Comments on: A Trip to Washington DC

By: Marcia Denison

Marcia Denison — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:02:38 +0000

Thank you so much for setting them straigh. I appreciate that a lot. Tax Free Raw Log exports is a huge problem, too, that puts our mill workers out of work. Outsourcing should be taxed too heavily to make it profitable to Weyerheauser and others. You should see all the ships and mounains of logs on both sides of the Columbia River bound for foreign mills. Wyden said "That's a good thing, though, isn't it?"

By: Marcia Denison

Marcia Denison — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 06:56:00 +0000

Why didn't you take me with you, Francis? Oh, well. You can tell them all that Columbia (O&C) County voters just approved funding for our oversized jail after the Sheriff decided to ask for less money, closed part of it as unneeded and explained in the voters pamphlet. Josephine County Sheriff should try the same. People not wanting to pay county property tax is not a federal problem.

By: veronica checkley

veronica checkley — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 01:02:18 +0000

That news is worrying! wot about our wolf OR7 and his family we were assured they would be safe but im uneasy hearing about that big timber company and that fracking gas isnt any of our wildlife gonna be safe! cause cutting down those trees is taking away there habitation and the gas could and would be lethal cant we do anything !!

By: polarbear4

polarbear4 — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:16:31 +0000

Wyden will not get my vote the next time he is up, and DeFazio might not, either. There are many other ways for Southern Oregon to raise the "lost" rural school O&C money, and many good suggestions are in the blog above

As sad as that may be, for a lifelong Dem and former active campaigner, I can longer watch the supposed "lesser of 2 evils" weaken already weak environmental law, applaud fracking and pipelines, vote for judges that write rules for killing citizens, and send drones to kill, among other things.

And because a vote for Working Families or Greens will end up with the Dems anyway, I may withhold my vote this time. Merkley still gets my vote, but I don't know for how long. I know this is a very unpopular stance, but I'm sick of Dems expecting us to vote for them because of a couple of measley votes throughout the year where it is "safe" to vote for a progressive cause.

By: Mora

Mora — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 20:10:02 +0000

Francis, was this the first trip to DC as a delegation of several conservation groups? I think it's a wonderful undertaking and I thank you and the others for lobbying for our environment. Such irony that we should have to do so!