. 213 application (also known as Liberty Quarry). Sign located on the west side of I15 as you approach Rainbow

July 4, 2007 Save Our Southwest Hills marched in the parade
to help raise community awareness of Liberty Quarry

What are the differences between Granite's Indio facility and the proposed Liberty Quarry? Click the above link to view a movie about a tour of Granite Construction's Indio Quarry and to see just how different their proposed Liberty Quarry will be. This short movie also illustrates how close the proposed open pit mine will be to Temecula. KZSW TV 27 News on Quarry Annexation

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Q. Why does Granite's "libertyquarryfacts.com" website get top mention and your "libertyquarryconcerns.com" is listed in 8th position in a search for "liberty quarry" on Google?  The same search words on Yahoo yield a better positioning result with your website second only to Granite, who is again first.  It seems that there must be some criterion which preempts even alphabetical order..is it $$...? Lynn Davis, Rainbow Against the Quarry

A. Search engine positioning has to do with many factors. One of the most important is link popularity. Click here to read more about it.  Basically, the theory is that the more other website owners create links to your site, the more useful your information must be. It is sort of a democratic process. The bottom line...to get www.LibertyQuarry.com ranked higher, we need every website owner possible to create links from their website over to ours.

As far as the money issue goes, it is possible to buy "sponsored links" on the top and sides of search engines but it does not appear that Granite Construction is doing that.

"Wine Country NOT Mine Country"
Get more information, become involved and help keep our community a great place to live.
Contact one or more of the following today!!

More Volunteers Needed Volunteers are needed for many different aspects of the campaign to stop Liberty Quarry. Protect Your Health, Protect Your Property Values. Step forward and join the fight. You can help keepTemecula a great place to live. Name How would you like to help? Volunteer experience? Phone Best time to call Email Comments Help Raise Public Awareness Use the button below to add this website to your favorite social bookmarking site

Much thanks to the following and many more for their leadership
and contributions to the cause . . .

• Jerri Arganda
• Nick Biddle
• Jerry Burdick-Rutz
• Betty Chypre
• Lynn Davis
• Nita Delnay
• Kathleen Hamilton
• Nancy Knight
• Jim MItchell
• Chip Morton
• Matt Rahn
• Robin Reid
• Marti Scott
• Save Our Southwest Hills

If you have questions, comments, suggestions, something you'd like added to this website, or
you'd like to receive important news and updates relating to the opposition of Liberty Quarry,
please email concerned@libertyquarry.com

This website was last updated Saturday, July 4th, 2009