Just Say No to Big Brother’s Smart Meters by Orlean Koehle


and insomnia. The rays are especially harmful to children with autism. Some are concerned that they could have more serious long-term effects, such as causing cancer;


Whereas there has never been any Environmental Impact Study (EIS) made on the Smart Meters. The study was waived. There are no safety standards for chronic long term RF exposures that these meters emit. The FCC safety standards are for only short term exposures, 6 - 30 minutes long;


Whereas PG&E claims to have done an accurate RF evaluation to ensure customer safety (performed by an independent commission to evaluate possible health impacts), but the report was never published, which means it was never peer reviewed. The Smart Meters were granted a CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) exemption with no explanation given why;


Whereas such a computerized RF system of control over all the electrical power and appliances in one’s home, including personal computers, could be penetrated by hackers, just as so many other supposed “fool-proof” systems have been. Private information and privacy rights would again be at risk;


Whereas the Smart Meter program really has nothing to do with lowering costs or conserving energy, but everything to do with “rationing” energy and controlling our lives, using the excuse of helping the environment.


Therefore, be it resolved that the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors strongly opposes the “deployment” of any further Smart Meters in our county, and we support an immediate ordinance be passed banning it.


Be it further resolved that the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors urges other County trustees to take similar action and join a state-wide protest; to urge all residents post a sign above their meters stating they refuse the Smart Meter and tell PG&E not to install it. (Those counties and cities that already have such an ordinance are Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Fairfax, and possibly San Anselmo. There are possibly 18 other cities and counties pending.) (More information can be found at www.refusesmartmeter.com


Message to all Elected Officials: Whenever you speak out at hearings or meetings or write letters to elected officials, both local, state, or national, you could end it with the following that was composed by an attorney friend.


I want you immediately to pass an ordinance prohibiting the installation of wireless Smart Meters by utility companies and their agents until such time as the people of this community are persuaded that Smart Meters are safe, do not represent a threat to our privacy, do not decrease our property values, will not result in the micro-management of how we live our lives, and will not result in higher energy costs during a period of economic danger and distress. I consider such an ordinance to be urgent civic business, and a matter of great public concern. Please understand that any failure to act swiftly to pass such an ordinance will produce a profound voter backlash.


Sanford, Maine Wants to Halt Smart Meter Installation: November 18, 2010, Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine


SANFORD, MAINE — Sanford has become the third Maine community to pass a resolution asking Central Maine Power Co. to hold off on installing Smart Meters. The town council wants


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