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Tiburon Film Festival Opens with East, West, East

The Maven — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:58:19 +0000

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The 9th Annual Tiburon International Film Festival will be opening with an Italian/Albanian comedy, East, West, East: The Final Sprint on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at 7PM at the Playhouse Theater [40 Main Street, Tiburon] . Directed by Gjergj Xhuvani and set in 1990, East, West, East the film follows an Albanian cycling team as they head to affluent Western Europe. They get as far as Trieste, when they learn that their country is in full blown revolution via their hotel room televisions. With the welfare of their families and the existence of their country in question, they must find help to return.

The film will be followed by an opening gala at the Corinthian Yacht Club [43 Main Street, Tiburon] at 8 PM. The gala will feature music, entertainment, and food. It is $65.00 for both the film and the gala, $50 for the gala only, and $20 for just the film.

0n Friday, March 19, 20 there will be a party for the attending filmmakers at Sam’s Anchor Café at 27 Main Street in Tiburon starting at 6 pm. Tickets are available at the door, or call: (415) 789-8854.

Staying true to its Marin Roots, The Tiburon Film Festival will be featuring films from local filmmakers: Shaped, Mrs. Menendez, The Faeries of Farthingale, Virtuoso: The Olga Samaroff Story, Trip to Hell and Back, Faces Overlooked
At the Epicenter of the Epidemic, and If looks Could Kill.

The Tiburon Film Festival will be running from March 18th to 26th.

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March 20th is Dixie Little League Opening Day

The Maven — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:50:38 +0000

OPENING DAY

Every year, at the end of March, we always look forward to the Little League Opening Day Parade which starts with the sound of a firetruck siren. We always try to stand outside with our son and wave. This year our son will be among those kids.

March 20th will be the opening day of Dixie Little League. To kick off opening day, residents of Marinwood, Lucas Valley, and Terra Linda will be treated to a parade of trucks with T-ball to Majors team Little League players. The parade will start at 8 AM at the Marinwood Shopping Center and end at 10:30 AM at Vallecito School in Terra Linda. There will be a photo day, a ceremony in the Vallecito gym, and other fun activities planned. Organizers expect about 600 people to attend.

Dixie Little League still has room for Tee Ball players and Junior League Players (13-14 year olds) and you can sign up here. The League has also posted a list of sponsors, and are looking for more. If you would like to sponsor Little League contact Nancy Miller or call 342-1209.

On May 2nd, there will be Little League Day at the Giants AT&T Park, which is an annual group event. They will also have a Dinner Dance Auction Event on May 15th at the San Rafael Elks Club in San Rafael.

The Little League Season ends on June 5th with a Closing League Picnic and Awards Day at the Vallecito and Saint Mark’s Fields.

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Tiburon Film Festival Opens with East, West, East

The Maven — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:00:31 +0000

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The Tiburon Film Festival will be running from March 18th to 26th.

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PG&E To Spend Millions Maintaining Their Monopoly

marinmaven — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:14:48 +0000

PG&E wants you to amend the state constitution this June so they will never have to worry about any competition ever again.

On the June 8, 2010 voters will see a PG&E backed proposition on the ballot, Proposition 16. According to Ballotpedia, Prop 16 will require a 2/3 vote of local voters before any local government establishes a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program, use public funding to implement a plan to become a CCA provider, or even expand electric service to new territory or new customers. If Proposition 16 passes, it will put a 2/3 road block for municipalities who have already made a choice for community power to buy more equipment that might be seen as an expansion of electrical service.

The timing of this proposition is not lost on many as San Francisco and Marin County have chosen Community Choice Aggregation, due to a vigorous grassroots effort of citizens and careful deliberation by local governments.

PG&E cynically calls Proposition 16 the Taxpayers Right to Vote Act on its Facebook Page. Taxpayers elect local officials who are given the right to make decisions like this on their behalf. Local officials had plenty of deliberation and public comment before they decided to go with the Marin Energy Authority. Having a local power authority gives taxpayers MORE control what happens to their power, than keeping PG&E a corporate monopoly. The CPUC has shown a history of not really holding PG&E accountable.

In reading Proposition 16, there is nothing there that helps the consumer. Proposition 16 is specifically to only benefit PG&E and killing competition that should a fire under PG&E to be more competitive, not obstructive to consumer choice.

In other posts, I will be debunking many of the myths that PG&E and their Common Sense Coalition are putting out there and explain the benefits of Marin Energy Authority. In the meantime, you can read a write up of a recent forum with Joe Nation and the Marin Energy Authority by Pam Gould over at More Marin. You can also visit: Marin Engery Freedom, No on 16 – Stop the PG&E Power Grab, No on Proposition 16 Facebook page, You can the Yes on 16 website- built by PG&E bucks.

You can also listen to this:

Jimmy Fishbob Geraghty and others over at the No on Prop 16 have compiled a partial list so far of organizations that oppose Proposition 16: AARP, 350.org, 6th Assembly District Democrats, Assoc. of Calif Agriculture Energy Consumers, California Realtors Association, CA Municipal Utilities Association, CA Tax Reform Association, CleanPower, SFConsumer Federation of California, Ecological Opt…ions Network, Go Solar Marin, League of California Cities, League of Women Voters, Local Clean Energy Alliance, Local Power, Mainstreet Moms, Marin Energy Authority, Marin County Council of Mayors & Council members, Modesto Irrigation District, Northern California Power Agency, Redding Sacramento Municipal Utility District, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Sierra Club, Sustainable Marin, Sustainable Mill Valley, Taxpayers to Stop PG&E, City of Palo Alto, Powergrab, TURN (The Utility Reform Network), VOTE Solar, Waterplanet Alliance,
Women’s Energy Matters

You can add Marin Maven to the growing list of those who OPPOSE Proposition 16.

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The Marinwood-Lucas Valley Blackout of 2010

The Maven — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:12:34 +0000

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Last night at approximately 6:25pm, power went out for about 4400 customers in the Lucas Valley-Marinwood area. According to PG&E this was a substation related outage.The outage lasted to 7:50 pm. Residents took the opportunity to visit each other by candlelight and kids got to see what it was like to live “in the old days.” So far there has been no explanation of what went wrong. In the midst of the outage, a neighbor reported that PG&E had crews looking for the source of the outage.

The outage was an adventure for our family. Outages at night are more fun than during the day when we have to be productive or have to blow dry our hair for work.

The outage was an adventure for our family.We took a walk to a neighbor’s house to visit, looked at the stars, and were making sandwiches when the power went back on. There is something magical living by candlelight and flashlights. It made me think that I we need to stock up on more food like tuna that we can have on hand that doesn’t require cooking and to make sure we have enough propane for the grill.

Anyone like to share how you survived the hour and a half blackout?

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