CELDF Publication: CELDF’s Community Primer

CELDF’s Community Primer is here for you, laying out your community’s reality both in what you are up against and how to take action based on your terms. The Primer walks you through the typical scenarios of what you can expect when a corporate project wants to come to town like elected officials saying their hands are tied or that if we just present all the information about how bad this thing is the powers that be will have to stop it. The Primer goes on to define the legal constraints of communities and ultimately why unconventional actions are needed to protect the integrity of our communities. CELDF is ready to help. 

“The situation, in simple terms, is this: you are outlawyered, legally preempted, underfunded, and – if you play the rules like you’ve been told – you are very likely to lose your fight. The rules are scripted by the very industries who want to set up shop in your town…You have a choice. You can play it safe, run yourself dizzy on the hamster wheel, and be certain of losing. Or, you can be part of creating a new playbook, break outside of what is permitted and what is safe and give yourself a fighting chance. If you choose the latter, get in touch with us. CELDF is ready.” – passages from CELDF’s Community Primer