CNN just reported that 2.7 million gallons of sewage has been dumped into the Bay courtesy of our own Marin County waste treatment plant. Apparently, it happened last night and it is just being reported within the last 16 minutes. Nobody appears to know what happened and they don’t think there is any chlorine in [...]

Posted in Our Polluted Bay, environment 236Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/02/01/oooops/Southwest+Airlines+Ask+Waste+Treatment+Worker%3A+Wanna+Get+Away%3F2008-02-01+22%3A31%3A41The+Maven

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Posted in Administrivia 235Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/02/01/maven-wants-you/Maven+Wants+You%212008-02-01+17%3A45%3A13The+Maven

From SMART:
January 1 was a red-letter day for Sonoma and Marin County residents, as it marked the beginning of the year in which a measure for the 70-mile SMART passenger rail-and-trail project likely will return to the ballot.
After SMART’s razor-thin loss at the polls in November 2006 (the sales-tax measure garnered 65.3 percent of the [...]

Posted in SMART 234Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/02/01/another-smart-announcement/Another+SMART+Announcement2008-02-01+17%3A32%3A54The+Maven

Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit has a new headquarters as of Jan. 31, 2008. Along with the Transportation Authority of Marin and the Marin County Transit District, SMART’s staff of five will be moving to the San Rafael Corporate Center in downtown San Rafael, where the three agencies will share a suite of offices. Their new [...]

Posted in SMART 233Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/02/01/smart-moves-south/SMART+Moves+South2008-02-01+17%3A26%3A22The+Maven