The Port of Astoria commissioners never fail to amuse. Bless their hearts.
In today's exciting adventure we find the majority of the commissioners voting to hire a member of the board of Columbia Riverkeepers as their lawyer to defend against the Oregon LNG lawsuit. Yes, I know he says LNG is not his issue. He is capable of saying this with a clear eye and a straight face. I believe him.
Columbia riverkeepers works on a number of different fronts. We associate them with anti-LNG
activities because that's the focus here.
priceless.
ReplyDeleteWillamette Week Story Forum Archive writes on Sep 30th, 2005 12:00amComment 9 | Respond
ReplyDeleteLNG is welcome in Warrenton
"The majority of people that I have spoken with in Warrenton are in favor of the Calpine proposal to locate a LNG facility here. We have seen the decline of jobs in the fishing and wood products industry. The economic impact of having a facility that provides family wage jobs is tremendous for our town of just over 4200 people. Warrenton has long been business friendly and we welcome the addition of this facility. LNG has been safely handled for decades. One should not be influenced by the opponents "the sky is falling" arguments that siting a facility here will result in a fiery inferno. As with other industries, there are risks. However, modern day engineering provides for facilies that are designed to be safe. Controls are in place to ensure the safety of the facility and the area surrounding it. Others will accuse me of being a "paid lackey" for Calpine, but I am just a concerned citizen looking to the future economic well being of our town."
—Jeff Hazen
To date I don't think hazen has put this into any public record during any deliberations on the issue of LNG in his tenure as a Clatsop County Commissioner so, where does that put him on the issue?
Should we be posing the same concerns on this man who obviusly had sold out to the support of LNG prior to his election into Public Trust and withheld it from the record?