Hunters Point "Rabble-Rousers"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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The rabble-rousers

by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D.
San Francisco Bay View
August 25, 2004

rabble (rab?el) 1. a disorderly crowd or mob 2. the common people
rabble-rouser (rou?zer) a person who stirs the passions or prejudices of
the public
- Random House Webster?s Dictionary

The Hunters Point Shipyard Restoration Advisory Board enjoys a
celebrated history of rambunctious activism and boisterous dissent. The
RAB has emerged as an increasingly high profile source of political
embarrassment and challenge to the U.S. Navy, environmental regulators
and San Francisco city government. 

Like the new "Untouchables,' the RAB has assumed the conscience of the
Bay View Hunters Point community in matters pertaining to the cleanup of
the Hunters Point Shipyard. The RAB meets every fourth Thursday of the
month from 6 to 8 p.m. at Dago Mary?s Restaurant at the Innes Avenue
entry to the Shipyard. The public is invited to attend.

The April 14, 1994, Management Guidance for Execution and Development of
the Defense Environmental Restoration Program established guidelines for
Restoration Advisory Boards at military installations undergoing
environmental restoration. According to the September 1994 RAB
Implementation Guidelines: 

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for the entire article, see
http://www.sfbayview.com/082504/rabblerousers082504.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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