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on Bottling It Up in Cascade Locks

I want to edit my comment. I shouldn't have said Bubbles or whatever. Okay. But I also want to add, what makes you think Cascade Locks is a welfare state? We are not sitting on our butts waiting for handouts - that is why there are two proposals on the table. The casino and bottled water. It's just that (some) in Portland and elsewhere don't like those two concepts.

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But is not regulated by it. An important distinction

posted 2 years, 10 months ago
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denisep,

yep, socialism. let's do away with private property rights.

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Yep, I agree with that Katelin. But what is being done with Tourism isn't enough. Just inviting people out to hike (some more) and be here during sailing season doesn't take care of building businesses, even incubator ones or the off-season during fall/winter when sailors go away.

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I believe Katelin has a good point. The city often "pushes" a staff recommendation onto the decision makers without giving them multiple options to choose from. There needs to be some independent info gathering.  I agree with emprssgrge as well.

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Bubbles, or whatever.

I think you can make your comment without telling me I'm pathetic. Remember I LIVE here and you DON"T.

If it is YOUR type of businesses then bring YOUR money to Cascade Locks to start 'em up. Otherwise, why do you think the City is considering Nestle in the first place? It's not like a lot of other companies or individuals have shown interest or taken action to do so.

I don't think the folks who live here have to take direction from others with some sort of a master plan for our lives unless those people are willing to relocate here themselves.

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Uh - and by the way, the UAVs are moving closer to Portland as Insitu (Boeing) is expanding into Stevenson, Washington. So that will increase truck traffic on I-84, too. Because trucks, particularly freight, cross the bridge and go up the Oregon side. The drivers don't, generally, go up the Washington side.

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Yeah, and what is the impact of cooling those huge towers that Google has set up in The Dalles to generate search engines for the Internet. Quit raping that resource already, too!

Seriously, you can make your point without resorting to the standard enviro-theatrics. Although, it does make for free entertainment.

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Dive bars are welcome too, bring em on down to Cascade Locks. And we won't serve out of bottles just straight from the tap into people's mouths. That will create additional jobs as we will need plenty of people to mop the floor.

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We need to create green sustainable jobs in all communities that meet the needs of those communities without jeopardizing other communities, ecosystems and the planet.

Okay, I'm not trying to be annoying but I will repeat myself, anyone out there we can use your business today in Cascade Locks. If you truly practice what you preach then come on down and bring the sustainable business with you. I wouldn't mind seeing a bakery, a bicycle shop, a veternarian, a doctor, a dentist, a pharmacy, a clothing store, a furniture shop or others locate here. Just to throw out some ideas.

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Uh, and Nestle would also be paying us for water through our public utility system, so your point is what exactly>

Wine still uses water, what about the glass bottles used to bottle it in? Doesn't creating glass take resources including water?

Maybe it's using less of a resource, in your opinion, but it (making wine) IS still using resources!

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Good point, I agree.

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I wish we could charge the RR a pass-through fee. Now, that would generate some revenue.

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I think some of the rainfall probably percolates down as well. of course we could bottle the runoff and call it muddy stormwater, wanna drink some?

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I don't and I'll leave the mocking of the city manager to you, Jannisary

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U so funny ! I agree. The guy needs speech lessons or something, too.

posted 2 years, 11 months ago
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I am against Portlanders coming into the Gorge. They fall off cliffs, we have to have our SAR go and get them. They bring their own food and water in bottles so they don't come into town to eat, and they have no concern about Cascade Locks. Their record throughout the Gorge is atrocious and the difficulties involving their attitude about Oregon being under Portland control are quite real. I hope we are wise enough to start putting up blockades or at least charging a toll against these unethical people. We must do and can do much better. Cascade Locks deserves better and can wait it out for better people to come in and tell us how to live.

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Electric bills are high because there is a limited base of payers. If the base were increased, i.e. with some major industrial development, then rates could stay fixed or go down.

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The town's Urban Growth Area is not. There are 13 excluded areas in the Scenic Act.

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But I think if you are going to tout that argument, it needs to be extended to glass containers as well. Doesn't bottling beer and wine in glass require huge amounts of natural resources and energy as well?

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