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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 09121995 - C167 C. 165, C. 166, and C. 167 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on September 12, 1995 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Smith, DeSaulnier, Torlakson and Bishop NOES: None ABSENT: Supervisor Rogers ABSTAIN: None SUBJECT: Correspondence C. 165 CLAIM from John D. Cahill, Attorney, Rodi-Pollock, 801 South Grand Avenue, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90017, dated August 14, 1995, for Pacific Refining Company/PRC Joint Venture for refund of property taxes in the amount of $344,035 for fiscal year 1991-1992. **** REFERRED TO ASSESSOR, COUNTY COUNSEL AND TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR C. 166 Deleted from consideration. C. 167 LETTER from Annie Laurie Gaylor, Staff Investigator, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., Post Office Box 750, Madison, WI 53701, dated June 15, 1995, commenting on contracts for chaplaincy services. **** ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the recommendations as noted (****) are APPROVED. 1 heret,•certify thct this is a true and correcicopy of an action tzkon rnd entered on the minutes of the Board of Sup visorps on the dQto shown. ATTESTED: 11', 1-915, PHIL BATCHELOR Clerk of Me Board of Supervisors nty AdminW ratot 13y Dv* cc: Correspondents Treasurer-Tax Collector County Counsel Assessor �s.�. RECE11/EOTRACOSTACOUNTY RECEIVED - 91996 � ......... " 21 1996 C K BOARD OF SUP S _CONTRA COSTA CO. OFFICE OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR r 0111 P.O. Box 750 ieeoom MADISON,WI 53701 * TELEPHONE(608)256.8900 June ' 15, 1995 aregi ion g t . �inc. I 0 i j i Mr Phil Batchelor Clerk of the Board of Supervisors 1 Anne Nicol Gaylor 651 Pine S t, Room #106 II President Martinez CA 94559 Dan Barker Public Relations j Annie Laurie Gaylor Dear Mr Batchelor: j Editor Freethought Today On behalf of complainants and taxpayers in the County of Contra Executive Council Costa, California, we are requesting the Board of Supervisors Michael Hakeem j halt an illegal and unconstitutional relationship with the Chair Council of Churches of Central Contra Costa County. Charline Kotula Jo Kotula Vice-Presidents East Last year a total of $215,919.00 in taxpayers' money was granted Tom Malone [ directly to this sectarian institution, not including additional Vice-President unpin Southeast benefits at the expense of thepublic. This directly violates Norma Cunningham Art. XVI, Sect. 5, "Public Funds; Aide of Religious Purposes or Vice-President Central David Groethe Institutions," of the California Constitution. The county may Vice-President Rockies not-contract for religious services with this or any other Dick Nelson i sectarian institution. At a. time of financial constraints, the Vice-President Southwest 1 1994 contracts are not only, unconstitutional, but a gross Catherine Fahringer misallocation of public funds. Secretary Helen Hakeem Churches and religious institutions are accorded automatic � Assistant Secretary Melvin L.Schlesinger tax exemption on the expectation and claim that they fulfill various Treasurer charitable services. Ministers and their churches should voluntarily Kenneth F Taubert Sr and gladly be providing chaplaincy services. This is what they are Assistant Treasurer E there for. Indeed, the Rev. Machrina L. Blasdell claims (Contra Joseph Cunningham Costa Times, 5/17/95) that the bulk of the Council of Churches Blanche Fearn chaplaincy services comes from a "private fund." It is time to Paul Gaylor Honorary Officers insist and ensure that the entire amount comes from private- sources, Ishmael Jaffree administered privately, with no entanglement of .county funding, Vashti McCollum endorsement or support. Ed Schempp Roy flTThe State of Colorado is setting the example of "privatizing" its Elliott Welshelsh Honorary Members chaplaincy positions in the Department of Corrections. Ministers Sonia Johnson ; and churches have been eager to volunteer their services there. l Feminist Author 1 This is an unconstitutional subsidy of religion which the public can James Randi E ill afford. As the last contracts expire this month, we ask for BlusionisNExposero/Sham i j speedy consideration and correction of this longstanding violation. George Seldes Author/Editor i 1 Sincerely, f ( Annie Laurie Gaylor, Staff Inv stigator, FFRF, Inc. cc: Board, Atty. Jeffrey Kassel protecting the constitutional principle of separation of state and church i BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALABAMA' INDIANA PENNSYLVANIA Patricia Cleveland Annette Schlesinger Margaret Downey Roger Cleveland Melvin Schlesinger JoAnn Evansgardner Barney McCord Harry Zarse Gerald H F Gardner Melody McCord Lucy Zarse Donald Worrell SOUTH DAKOTA MARYLAND David Groethe CALIFORNIA Heidi Johnson Mary Groethe Richard Hewetson Roy R Torcaso TEXAS COLORADO MASSACHUSETTS Catherine Fahringer Jeff Baysinger Alice Fredericksen Dick Nelson Robert R Tiernan MICHIGAN VERMONT FLORIDA Dillard Henderson Valerie White Blanche Fearn Ann Gallagher MINNESOTA WISCONSIN Charles French Dan Barker GEORGIA LaGretta Dean Anne Nicol Gaylor Tom Malone Richard Dean Annie Laurie Gaylor Paul Gaylor (ILLINOIS MISSOURI Helen Hakeem Joseph Cunningham Barbara Stocker Michael Hakeem Norma Cunningham Karolina Johnson Arnold Dahl NEBRASKA Scot McCollum Frances Dahl Wanda Quering Ed Susterich Raube Marks Maria Susterich Laura Rogan NEW JERSEY Kenneth F Taubert Sr Marvin Rogan Charline Kotula James Zerwick Jo Kotula LIFE MEMBERS Lois Aitken Karl Hadley, M.D. William F McKay Clarence Reinders James W Armsey William Hamilton Butterfly McQueen Ann D Robertson i William J Ashburn A E Hebberd Franklin Mack Laura L Rogan Ray F Babb Robert C Heideman Sam Mathis Marvin Rogan Leroy Barnett Dillard Henderson James Mee Richard Rohrer Lee R Baxandall Myrtle Goddin Heptonstall Herbert Meisen Joseph Rous John Robert Boles Richard Hewetson Daniel Meyer Herbert G Schapiro Gary W Booher George M Hiam Virginia Meyer Alvin Scharf Marle Brandt Robert Holman Marcia Miceli Annette Schlesinger William H Brayman William Honer Helga Miedinger Melvin Schlesinger Jerry Brown Richard James Howard H Munson Dave Schmidli John Burton Zona Jenkins Lynne Mutchler Martin Schneider Ida Calhoun William Jerome William A Naylor Chuck Schutte Henry L Conover Heidi Johnson David Nelson Warren Fredrick Schwartz,Jr James Coors Dr Nicolas Johnson Helen Novacek Dr Whitney Smith Peter Cowin Robert E Kay, M.D. Arline Ogden John E Swisher Takey Crist, M.D. Paul Keller Don L Parker Edward Z Tabash Joseph Cunningham Juanita M Kidd Warren W Patterson Timotheus Norma Cunningham Paul King Lucy Paul Theodora Trent Jerry Doolan E F Kirkpatrick Robert C Paulett Josie Van Gent Edell Marie Ellicker Eric Kirschner Alfred N Pearl Stephen VanZandt Elizabeth H Elliott Jerry Kite Hulda Pelzl Andrew Vena Catherine Fahringer Allen R Korbel Mildred Perpigna K A Wallace Blanche Fearn Mary Kral Leta Piearson A B Webster Roger L Fleck Norman B LeClair Helen Posey Leon Willoughby Richard A Gagnon Warren Lindsey Kenneth L Proulx Charles A Wilson Jean Gams Herb Livingston Wanda Quering Irving N Wolfson Ronald Gerlich Rosetta Livingston Margaret Reheis Jean Zak Joseph Hackett Howard F McGaw Rick Reinheimer Matthew Zak iJAI E: REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM (THREE (3) MINUTE LIMIT) Complete this form and place it in the box near the speakers` rostrum before addressing jthe Board. NAME: L-� � ��%�-�/ PHONE: ADDRESS: '_' Q- 80X T7"713 CITY: C d-V-,c I am speaking formyself OR organization: 9AP , �'a-zc (NAME ' ORGANIZXTIOK) Check one: I,__19h- =8Pea Agenda Item # My comments will be: general for, against I wish to speak on the subject of I do not wish to speak but leave these comments for the Board to consider. «c (� ' an wee�,`� ri .e � 15, t 995. � PETITION FOR NEUTRAL POLLING PLACES It is inappropriate and unlawful for political candidates to use their headquarters as polling places. Churches are being used as headquarters for distributing their voter guides, endorsing candidates as well as taking sides in politically controversial issues. Churches are not politically neutral territories. Unfortunately, Contra Costa County has been violating the separation of church and state every time a polling place is located in a church or church institution. THEREFORE We, the undersigned, petition the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County to instruct the County Clerk to discontinue the use of churches and other religious institutions as polling places. PRINT NAME ITE NAME DDRESS ZIP PHONE NUMBER 2 . C/qF,D �� 1•vAA/A�R PR T NAME 2LIqq -O C OPD — WRITE NAME ADDRESS ZIP PHONE NUMBER "3 . PRINT NAME