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Board of Supervisors
Contra Costa County
Date: July 10, 2012 Public Comment
Urban Minds, Los Medanos Community Healthcare District interns (Eric Alford, Jason Ficklin, and Mr
Dominguez), spoke on the problem of tobacco usage among youth and requested Board support in opposing
predatory advertising practices by the tobacco industry;
Don Graves, C.F.S. I.L.S.P., informed the Board that the Urban Minds internship stemmed from collaborative
efforts to provide essential job training for youth transitioning from foster care;
Captain David Frey (USN, Retired), urging steps be taken to raise the tuition of foreign students attending
Diablo Valley College preceding application to U.C. Berkeley (handout attached);
Rollie Katz, Public Employees' Union Local One, presented a letter signed by approximately 300 County
employees expressing their anger in regard to today's proposed adoption of a Memorandum of Understanding
for the Registered Nurses to implement a pay raise with no benefit cuts, in light of the sacrifices made by other
employees (attached);
Rick Mata, Agriculture Department, in conjunction with Mr. Katz' remarks, he spoke of the difficulty of
informing employees of upcoming wage cuts.
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NO ACTION WAS TAKEN
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