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We first blew
the whistle on Nestlé’s theft of water from
these public lands in 2015 and eight years later
we’re as committed as ever to return this
precious resource to public
control.
Over the past
year, we’ve participated fully in the hearings
leading up to this vote – our legal team
introduced hundreds of pieces of evidence to
supplement the record developed by Water Board
investigators, we called and cross-examined
numerous witnesses and participated in a site
visit to the spring complex BlueTriton taps, all
at considerable expense.
But what
really got us to this exciting juncture is the
enormous public attention and pressure our
Community has been able to generate, on Nestlé
and BlueTriton, on the Forest Service and on the
Water Board.
In Sacramento,
I’ll be standing alongside Steve Loe, Amanda
Frye and Hugh Bialecki, the local residents
who’ve led the campaign through thick and
thin.
You met Steve
and Amanda back in 2015 when we made
This
Land is Your Land, a short documentary
about Nestlé’s controversial decision to keep
bottling California’s water in the midst of a
severe drought.
Their
stick-to-it-ivness and grit are the stuff
citizen-led campaigns are made of and their
commitment has kept us going. They, and all of
us at Story of Stuff Project, are in turn
incredibly grateful for the support our
Community has shown them and us over the
years.
This has been
a costly, years long legal battle – the Story of
Stuff Project has been footing the bill, and we
think it’s worth every penny. But unlike our
opposition, we don’t have deep corporate
pockets. We have you – and you’ve taken us right
to the finish line!
Will
you show your support for this campaign by
pitching in today?
You can
watch the Board meeting
here
on Tuesday starting at 9:30 – the Cease &
Desist Order is Agenda Item #7.
I’ll be sure
to get an update out as soon as we know the
result of the vote.
Thanks as
always for your support!
Sincerely,
Michael
O’Heaney
Executive
Director
P.S. If you’re
interested in reading the Draft Order the Water
Board will vote on, you can access it
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