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Benicia City Attorney Heather McLaughlin, Benicia City Council, Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson, Crude By Rail, Valero Benicia Refinery

Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson comes under fire, will stand firm

Benicia’s Mayor, Elizabeth Patterson, has been accused of a conflict of interest and asked to recuse herself from all comment and action regarding Valero Benicia Refinery’s crude by rail proposal. Two City Council members, Mark Hughes and Christina Strawbridge, disclosed Tuesday that they initiated the inquiry with Benicia City Attorney Heather McLaughlin, acting on concerns of unnamed constituents … Continue reading Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson comes under fire, will stand firm →

Benicia City Attorney Heather McLaughlin, Benicia City Council, Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson, Crude By Rail, Valero Crude By Rail

Lois Kazakoff in the SF Chronicle: Mayor muzzled from speaking about crude by rail

Repost from The San Francisco Chronicle [Editor: Minor correction – the legal opinion that would muzzle the Mayor was written by an outside contract attorney, not by City Attorney McLaughlin.  That said, Mayor Patterson has stated publicly that the city attorney has advised her not to participate “in any way in any city decisions” relating to … Continue reading Lois Kazakoff in the SF Chronicle: Mayor muzzled from speaking about crude by rail →

Bakken Crude, Crude By Rail, Derailment, DOT-111, Explosion, Massive increase in crude-by-rail, Tank car identification

KTVU News: Safety concerns over trains carrying volatile crude oil to Bay Area

Repost from KTVU 2 News, Oakland, CA [Editor: an excellent investigative report, much of which was filmed here in Benicia.  Apologies for the video’s commercial ad.  – RS]  2 Investigates: Safety concerns over trains carrying volatile crude oil to Bay Area By Simone Aponte, Nov 17, 2014 RICHMOND, Calif. – California used to receive all of its … Continue reading KTVU News: Safety concerns over trains carrying volatile crude oil to Bay Area →

Crude By Rail, Emergency Readiness & Response, Hazmat notification, Oil stabilization, Parked trains, Phillips 66, Rail Safety, Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG), Santa Maria Refinery

Sacramento Area leaders call for strong safety controls on oil trains headed west and south

Repost from The Sacramento Bee Sacramento leaders call for more crude-oil train safety By Tony Bizjak, 11/14/2014 Concerned about potential oil spills and fires, Sacramento leaders are calling for stronger safety controls on a Phillips 66 proposal to transport crude oil via trains through Sacramento neighborhoods to the oil company’s refinery in San Luis Obispo … Continue reading Sacramento Area leaders call for strong safety controls on oil trains headed west and south →