As she said, there should be a law against an issue being put on the ballot in a deception fashion. People don’t know what they are voting for when it is worded such that a “yes” vote is for something, or a yes vote is against something. This is what we have now.

   On Ballot Measure 18-80, the letters that have supported a “no” vote would have you believe that they are against KBRA and dam removal. It is strictly the opposite.

   A yes vote is for opposing the mess of dam removal.

   Why would we want to remove clean energy- producing dams, I ask you?  

   If the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement goes through, PacifiCorp will remove the dams at a cost and that cost will fall on you.

   If the relicensing of the dams means fish ladders, that cost will fall on you, but those costs are not costing you because the dams would be in place.

   What do you want — loss of clean energy and allow salmon to migrate up the Klamath (when hell freezes over). Who knows what the sediment built-up behind these dams will do to the fisheries downstream.   There are questions that haven’t been answered.

   Another question: What does buying a tree farm for the Tribe contribute to the water solution? Is there any water runoff from these lands that flow into Upper Klamath Lake? I don’t think so. Also, didn’t the federal government take money from the taxpayers to already pay the tribes for this land? Vote yes to keep the dams.

   Jerry Pappe