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Challenge
Grant Helps Law Center Meet Financial Obligations
In
January, 2004, the Law Center was given the opportunity to accept a
challenge grant from a local foundation. The terms are thus: the foundation
will provide a 100% match for every dollar in "new money"
raised by the Law Center before June 30, 2004 (up to a maximum of $25,000).
"New
Money" is defined as:
- funds
from all sources that have not previously provided funding to the
Law Center;
- all
member contributions that exceed previous contributions, as well as
all funds from new members; and
- all
funds raised by the Board of Directors' fundraising campaign.
That's
$25,000 in "new money" + $25,000 in foundation match = $50,000!
This
funding will be critical towards helping the Law Center avoid a $100,000
deficit at the end of its fiscal year (June 30). For more information
on this deficit, please see
the Executive Director's Column.
But
we won't reach our $50,000 goal with this grant unless we raise the
new money! If you would like to contribute towards this grant, please
see our
Join Us page.
Thanks!
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--ed.
note: as of the posting of this website, the federal omnibus Energy Bill
has not been reintroduced on the Senate floor, and is not anticipated
to pass in its current state.
The
abomination that was the Federal Energy Bill died this November under
the weight of its own pork-laden corpulence. The Energy Bill, which
was larded with taxpayer giveaways to corporate donors, would have been
disastrous for the environment and public health. Among the giveaways
was a provision that would have subsidized uranium mining using the
in situ leach method. This provision, sponsored by New Mexico
Representative Heather Wilson and Senator Pete Domenici, would have
indirectly supported the Crownpoint Uranium Project. Although supporters
of the bill in the U.S. Senate could not find enough support for the
bill in that house of Congress, the Senate leadership has promised to
revisit the bill in January.
--Eric
Jantz, Staff Attorney
In
September, 2003, the Law Center staff took a field trip to Albuquerque
to join the "Rally for a Better Energy Bill" in September,
adding some street theater to the mix. Top right: Eric Jantz and Earl
James perform a skit; middle: the Law Center group photo; and bottom:
Wynoma Foster, executive coordinator of ENDAUM speaks out against the
uranium subsidies included in the Energy Bill. Thanks to the SouthWest
Organizing Project, ENDAUM and the Sierra Club for making the rally
such a success!
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Staff Attorney Heather Anderson is bidding farewell
to the Law Center after a very busy three year stint as Staff Attorney
-- jumping out of the frying pan and into the fryer as she and her husband
welcome their first baby later this year  .
Heather served
as lead attorney on several Law Center cases, including the U.S. Highway
Expansion case (Hondo), the Las Campanas water usage case (Santa Fe),
the Oglebay Norton mica cases (Velarde and Picuris Pueblo), and the
Triassic Park hazardous waste landfill case, to name a few. Law Center
attorneys Eric Jantz and Roderick Ventura have taken on her casework.
Good luck, Heather! (No word yet
on when the young Anderson will be able to start an internship with
the Law Center...)
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Without the generosity of
all of our members and foundation supporters, the Law Center's work
would not be possible. We and our clients thank you!
Foundation
supporting the Law Center and/or our cases in 2003-2004: Brindle
Foundation | Harold and Norma Brown Fund for the Environment at the
Santa Fe Community Foundation (SFCF) | Educational Fndn of America
| Joseph & Esther Foster Fdn | General Service Fdn | Harris Fdn
|Haspel Taylor Social and Environmental Justice Fund (SFCF) | Impact
Fund | IOLTA Fund | Just Woke Up Fund (SFCF) | Livingry Fund (Tides
Fndn) | McCune Charitable Fndn | New Cycle Fdn | New-Land Fdn | New
Mexico Endowment for the Humanities | Patagonia Fdn | Public Welfare
Fdn | Santa Fe Community Fdn | Anonymous Donor of the Rudolf Steiner
Fdn | Surdna Fdn | Turn and Return Fund (SFCF) | Turner Fdn | Windfall
Fdn | Wyss Foundation
Please support the businesses
that contributed to the Law Center in 2003-2004: CCuddy,
Kennedy, Hetherington, Albetta & Ives Law Firm (Santa
Fe) | Isis
Medicine (Santa Fe) | Stone Lions Environmental (Rolling Hills, CA)
| ZERI New Mexico (Santa Fe) | Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom
& Schoenburg Firm (Santa Fe) | Payne's Nursery (Santa Fe) | Boss
Reclamation (Ruidoso) | Watson Conserves (Santa Fe) | Plants of the
Southwest (Santa Fe) | Speicalized Bicycle Components (Morgan Hill,
CA) | Tewa Women United (San Ildefonso Pueblo) | Creative Commotion
(Santa Fe) | Cloud Cliff Bakery & Cafe (Santa Fe) | Oberstein
Properties | Tewa Enterprises (Santa Fe) | KESHi, Inc. (Santa Fe)
| Broken Saddle Riding Company (Cerrillos) | Resources for Change
(Madrid) | The Plaza Hotel (Las Vegas) | Santa Fe Greenhouses (Santa
Fe)
Since August
2003, contributions have been made:
In memory of: Donald
and Betty Meiklejohn | Paul V. Thompson | Helen Tokarz
In honor of: Jan Bandler | Rachel Carlson
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Not enough Law Center for you on this website?
Check out
our biennial report! Case
summaries, awards we've won and financial statements -- all in one spiffy
little booklet.
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