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To the gentlemen from the utility companies who say they "understand" what this rate increase means to their consumers what their salaries are? Have they taken pay cuts? Is it even possible for them to understand what a rate increase means to someone who works hard and tries to raise a family on less than $30,000 a year?

How much of our money that is supposedly going to develop these green projects is going to advertising them?

posted 3 years, 1 month ago
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Our public lands are just that -- ours, and public. Just as the Statue of Liberty does not just belong to the people of New York City, or one set of interests, neither do our public lands.

Over half of our National Forests are already open to drilling, mining, logging and other destructive development. Like many folks in Oregon, I moved here because of the amazing wild places this state (unlike many back east) has and the opportunities they provide. It is sad that so little of it is permanently protected. Surely, in such a "green" state we should have more protected wilderness than Idaho.

Once a wild place is destroyed, it's destroyed forever. I would like Oregon to remain a special place for my children. Kudos and thanks to those who have worked so hard to make that happen. We need to protect more of our last wild places for the benefit of all.

posted 3 years, 4 months ago
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