In a paid advertising supplement from Sunday, July 26, 2009, Granite Construction made the above statement that Liberty Quarry will have "No net impacts to regional air quality." In absolute contradiction to that paid advertisement, the actual statement in the letter that was sent out with the Draft Environmental Report by the County of Riverside Transportation and Land Management Agency reads as follows:
"Significant and Unavoidable Environmental Impacts: DEIR No. 475 determined that the proposed project would result in significant and unavoidable impacts to Air Quality and Traffic/Transportation, which cannot be mitigated to below a level of significance. In addition, the DEIR determined that the proposed project would contribute to cumulatively considerable and unavoidable impacts to Air Quality (criteria pollutants and greenhouse gasses) Biological Resources (wildlife movement), Traffic/Transportation (funding and timing of road improvements), and Utilities (water supply) which cannot be mitigated to below a level of significance. As a result of the potential significant and unavoidable impacts, adoption of a Statement of Overriding Considerations will be required in order for the project to be approved."
How can they do that? More importantly, how can we trust a company that does that! There is no "fact checking" required of paid advertising, so it is up to us to get to the real truth in situations such as this. This is word-smithing at its finest...and at the cost of our community.
Spread the word. We are paying attention!
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How can you help get the real facts out to the community?
Forward this email. Use the link at the end of the email and add 5 friends and family to receive this email. Their privacy is protected and they will only receive future emails if they sign up to receive them. Then ask THEM to forward it on to 5 of their friends and family. We can really spread the word this way, and with our limited funds, it is the most effective we can be.
 Donate what ever you can, as often as you can. It is your community too, so we have added a simple PayPal donation button on the SOS-Hills web site to make even the smallest donation easy for you to do. That way, you can easily do your part in "getting the truth" out. Think about skipping that expensive coffee today and instead contribute to the future health of your very own community.
Write the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Click here to go the web page for the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Click on each one and then click their "Contact Us" button. If you want to write a letter to any or all of them, listed below are their mailing addresses. Ultimately, they will vote to approve the quarry permit so they need to know what you, the citizens of the County of Riverside, think about this.
Bob Buster
District 1 Supervisor
PO Box 1527
Riverside, CA 92502-1527
John Tavaglione
District 2 Supervisor
Post Office Box 1646
Riverside, CA 92502-1646
Jeff Stone
District 3 Supervisor
29995 Evans Rd. Suite 103
Sun City, CA 92586
Roy Wilson
District 4 Supervisor
73-710 Fred Waring Drive
Suite 222
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Marion Ashley
District 5 Supervisor
14375 Nason St. Suite 207
Moreno Valley, CA 92555
Volunteer. Click here and click on the Contact Us button on the left. Then enter your contact information and that you would like to volunteer in the text. Share any ideas you may have there too.
The Timeline
The Draft Environmental Impact Report has been submitted by Granite Construction to the County of Riverside Planning Commission. The deadline to respond to the DEIR has been extended to November 23rd. Some months after that, the responses to those comments will be made and the Supervisors will vote on the mining permit. Let us all be a steady and constant reminder to the Supervisors that we care about our community and that we are very well informed.
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Be informed and get involved. We CAN keep our community as clean and safe as it already is!
Sincerely,
Kathleen Hamilton
SOS Hills
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