Do we want a vibrant community with a variety of businesses, plenty of living wage jobs for our citizens, well-funded schools, and clean air to breathe?	Or do we want industrial blight, difficulty attracting non-industrial businesses, lower property values, poorly-funded schools, polluted air and sick children?
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Vallejo Deserves Better The Bechtel-Shell LNG gas and power plants would be bad for our health and safety, our ability to attract new businesses to Vallejo, our residential property values, our quality of life and our vision for the future. Vallejo is our home -- let's not sell it to the highest bidder. It is Over...prior to a Council vote regarding the continuation of a feasibility study Bechtel has backed out of the LNG project. In a letter addressed to Mayor Intinoli, Bechtel states that "..it has proven particularly difficult for the city to sustain it's original commitment." Tuesday night 11,398 signatures were delivered to the City Council and 50 speakers told the council that this project should not continue. We had a great group of people at the meetings, and with over 400 attending from both the Unions and the No LNG Coalition it got a bit crazy at times. We believe that the citizens had a major impact upon Bechtel backing out! Thank You to the citizens of Vallejo for speaking out! Thank You to everyone who signed the petitions and to all of the volunteers who worked so extraordinarily hard to fight this proposal. You should all be very proud of your efforts! Also a big Thank You to all the great organizations that joined VallejoCPR in the No LNG Coalition. Thank You to those of you around the U.S. and the world who have linked to our web page or helped us do our homework. Thank You to Vice Mayor Gary Cloutier for his support from the very beginning. And last but not least Thank You to City Manager David Martinez and Mayor Intinoli for acknowledging a mistake and making it public. Bechtel has not completely closed the door on Vallejo, however. Their statement indicated that they could visit us again if the climate was right. We should do all we can to make sure the opportunity will never again be available. Let's continue this with some constructive work to improve our city.
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To the Honorable Anthony Intinoli Jr.  pdf MareIslandEnergy.com Announcement VallejoNews.com Article Bechtel pulls out of gas plant project Yields to mounting opposition in Vallejo  SF Chronicle Vallejo hears reactions to Mare Island proposal  Contra Costa Times Bechtel halts Mare Island plans Contra Costa Times sf.indymedia.org bolivia.indymedia.org www.famvin.org February 4, 2003 In front of a packed Council Chamber, the Mayor and City Council voted unanimously to terminate all negotiations and discussions with Bechtel and Shell. In addition, they reaffirmed their commitment to the Mare Island Reuse Plan and our regional park, shutting the door to LNG in Vallejo. "BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Vallejo hereby accepts Bechtel's and Shell's decisions, terminates further consideration of an LNG and power plant project on Mare Island, and reaffirms the development concepts set forth in the Mare Island Reuse Plan." The final nail in the LNG coffin VallejoNews.com The End For Now... Related Links Power Play in Vallejo LNG: Coming Soon to a Port Near You?