Monthly Archives: January 2011

Smokestack Prosperity

“My wife and I both like trees. It’s just that she likes seeing them vertical and I like seeing them horizontal.” –Tim Sheldon– Virtually ALL of Senator Sheldon’s 2010 $124,000 campaign donations came from corporations. PDC database shows Sheldon’s Corporate … Continue reading

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Commissioner Sheldon Eulogizes Buzz-Saw Politics

Every 4th Tuesday, Mason County holds its Commissioners meeting in the evening (6:00 pm) to accommodate those who work for a living.  This most recent one (1-25-11) was lightly attended with only one local resident seeking to address the commissioners, … Continue reading

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HB 1081 Emasculates County Self Determination

House Bill 1081 sponsored by State Representatives Jeff Morris (D), Jim Moeller (D), and David Frockt (D) seeks to cram BioMassacre siting/permitting down the throats of Washington Counties unwilling to abide by the unwarranted injury to their residents, health, children, … Continue reading

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Adage’s Carbon-Neutrality Myth

Like many of you, I grew up perplexed by the tale of The Emperor’s New Clothes.  For those not familiar with the story, let me bring you up to speed: An emperor who cares more about clothes than his kingdom commissions … Continue reading

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CCMC Rally Packs Shelton City Hall

The Community Forum held 1-19-11 evening at Shelton City Civic Center sponsored by CCMC was well attended as the main hall reached seating capacity early in anticipation of key speakers such as Meg Sheehan (a nationally acclaimed environmental lawyer), Duff … Continue reading

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Local Cheese Creamery raided by federal agents

The Estrellas’ Cheese Creamery located near Montesano, WA. in the Wynoochee River valley has been shut down by federal agents.  The full story as reported by KIRO can be found below. Unlike the Estrellas, my own strategy has been to … Continue reading

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Power Plant Thugs Murder Protester

Adage and Simpson may not have resorted to murder just yet, but the similarities in all other respects to the following story are striking: ZHAIQIAO, China — Qian Yunhui would not be silenced. A local leader in a community of … Continue reading

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Contorted Mason County BioMassacre Permit Logic

The Comment period available to citizens concerned about the destruction of our community, environment, health, and quality of life is ending soon for ORCAA, SEPA, and Washington’s EPA overseeing the official tongue clucking (but no action/remedy) regarding Shelton Harbor Dioxin contamination … Continue reading

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Mason County’s Future

While Mason County residents pause in anticipation of the next downward spiral toward becoming an industrial slum, consider…these signs used to be everywhere: Hoquiam and Forks, Port Angeles and Montesano. The plywood placards were hand made and haphazardly stenciled. Sometimes … Continue reading

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German Dioxin Crisis Presages Our Own

Given Mason County’s Oakland Bay has become Puget Sound’s worst hotbed of Dioxin contamination (175 – 902 ppt) in Shelton Harbor sediments, the lack of local food chain testing for Dioxin in light of the current German contamination news is … Continue reading

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