YOUR SUPPORT is Needed in Pinole on April 17th

[chiselchst]

Folks,

Your attendance and participation is requested on
Tuesday, April 17th, 6:00 P.M. 5:30 P.M. at the Pinole City Council meeting.
Pinole City Hall
2131 Pear Street, Pinole, CA

ETA; Meeting agenda made public 4-12-12 states meeting start time is now 5:30 P.M.

The City of Pinole Will be Taking Public Input During the April 17th City Council Meeting on Whether to Re-Introduce Previously Existing Municipal Codes Preventing ANY Home Based FFL’s, and to Prevent the Sale of Ammunition from Any Home Based Business.

The Pinole Planning Commission, at the request of the Police Chief and some Council members, has provided modifications of City code preventing Home Based FFL’s, that will be voted on by the City Council during their regularly scheduled meeting April 17. .

We need your assistance helping this city understand that regulation is unnecessary.

Please come and show your support! Voice your opinion!

[Librarian]

See the old thread (now closed) http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=524564 for more background.

[puppy8a9]

For those who can begin to follow my nerdiness issues in regards to Pinole FFL and regulation issues :-D

Ok here is the deal at this point. I will be going to the DA in the next two days about use and development of policies in regards to the moratorium without public hearing. No established process of procedure in development and maintenance of such policy. Lack of public notice resulting in a partial taking of property by lack of ability to fully utilize property for purposes of income during either a permanent of temporary basis.

This and so many more issues really that most will not be able to follow but I hope some start to understand.

In addition I also have claim to the Attorney General for an overcharge for public records and failure to provide documents requested violating transparency laws, intentional deception and misleading of the public.

They have a use of government code 65858 to develop moratorium but also do not follow this code which is on urgency matters limited to 45 days and must be a matter of health and safety that has to be established by reports. These reports were requested by the police chief but either no reports were ever done or more likely there are no findings.

Further investigation always leads to more violations.

Better yet while in office I ran into a woman with a taking issue where she is only left with 4 acres of her property and the rest was confiscated by the city for open land use reasons. This is an illegal taking regarding imminent domain issues and she has council to handle this. I will be referring her to Pacific Legal Foundation to a man that likes these deals to assist her lawyer and show a pattern of taking by shown practice by the city issues.

So are we having fun yet? Well there are two council members hiding campaign contributions through secondary use funds but that I will probably never have to touch. I included the Senator for this district in the emails and I am sure he will advise of the crew I have behind me and our documented abilities against public agencies which normally is a pain in their *** but results in significant cost savings through litigation reduction through process and procedure corrective actions.

Long winded enough? LOL Now that is just a start.

To top is off it looks like the applicant is facing retaliatory issues that will warrant litigation. Retaliation is via PD Chief.

[puppy8a9]

Ok so maybe I will post some of my letters later. Apparently council and city has received NO letters besides me and the two attorneys. I would like to see letters written on this subject. Here are the email addresses of council and commission

Mayor
Pete Murray
Term expires: Dec 2012
pmurray@ci.pinole.ca.us

Mayor Pro Tem
Debbie Long
Term expires: Dec 2014
dlong@ci.pinole.ca.us

Councilmember
Timothy Banuelos
Term expires: Dec 2014
tbanuelos@ci.pinole.ca.us

Councilmember
Phil Green
Term expires: Dec 2014
pgreen@ci.pinole.ca.us

Councilmember
Roy Swearingen
Term Expires: Dec 2012
rswearingen@ci.pinole.ca.us

City Attorney - Benjamin T. Reyes, II; Meyers/Nave
Email: cityatty@ci.pinole.ca.us
Web: www.meyersnave.com/reyes

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
2131 Pear Street, Pinole, CA 94564 - map
Tel: (510) 724-9000 - Fax: (510) 724-9826
Email: cityhall@ci.pinole.ca.us
Web: www.ci.pinole.ca.us/admin/

PLANNING DIVISION
Tel: (510) 724-8912
Email: planning@ci.pinole.ca.us
Web: www.ci.pinole.ca.us/planning/

[chiselchst]

April 17th Meeting Time Moved to 5:30 P.M.?

The meeting agenda for the April 17th Pinole City Council meeting has been released. Here are some quotes:

http://www.ci.pinole.ca.us/admin/docs/cc-rda/2012/2012-04-17/AG-2012-04-17.pdf

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PINOLE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TUESDAY,
April 17, 2012 5:30 P.M.Significant Exposure to litigation4. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF CLOSED SESSION
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8. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. Consider Introduction of An Ordinance To Modify Pinole Municipal Code Chapters 17.22, 17.64 and 17.98 and To Add Chapter 17.63 Related to the Sale Firearms and Ammunition in the City of Pinole [Council Report No. 2012-59; Action: Introduce Ordinance & Waive First Reading (Rhodes/Hardester)]
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I'm sure others knowing much more than I regarding these matters will chime in soon...

[chiselchst]

The meeting is tomorrow night, the 17th. All help mucho appreciated!

[jdberger]

Alright, folks. I think that we can do better than this.

If you can't show up, write a letter and email it. We cannot win if no one cares enough to put forth some effort.

I'll post my sample letter in a little bit....

[chiselchst]

Not much effort here from CG'ers...

There's been like 3 letters received thus far, and no one stating they'll show up in this thread...

So, LCAV will have a couple of attorneys, the Brady folks will be there, and Sotos will likely show & speak again. And on our side? Are we surrendering here?

Well I'm not...

[dantodd]

Sorry, can't make this one. My lovely bride has something going on today and I can't escape.

[masameet]

Will the applicant be there?

I seem to recall him saying he was scheduled to be out of town on the day of this meeting.

[chiz]

i'll be there

[jdberger]

Good luck guys. Reference the Sunnyvale drill wherein Staff found no correlation between gun stres and crime, no correlation between home based FFLs ad crime, no less of property values and no detrimental effects at all.

[jdberger]

Looks like Cal-FFL sent a letter.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=561735

[chiselchst]

The CC passed the ban on home based FFL's tonight.

CH 5 CBS news were there, and will air an episode tonight they say.

KTVU 2 was there, covered it briefly already...on their 10:00 news

KGO 7 was also there. Will record the 11:00 broadcast, as I have to get up 3:15 am tomorrow.

The LCAV legal team was there, as well as the Brady's, as was Andreas Soto.

Special thanks to Alany (Puppy) & Dan (Wash). Greatful for your support and help. Thanks very much...
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"Pinole council bans home-based gun and ammo sales
By Tom Lochner
Contra Costa Timesmercurynews.com

Posted: 04/17/2012 11:31 PM
April 18, 2012 6:31 AM Updated

A pledge by gun rights advocates to overflow the Pinole Council chamber on Tuesday fell well short, as a third of the seats remained empty and speakers favoring a ban on home gun sales outnumbered opponents by about 6 to 1."
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ETA:
This reporter said it best:
Gun rights advocates were simply out-gunned tonight:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8625709

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/6978479-pinole-considers-banning-in-home-gun-sales/

http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/pinole-city-council-votes-ban-home-gun-sales/nMb2W/

[chiselchst]

Will the applicant be there?

I seem to recall him saying he was scheduled to be out of town on the day of this meeting.

Previously scheduled FF training out of State. His Family was there...