Mt. Ellinor, Olympic Range, elevation 5,944 ft.Submitted to Shelton Blog by Carol Fulcher Hepburn Mason County Progressive
Last week I climbed Mt. Ellinor. Wow! I am so happy to live in this beautiful state!
One thing I noticed though while taking in the magnificent view was the layer of smog that now appears to be a permanent part of our horizon. When I was young, I only heard of smog in the Southern California area. Johnny Carson used to make LA. smog jokes.
It saddens me to think that pollution is now so common and so accepted.
It worries me that the Washington GOP wants to open up the Olympic Peninsula for even more logging, and wants to dismantle the EPA regulations. This would certainly open the road for even more corporations only interested in the profits of incineration for dirty energy to come to our state.
Now that all of our County Commissioners, and all but one of our Port Commissioners are pro-incineration, I hope that people will consider voting for Jack Miles for Port Commissioner. He is the only elected official who listened to those of us who believe in moving towards truly green energy and a clear horizon.
SHELTON BLOG NOTE:
Link to Jack Miles Re-Election Campaign Website:
www.WeBackJackMiles.com
You are so right Carol.
ReplyDeleteAll of our local elected officials, EXCEPT JACK MILES, are lined up squarely with polluting industry against the health and welfare of our community. It is a shame!
I hope that after we RE-ELECT JACK we start finding some really good candidates to replace the rest of the corporate puppets who court industry while ruining our beautiful, natural environment.