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Republicans’ stand on KBRA disappointing
Klamath Falls Herald and News
Letter to the Editor
June 3, 2009
   In the decade I have had the privilege to cast a vote and have an official party affiliation I have chosen to support the Republican Party.

    Because of recent actions by Klamath County Rep. Bill Garrard, state Sen. Doug Whitsett and the Klamath County Republican Central Committee, I find myself rethinking my party affiliation.

    I feel shame in light of Garrard’s testimony in front of the House Committee on Environment and Water, which contained grievous errors about the impacts of Senate Bill 76 and the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement.

    Following Garrard’s testimony, there was a phone poll conducted in Klamath County.

    Under the guise of seeking public input on the restoration agreement, residents were asked five very biased questions. Garrard and Whitsett paid for this survey to be conducted, and I would submit they did so in order to gain statistics supporting their own opposition to the agreement.

    The questions asked were clearly leading, and only served the purpose of creating opposition to the agreement. To say this is disappointing behavior of elected officials is an understatement.

    Following, the Klamath County Republican Central Committee issued a resolution opposing major elements of the proposed restoration agreement. I assume it exists for the purpose of helping Republican candidates be elected to office, not to take positions on local initiatives, drawing lines in the sand which prove to divide the Republican Party rather than strengthen it.

    This is not a Republican/Democrat issue; this is an issue of supporting a watershed-wide resolution to long-standing water issues.

     I write in utter frustration, looking for a reason to believe in the Republican Party again. I am disillusioned by this recent behavior, and as I write this, I am considering becoming an Independent.

Belinda Stewart

Klamath Falls
 
 

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