Cecily McMillan - 3 Months, with 5 years probation

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6. Cleita, the way to really get excited about future possibiities is to

become aware of the Community Rights movement.

It doesn't divide the voters who are "R"'s from the voters who' re "D"'s, or from the indies.

It has swept into over 150 communities. And it has accomplished some enviable things.

A group of mostly Republican farmers in one county in PA was able to hand craft an ordinance, get it on the ballot, and that ordinance kept a 14,000 pig pig farm from coming in and destroying the soil, water and air.

New Hampshire citizens kept a Quebec utility from coming in, and instead promoted sustainable utilities to power their homes and businesses.

And Democratic voters in Eugene used it to put in an ordinance requiring labelling of GM foods sold in stores.

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