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      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>Our Statement to the EBRPD</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[[Just looking for pictures?&#160; Scroll down or click here.]
We don't want to be here, spending our time and effort opposing you.&#160; We're all outdoors people who value our parks and open space, and would much rather be improving them for everyone to enjoy.&#160; But you're asking for 500 million dollars over and above the money you already receive.&#160; That's a lot of money, and you must expect to be held to a very high standard if you want people to vote to give it to you instead of...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>A Big Hello To Our Biggest Fans: The EBRPD!</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This website gets tens of thousands of hits, from thousands of different places.&#160; Guess what single workplace tops the list?
ebparks.org -- the East Bay Regional Parks District's offices!
It's safe to say that our campaign has the attention of the District.&#160; So, since you're all listening, let us say this.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>Breaking News: More Ugly Pictures from Mission Peak</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Absolutely unbelievable photos from the far side of Mission Peak.&#160; We couldn't make this up if we tried.&#160; Come read our latest EBRPD Hall of Shame update!
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         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>Oops, They Did It Again: EBRPD Hall of Shame, Mission Peak Edition</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Here's the remote, little-known, and little used Panorama Trail -- one of the EBRPD's few actual singletrack trails -- as of earlier this year.&#160; Since so few people come here, the trail needed some brushing back:

Instead, the EBRPD decided to "maintain" the trail with a bulldozer.&#160; Remember, the EBRPD claims that letting people ride bicycles on an existing trail requires an environmental review and a majority vote of the Board of Directors -- whereas this is perfectly normal...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>An EBRPD Insider Speaks Out</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[We've received, completely unsolicited, a sobering indictment of the EBRPD's practices from a longtime employee, who has given us permission to post it anonymously:
"As a former employee, I saw and was subject to all abuses.&#160; The bad thing was working with a highly paid, but very lazy staff, a management that was bloated and didn't care about the true mission of an open space agency, and an aloof and distant (pompous) board of directors.&#160; I believe all the forefathers of this once...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>Big Photo Update from Chabot</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This just in: our worst EBRPD Hall of Shame entry so far!&#160; Join us for a tour of Anthony Chabot Regional Park.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>Dirt and Cow Pies: EBRPD Hall of Shame, Chabot Regional Edition</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Welcome to Grass Valley, dead in the center of the EBRPD's Anthony Chabot Regional Park.&#160; Sadly, it's not very grassy right now.

The EBRPD claims that their grazing program exists to "maintain and improve habitat conditions for resident plants and animals, and to prevent wildfires." (link)
California State Parks claims that "grazing or agricultural leasing is considered incompatible in units of the State Park system", and that "Effective fire hazard reduction is only achieved by overuse...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>EBRPD Hall of Shame, Redwood Regional Park Edition</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[No, this isn't Caltrans building a new freeway interchange.&#160; This is the EBRPD performing "trail maintenance" in Redwood Regional Park.&#160; 

Remember, these are supposed to be hiking, biking, and horse trails.&#160; If you're left speechless, well, so were we.

The damage goes on and on, literally for miles...

We have a lot more pictures.&#160; Sadly, they all look like this.

Then the rain comes, and we get massive erosion and giant water ruts...


You could break an ankle in these...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>Where Does the Money Go?</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[We're not accountants, but something is definitely wrong at the EBRPD.&#160; Just updated and published: the "Waste" section.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>Pictures for the Hall of Shame</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[We've posted three new articles about what happens when you let the EBRPD control your parklands:
Redwood Regional
Pleasanton Ridge
The Ohlone "Wilderness" Trail
There are more to come, and we'll post them as we get the time.]]></description>
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         <title>EBRPD Hall of Shame, Pleasanton Ridge Edition</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Back in the winter of 2002-2003, someone in the EBRPD had the bright idea of "maintaining" Pleasanton Ridge trails with bulldozers and other heavy machinery during the middle of the rainy season. The result was predictable: a big, muddy, erosive, environmentally destructive mess. Check out the zig-zags in the middle, where the machine got stuck!

Here's a nice close-up of some high quality EBRPD trail work:

The ground was torn up so badly that they had to put straw down to cover the mud pits!...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>EBRPD Hall of Shame, Ohlone &quot;Wilderness Trail&quot; Edition</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[If you decide to hike the part of the Ohlone "Wilderness Trail" in and near Mission Peak, you're in for a dispiriting surprise.
Let's say you get someone to drop you off on Mill Creek Road, because it's the closest paved access to this end of the trail.&#160; You'll find yourself on this dirt road through cattle pasture, between barbed wire fences:

You'll have to deal with several locked gates along the way, some of which you have to climb over (look in the distance):

Finally you've made it...]]></description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>Website launched!</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[See the "Environmental Destruction", "About Us", and "You Can Help" pages!&#160; The rest of our content is under construction, so please pardon our dust.]]></description>
         <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>You can help us!</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Can you help?&#160; Great!
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         <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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         <title>Welcome!</title>
         <link>http://www.noonmeasureww.org/news/welcome/</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Thanks for visiting!&#160;
Q: What's the difference between the "Blog" and "News" sections?
A: The "News" section is for short announcements and upcoming events, and shows up as a sidebar on every page except its own.&#160; The "Blog" section is for longer articles, and only shows up on the main and blog pages.]]></description>
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