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Wednesday, August 12, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LETTERS
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County Commissioner Alan Unger, Henderson9s predeces-
sor on the DCFP Steering Committee from 2010 until 2017,
understood that supplemental funding for fuels reduction work
was critical to protecting our communities and restoring the
health of our forests. He tirelessly advocated for Congressional
funding for DCFP work each year and helped secure $7 mil-
lion from the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration
Program for these projects. Importantly for Sisters, these dol-
lars funded fuels treatments south and west of town that helped
prevent the Pole Creek and Milli Fires from burning into area
neighborhoods.
Unlike Commissioner Henderson, I understand how to pro-
tect our communities from wildfire and have worked locally
for 16 years to address the barriers to fuels reduction: timber-
environmental polarization, insufficient investment, and public
acceptance of thinning and prescribed fire. Vote Phil Chang for
our forests and our communities.
Phil Chang
(Editor9s note: Phil Chang is running for the position on the
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners currently held by
Phil Henderson).
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To the Editor:
As far as I can tell, the core issue fueling the turmoil in
America: Our traditional information gatekeepers can no lon-
ger be trusted. Most journalists are now actually activists in
disguise. Many of our scientists are now pushing a social or
political agenda. And, we have a president who9s a narcissistic
liar.
No wonder Americans can9t even agree on what consti-
tutes a fact and can9t navigate complex, nuanced concepts. I
have yet to hear any of our political leaders talk about how
we walk back from this post-truth future. I fear this is because
these leaders are the ones who benefit the most from all the
misinformation.
Josh Groves
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To the Editor:
I9m 76 years old, I9ve seen the remnants of the First World
War and lived as a child during the Second, in 1952 it was the
Korean War followed by watching Castro bring Communism
to Cuba in the 960s. In the mid-and late-960s, time was spent
trying to eradicate racism; instead Dr. Martin Luther King, a
great leader, was himself eradicated. With all this blood spilled
there was still time to lose 58,000 soldiers in Vietnam.
In the 980s things were slightly calmer and somewhat free
of war except for the Middle East BS. Along came the millen-
nium with 9/11, Iraqi, Afghanistan, Iran all to follow and still
following.
These were devastating years, but today in 2020 I9m in
absolute awe at this complete lack of governing by some of
our largest and most beautiful cities. I watch the news and wit-
ness rioters and thugs terrorize these cities while pretending to
care about Black Lives. They do all this, while the city leaders
fend off any suggestion of outside help. Their cities are burn-
ing down and they9re telling their own police to stand down
while kowtowing to thugs.
I am in absolute awe with some in public commentary, who
sympathize with these protesters. A typical example of this is
a letter written last week to The Nugget by Michael Wells in a
rebuttal to Jim Cornelius9s commentary, where he had stressed
the opposite sentiments.
Wells9 letter with its entire nonsensical partisan diatribe sug-
gest that The Nugget9s Editor has no evidence that the cities9
leadership is negligent in their duties. Any intelligent being,
regardless of political affiliation knows that these leaders are
beyond negligent. It is pure stupidity to believe otherwise.
Terry Coultas
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