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Thoughts for the day:
It is irresponsible for [The Department of the Interior]
to keep buying more land. We already own one out of every five acres in
the country. Before the government buys more land, it must learn to take
care of what it already controls.
-Secretary
Gale A. Norton, U.S. Department of the Interior
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"After working with this law (the Endangered
Species Act) during my 22 years in Congress, I've concluded it's the most
powerful law in the land. It can be used to thwart everything from the
training of our fighter pilots to the farmer's simple desire to plant
a crop in his field so he can feed his family."
House Resources Committee Chairman James
V. Hansen discussing a bill to restore the original intent of the ESA
[Endangered Species Act]
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"There is a deliberate and quite outspoken
attack on the whole idea of people owning private property. Mr. William
Reiley, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has said publicly
on a number of occasions that he does not believe that people should have
the right to own private property. To use his words, "The ownership
of private property is a quaint anachronism." He has called for a
repeal of the fifth amendment as it affects the right of private property.
There are two laws that have been passed by the Congress that are being
used to take property away from people. one is the Endangered Species
Act, and the other one happens to be the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water
Act has a section, 404, which allows the Corps of Engineers to regulate
the water that is navigable. By a series of very twisted definitions,
the Corps has adopted the idea, which the Fish and Wildlife and EPA are
also following, that any body of water, or any moist land, anything that
they can call "wetland" constitutes navigable water."
-Dixie Lee Ray, scientist, recipient of the United Nations Peace Prize
- 1992
"According to a recent study by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, simply limiting 'unreasonable'
jury awards could cut health care costs by five to nine percent, saving
$70 - $126 billion each year and allowing an additional 2.4 - 4.3 million
Americans to obtain medical insurance." - May 6, 2003 press release
of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, as cited by sickoflawsuits.org
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September 29, 2003
Principal pay hikes
raise eyebrows - Some feel the climate is not right, but the board wants
to keep the salaries competitive - Bremerton Sun
Firms say Grant PUD broke
law -Tri-City
Herald
Children 'being brainwashed'
by new green geography lessons -UK Telegraph
Best and worst states for
taxes - Washington state ranks 2nd highest in combined tax burden -
MSN
September 28, 2003
State water at
center of debate - Meeting will address needs of farmers, migrating
salmon -Spokesman-Review
Logging plan would
cut fire danger -
Spokesman-Review
The Dark Divide Decision:
Environmentalists differ about pushing for wilderness
-The Columbian
Skagit County:
Candidates flood the freeholder ballot - 86 vie for slots that may determine
area's future -
Skagit Valley Herald
Anti-terror law
put to other uses -
The Arizona Republic
Water and growth
- Study must dispel 'raise the drawbridge' myths -
LV Review Journal
On education:
The wolves are at the door -
LVRJ
September 27, 2003
Think we're using up
too much 'open space'? We've space to spare! The
Daily Camera
4 aquatic reserves
OK'd in Puget Sound -The Olympian
Shine Pit might define
commissioner race - Six weeks till Nov. 4 general election-Port
Townsend Leader
Looking at NAFTA's
unfulfilled promises -
Ag-Pioneer
September 26, 2003
Salmon planning battle
to heat up -Bremerton
Sun
Spokane River dying,
Sierra Club says - State regulators claim water quality is improving;
but group says it's most endangered river in state -Spokesman-Review
WA State Supreme Court
lets I-18 stand - King County voters can amend county charter by initiative
- Seattle P-I
Arlington, WA: Book
launches on city's land-use code -Seattle
Times
September 25, 2003
Yukon to Yucatan - The
Wildlands Project continues forward -
Liberty Matters News Service
Chesapeake: Push
for Delmarva Wildlands Project Heats Up - Congressman
Wayne Gilchrest (R-Md.) Wants $500,000,000 for Land and Resource Protection
Racket -Sierra Times
400 Mile Journey, Not Unusual
for Wolves -
LMNS
Pocatello, Idaho:
BlueRibbon Coalition supports National Park Service Final Rule allowing
PWC Permanent Access to Lake Powell - News Release
Utah Governor
Leavitt to Take Over EPA -
Hearland Institute
September 24, 2003
Park County board tangles
with wolf issues -Billings
Gazette
Judge blocks do-not-call
list -
The Olympian
Idaho County takes aim
at Patriot Act -
Spokesman-Review
Baucus brokers compromise
to bill -Healthy Forests Initiative could get added leverage
- Daily Interlake
King County, WA:
Recession slows county's sprawl -
Seattle P-I
Sierra Club, US
Communist Party Have Similar Goals -
Liberty Matters News Service
September 22, 2003
Judge cleared in roadless
case - Court dismisses ethics complaint, says no basis for allegations
-Spokesman-Review
Eatery makes patrons
sign liability waiver for fatty dessert - Seattle's 5 Spot using gimmick
to ridicule lawyer -Spokesman-Review
EPA gives Cominco deadline
for river plan - Company blamed for most pollution in Columbia -AP
September 20, 2003
Sue
Forde wins primary election over Tharinger in Clallam County
Nevada's 'Shovel Brigade'in
outhouse feud with Forest Service -
Reno Gazette
Cougars Stroll through
the Show-Me State -
Wanda Benton
Locke to campaign
for embattled Davis -King
5 News
Magistrate backs
groups in trail issue -Spokesman-Review
Myrtle fire puts logging
on hot seat - Group says fire shows thinning boosts fire danger; Forest
Service says blaze in drainage inevitable -Spokesman-Review
Plum Creek Timber Co.
loses $5 million due to fires -Daily
Interlake
Washington will appeal
blanket primary ruling -King 5 News
September 19, 2003
New zoning plan
faces tough test -
Herald-Mall Online
Federal 'roadless'
policy officially ends - Forest Service chief: Decision changes little
- Denver Post
Water lawsuit chills.
Parties agree to 30-day delay - The potential lawsuit could stop all
delivery of irrigation water in Southern Idaho in 2004, drying up two
million acres of farmland -
Capital Press
Animals sick, dying
in greater numbers from West Nile virus - The Charlotte
Observer
Skagit County, WA: Voters
will decide sales-tax increase - Skagit Valley Herald
State economy shows little
sign of recovery - Revenue forecasters expect $6 million less than previously
predicted -The
Olympian
Pilot taxpayer-funded
project to save farms OK'd -Farmers can sell off development rights,
sealing land from development forever - Seattle Times
FDA issues tampering warning
- Potential threat to Western Washington Safeway stores -
King 5 News
September 18, 2003
Interior Secretary
Norton to announce $12.9 Million in tax money to fund conservation projects
in 40 States - Includes saving bat habitat -
DOI News
Wyoming governor
lauds Fish and Wildlife for using reliable science to de-list mountain
plover from ESA -
News Release
September 17, 2003
Washington County,
MD: County offers second chance to speak on plan to limit residential
growth in rural areas
- Herald-Mall Online
Development Rights
Market or Transfer of Developments - They're Still A "Other People's
Money" Scheme! -
from Michigan Asssoc. of Home Builders
Bill has minnow, WIPP
changes -The Albuquerque Tribune
Oregonians in Action...Look
at "Smart Growth" in Action By
Bill Moshofsky for eco-logic
At the WTO meeting...Eco-Imperialism
challenged in Cancun - eco-logic
report
Martz pushing eminent
domain for Otter Creek power lines -Billings
Gazette
Is Your Sheriff
Worth His Salt? By Sheriff Mike Cook
September 16, 2003
With some 1,300 species
on nation's 'endangered' list, Western Governor's Assoc.asks for more
federal money to develop strategies
- Billings Gazette
September 15, 2003
Endangered Species
Act blasted by U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Resources
by J. Zane Walley
Planning chief in
Clallam County to be elected, a first in the nation
-Seattle Times
More Conrol...The Purpose
of Invasive Species -
by Jim Beers, for eco-logic
Environmental Litigation
Threatens Endangered Species -
NCPP
Michaels turns on
the energy light Trackside
commentary by John D'Aloia Jr.
Wyoming: Thermopolis
rancher seeks probe of BLM office -Billings
Gazette
Court strikes down Wash.'s
'blanket' primary system -King
5 News
Last Time, There's No
Global Warming
- LMNS
September 14, 2003
Farm bill faces world
scrutiny - Subsidy issue dominates trade-summit talks -Spokesman-Review
World trade talks on
farming fail -AP
Fire policy revision
stalls in Congress -Billings
Gazette
No Land Trust Hijack
of H.R. 7; final version with Senate bill could change the outcome
- Liberty Matters
News Service
September 13, 2003
Cow shooting fires up debate
- Is open range necessary for ranchers or an outdated remnant of Old
West? - Spokesman-Review
Hanford Reach group
to propose a conservation plan to determine how monument will be managed-Spokesman-Review
Acreage number of fires
surpass 2000 season
- The Missoulian
September 12, 2003
Hood Canal controversy
reaches critical stage -King
5 News
Skagit Valley:
Lawsuit threat may spur talks on
tide gate - Skagit Valley Herald
Boon to public health
is cost to public trust - Commissioners create a new taxing district
- Tri-City Herald
Bellingham: Group
wants to put brakes on growth -Bellingham Herald
Chinese researchers
confirm SARS came from animals -Reuters
New rules could sting home
buyers - Initial costs increase on loans for manufactured houses -The
Olympian
September 11, 2003
Say So Long to State Budget
Deficits -Bob
Williams & Lynn Harsh, Fox News
Washington Farm Bureau
News, Sept. 10
Charette:
A new consensus process for planners
Cave dweller banned from
forest -Washington
Times
The IRS refused to
answer her questions by
Vin Suprynowicz, Las Vegas Review Journal
September 10, 2003
Gap grows between housing
costs, wages -King
5 News
Air travelers may be assigned
color codes -King 5 News
Alert - Windows users:
Mass-mailer with backdoor component
Coquille, Oregon:
Small Town Government Set To Self Destruct -Sierra
Times
September 9, 2003
News from Washington
Farm Bureau - The battle over water and land
Rules ineffective for
incoming invasive species -King 5 News
Rivers near historic
low flows; fish persevere -
Methow Valley News
Irrigation decision
no surprise to some - Court rules federal government's rights exceed
those of the state; case may go to the Supreme Court -
Methow Valley News
NASA Helping To Understand
Water Flow In The West -
Science Daily
An Environmental
Program You Should Consider Supporting -
Opinion by Clifford C. Nichols, Attorney at Law, for Sierra Times
September 8, 2003
The Cornerstone
of America's Freedom by George C. Landrith for Capitalism
Magazine
How 'green' are the forests?
The Columbian
Presidential visit
revives dam debate -Bremerton
Sun
Baker Lake sockeye make
record return - Human efforts to save salmon include 'fish taxis,' 'gulpers'
-Bellingham
Herald
WASL examinations flunk
on many levels-Spokesman-Review
Methow Valley
homes evacuated for wildfire -The Olympian
SANTA FE, N.M.: Environmental
group suspect in vandalism of SUVs -News Tribune
Conservationists,
Forest Service battle in court over logging issue
-The Olympian
September 7, 2003
Interior Dept. to
Probe Water Policy -Yahoo
News
A Conflict of Values
in the Arctic -The battle over oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- by Robert
Bidinotto
Award winner’s mill forced
to close its doors -
Capital Press
Big Darby antagonists
striving for balance - Environmentalists, developers discussing future
of watershed -
The Columbus Dispatch
The Great Crawfish
Raid by
Vin Suprynowicz, Las Vegas Review Journal
September 5, 2003
Chopper incident has
rancher in hot water - He fires his shotgun at a firefighting helicopter's
bucket after the USFS 'didn't pay' him for past use -
Arizona Republic
Higher flows ease fears
over repeat of Klamath salmon kill -Sierra
Times
Calls Show Pre-Blackout
Utility Confusion -Yahoo News
McMorris announces
she'll run for Congress - State representative to step down as House
minority leader -Spokesman-Review
Landowner charged
in dispute over right to use Kettle River - Man faces charge for allegedly
placing tree across waterway -Spokesman-Review
Closer Look: No Simple
Pollution Solution - Strategy for improving Columbia River Gorge visibility
remains hazy -The
Columbian
September 3, 2003
Casino's shift to trust
could hit county - Clearwater's request could mean a loss of revenue
for Kitsap - Bremerton Sun
Private Property: Monterey
Bay National Marine "Sanctuary": Poison Candy? -Freedom
21 Santa Cruz
Methow Valley, WA: Irrigation
decision no surprise to some -
Methow Valley News
September 2, 2003
Port directors, users
promote dredging project -
The Columbian
Area utilities
oppose BPA increase -Tri-City
Herald
Medicare legislation
could bring relief to ailing rural hospitals - The
Daily News
Why many in state are hungry
- High jobless, housing and mobility rates make Washington No. 2 -Seattle
P-I
King County Journal
to cut jobs and suspend wage increases -Seattle Times
Restoration Suit
Stems From Power Crunch - Yakima Herald
September 1, 2003
Kane County UT Uses State
Law to Reclaim Roads from national monument by
Toni Thayer
Utah Rural Summit 2003:
A Roadmap for the Future -
commentary by Toni Thayer
Inevitable consequences:
The cost of turning green commentary
by Henry Lamb, eco-logic
Endangered?
Ha! The salmon that never was commentary
by Jim Brunner, for eco-logic
No-salvage
pledge - Enviro say they'll fight every effort to log burned areas
- The Missoulian
Environmental
activist fighting misdemeanor charges - Charged with trespassing, assault
over ruling on pygmy owl -
Tucson Citizen
Appeals court affirms
dismissal of Sierra Club lawsuit -Corpus
Christi Caller-Times
Ironwood Forest National
Monument: Environmentalists call for trail blocking despite provision
that existing mining rights, grazing privileges be honored -
Tucson Citizen
Clark County,
WA - Home businesses chafe under rules - The
Columbian
Saving the East Fork:
$7 million plan targets redesign of river to restore stability -
The Columbian
Bellevue, WA: Economic
downturn leads to massive evictions -King 5 News
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VIRGINIA - Gaia
Forum series at the College of William and Mary to stimulate ongoing
cross-campus dialogue, instruction, and research on what they claim
is the most crucial question of our time: "[H]ow to work together
to transform a cancerous global economy predicated on the infinite expansion
of production and consumption of commodities into a socioeconomic order
that is compatible with a finite, perishable planet?" - "We
plan to establish autonomous chapters or "nodes" on college
campuses throughout the world. . " - Question Presented: Does
this sound like a program likely to enlist students opposed to free-enterprise
and the private sector?
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"[T]he Endangered Species Act, like Frankenstein, despite the
good intentions of its creators, has become a monster..." _ The
Honorable Paul Kelly, 10th Circuit Court of Appeal, Dissent, Silvery
Minnow Decision
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Letter to the editor in The Daily News, Longview, WA:
Who pays the wages?
When you are at the courthouse, do you have the feeling that you are
working for them, instead of them working for you? Who is paying their
wages?
Monte G. Hamer
Castle Rock
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