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Attention Charter Customers - Keep your eyes on that Privacy Policy
If you have Charter Internet: this one’s for you!
In case you haven’t been following the news about Charter, the company was doing a test run of a program that would spy on its customers as they used the internet. Charter customers here in San Luis Obispo County were chosen for part of the testing, which began in May. According to a SLOComment post from May 28:
Lucky San Luis Obispo! We have been selected as a test market for a new Charter Communications advertiser program that will employ technology that tracks and keeps records of everything their internet customers do on the internet.
Why? To provide an ENHANCED experience. (Oh, and to make money for themselves.)
Fortunately for all Charter customers, Charter scrapped the project in late June. Read an article about it at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Under Pressure, Charter Cable Drops Internet Snooping Plan
Or, better yet, head on over to check out the EFF’s article on this issue. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a nonprofit organization that focuses on civil liberties issues raised by new technologies. A kind of electronic ACLU, EFF “confront(s) cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. From the beginning, EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights.” After reading the article on Charter, wander around the EFF site and find out more than you probably want to about government and corporate invasions of individual privacy.
Of course, this isn’t the first time Charter has shown lack of respect for its customer’s privacy, and it surely won’t be the last. So if you are a Charter customer, don’t ignore notices about changes in the privacy policy and occassionally check Charters privacy policy online. You can opt out…but make sure you read the entire policy, since the opt out is not permanent.
AboutCambria.com takes online rights and responsibilities seriously. Read our privacy policy here.
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Draft Municipal Services Review Released
San Luis Obispo LAFCo has released the draft of the CCSD Municipal Services Review. Download it here. You can expect more from me on the MSR once I read it over. I welcome contributions from anyone who’d like to write about it. The draft is currently in a public review period. The official public hearing is scheduled for July 31, 9am in SLO in the Board of Supervisor’s chambers - it’s already been added to the datebook calendar on AboutCambria.com
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Ok, Cambrians. Cell Phone coverage is spotty in much of town. A few Cambrians have put in their 2ยข on where the “new” cell tower should NOT be, namely, on the Fiscalini Ranch. Though at least three companies have “been in charge”, the current applicant is taking citizens’ concerns seriously and has reduced the scale of the project. The issue is on the agenda for the next North Coast Advisory Council meeting (May 21, 7pm, Rabobank). The NCAC acts as the eyes and ears. It’s mission is to make sure our supervisor, Mr. Gibson, has a good idea about what the community’s opinions and comments are for this part of District 2. In light of this, I wanted to provide for more community input. I appeal to you, as Cambrians, to set aside the emotional, gut reaction to the project. Take a step back, breath a little deeper and consider the pros and cons of the potential sites. No matter the location of the project, there are impacts - most of which well are mitigated or absent. The FCC will NOT allow a cell tower project to get derailed if the only reason given in opposition is possible negative health effects. Instead of continuing to say NO, try saying yes to one of these alternate sites.
I will bring the survey results to the NCAC meeting to be included in the response we send to the County.
Tell you friends! The more votes we get, the better.
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NCAC Seeking Community Input on Cell Tower Location
The NCAC provides comments on items and issues before it, recommends approval or disapproval of them, and submits comments and recommendations that it has adopted to the Board of Supervisors, the Planning Commission, or other appropriate body. The NCAC serves as a forum for public review of matters identified with sound development.
At next week’s meeting, the council will review the possible cell site locations that were evaluated by the Verizon/Nextel companies and determine the level of community acceptance for each.
Why? To supply to the County Supervisor (Bruce Gibson) with input from the community to help determine if a site other than the proposed Fiscalini Ranch location would be more acceptable, taking in to account cell phone coverage and other reasons.
The NCAC’s authority is advisory and our supervisor wants to hear community opinions - especially whether one of the other locations for the cell site would be acceptable to the residents of Cambria. If you support one of the locations listed below, please come to the meeting next Wednesday at Rabobank. The meeting starts at 7:00 and the discussion regarding this project will probably start between 7:30 and 8:00, depending on how quickly we move through the rest of the agenda. (click here to view the agenda). If you cannot attend the meeting, support of one (or more) of the sites listed below, you can send an email to NCAC by noon on April 16 or send comments by snail mail to P.O. Box 533 in Cambria (must be received on or before April 16). Or call 927-4191 for more information on providing comment.
The discussion will reflect the comments in support of a cell tower made by the Council in January. So the goal of the discussion will be to determine whether one of the other sites would have stronger community support.
Cambria Cell Phone Towers Site Review
Purpose:To supply to the County Supervisor the community’s input on each of the possible site locations to determine if a site other than the proposed Fiscalini Ranch location would be more acceptable, taking in to account cell phone coverage and other reasons.
Proposed Cell Phone Sites:
1. Fire Station - CCSD property
2. New Elementary School - School District property
3. Fiscalini Water Tanks - CCSD property
4. Stuart St. Water Tanks - CCSD property
5. Cambria Nursery - Privately owned property
6. Water Yard - CCSD property
7. Marcia Phillips home site - CCSD property
8. Pine Knolls Water Tanks - CCSD property
9. Cal Fire Station off Weymouth - State property
10.Camp Yeager - Coalinga/Huron School District property
Contact Land Use and Project Review Committee Chair Craig Smith for additional information.
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AboutCambria.com’s document library has a new look and some new documents. Recently added that may be of interest: (1) The Board Packet prepared by the CFRC and provided to the CCSD Board and staff prior to the March 6 CCSD meeting. (2) The Draft of the SLO County Growth Management Ordinance (currently in public review)
The library spans several pages, with 15 items per page. If you have a specific document in mind, you can narrow the choices by date and by category using the drop down boxes at the top of the page. As the collection grows, the topics will be refined and hopefully make it easier to use.
The new library was developed using a Wordpress Plugin called Publications Archive Manager. I was glad to find it and hope it will continue to work with Wordpress 2.5, which is soon to be released.
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