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on Northwest Passages: Virginia Euwer Wolff

Speaking of music:

David or Emily, please post the CC of Helene Grimaud that Ms Wolff mentioned and you played a selection from - I would really like to purchase it. Thanks for a truly stellar program, again

posted 2 years, 9 months ago
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on Casinos and Condos in the Columbia Gorge

Hey, are you the troll in the Vancouver Columbian? Cause someone utilized the same useless, illogical argument about Multnomah Falls there also. This is what we call a slippery slope fallacy in criticism. Give an inch and you take a mile. Pendleton Round-Up. Ha! happens once a year. How did we make the jump from an overblown, stupendously oversized casino going into a small town to global warming? Isn't Tri-Met for METRO Portland? How far are you going to extend their tax base? The tribe does not get to choose, the Federales do. And the Federales are not allowing tribes to convert land for this purpose more than 40 miles away. Just ask all the tribes who were just turned down, all 22 of them.

posted 4 years, 2 months ago
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on Casinos and Condos in the Columbia Gorge

Ah yes, the tram- 1969 - great year for idealists. Why in the world are you bringing up something that old? Grow up and use logic and current events in your dialogue. You are never going to hear either Roger or Cindy quote anything that goes against the vision. Do your own research. It is out there.

posted 4 years, 2 months ago
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on Casinos and Condos in the Columbia Gorge

You are wrong. I was present at the Warm Springs meeting. Several Tribal members (mostly the elders) spoke against the site as too far and negatively affecting tribal families. The Hood River site has several problems,including access. It was set up as a option for use as a red herring. The original vote for my town was only if we wanted a casino with no details as to the size and complexity (added resort, shopping, spa, brewery, nightclub venues) About half of Cascade Locks are against the development. How environmentally sensitive is a 6-story hotel and 3-story parking structure and 5-6 Portland city blocks with 3-million visitors a year? Not much.

posted 4 years, 2 months ago
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on Casinos and Condos in the Columbia Gorge

The property owner were/are in violation

posted 4 years, 2 months ago
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on Casinos and Condos in the Columbia Gorge

That is for the Federal Government to decide. For your information, it is not an either or decision, there are many, major problems using the Hood River site. There is also the the possibility of the reservation itself. The tribe has said that they want Cascade Locks only because it is more lucrative and yet many elders of the tribe has spoken against the CL site because of the distance from where they live.

posted 4 years, 2 months ago
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on Casinos and Condos in the Columbia Gorge

I live in Cascade Locks and have been amazed and appalled that people think it is okay to plunk a 6-story hotel and buildings equal to 5 -6 Portland city blocks in the middle of the Scenic Area. The argument that it is an industrial zone is specious. It is in the middle of the Scenic Area and will bring in eight times the amount of people that live here, daily. My town has long been seriously divided over this supposed boon. But we lack the infrastructure to support this overly large project. Tribal workers would have to commute over 2 hours one-way. Many of them would end up living here and commuting home for the weekend. This does not support tribal family life.
It's bad for the Indians, it's bad for Cascade Locks and it's bad for the Columbia Gorge.

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