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The saddest thing about getting rid of the illegal WOPR logging plan is that everyone is stuck on discussing the outdated jobs versus the environment paradigm.  The Bush administration, and his allies in congress and the timber industry, just wasted millions of taxpayer dollars pushing through an outdated, illegal plan.  The Oregon timber industry and state and county policiticians should have intervened long ago and proposed real solutions for their consituents. I am frustrated with the poor leadership coming from these counties and the state and instead of talking about jobs vs the environment we should be talking about holding these politicians accountable for such a large mistake.

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