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Oregon's Senator Doug Whitsett,
Representative Bill Garrard and Representative
George Gilman commissioned and paid for a
professional poll to scientifically determine
the nature of the opinions of Klamath County
citizens on matters relating to Klamath River
dam removal.No
kidding
The results are not surprising, so says
Sherlock:
65 percent are opposed to dam removal;
68 percent are opposed to public purchase of
reservation land for the Tribes;
73 percent are opposed to the closed and
confidential negotiations involved in developing
the KBRA and the AIP;
58 percent are unwilling to paying higher
electric rates as the result of the shift to
renewable energy or dam removal;
83 percent are very or somewhat concerned that
these agreements will provide the Tribes with
too much control over Klamath Basin water
That's right. You as the citizens of the area to
be affected, did not have representation at the
table of these closed door agreements.
Drug dealers were at the table. There were a
whole bunch of them. Their voices were the
loudest I would imagine.
But not you the citizens who will be hurt.
Illegal Tribal interests were at the table, but
not the tribe whose territory is aboriginal to
the area affected.
So, why won't our leaders go after the heart of
the matter and represent the interests of the
vast majority of their constituents?
The answer to this question may actually go to
the heart of the matter.
Those you have elected don't seem to want to get
to the heart of the issue.
You can't tell me a county supervisor or
commissioner can't ask for an official criminal
investigation.
You can't tell me that our law enforcement can't
launch a criminal investigation into the
allegations which have been raised in these
pages.
You can't tell me our representatives are
powerless to push federal and state agencies
into a corner because they are making illegal
agreements - unless, of course our
representatives are guilty of such themselves.
-Daniel Webster
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