Bechtel & Shell wants to build a massive Gas
Plant in our Front Yard
But what does our community want?
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.
For more information or reflection about this great news :
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."