❖◗❘❱❳❩❬ ❭❳◗❪❫ ❴❬ ❵❛❴❞
❣✐❥ ❦❧♠❥♥q❥♥
Coming back to work at
hometown newspaper
àááâ ãàäåàæçè
éê
ëìíî
❋✟❖✠ ✡☛☞
ïð
◆☞✌✍✟❖❖✠
ñòìëóïðóì ôîëïõîö÷
øùõ
íúðõ
✎✏✑✒✓✔✕✓✑
ûîúûüî
❇✖✒✔✗✖✘
óìüü íî ñòìëýïîþ ÿ òîóîëõüê
ìóóîûõî ❛ ì úø ìõ ❚❤ î
ìð øúòë
✇
✁
øðîò ✈ îò ìð ì ëî ✇ ð òîûúòõîòþ ÿ
îòî ìë ❛ üï ✈ î ❛ ïë
❤
ì
❡
✂
òìë ❛ î ✄ úò íúðõ ú ✄ íê
üï ✄ îþ
õîò
❆✄
ì
❛
❊
t
òì ❛ ùìõïë t ✄ òúí
❡
ì
✂
òìë ❛ î
î t òîî ïë úùòëìüïðí ìõ õ ❤ î
ù t îëîþ ÿ
ìü ❛ ÷
✝
úòýî ❛ úë õ ❤ î ëî ✇ ð
✇
ï
☎ t❤ ✆
ó ❤ úúü ÿ îìòëî ❛
ëï ✈ îòðïõê ú ✄
❛
îðý ìõ õ ❤ î
✁
✞
òî t úë ïë
ìïüê
ð ðõù ❛ îëõ ûùøüïóìõïúë÷ ✄ úò õ ✇ ú êîìòðþ ÿ
ðîëïúò ëî ✇ ð î ❛ ïõúò
îë ÿ
✇❤
t
❊
íîò ✲
ìð õ ❤ î
✝✁➆
✇
òì ❛ ùìõî ❛ ÷ ìë ❛ ÿ üîìòëî ❛ ðú
íùó ❤ ìøúùõ úùòëìüïðí ìë ❛ ëî ✇ ðûìûîòð õ ❤ îòîþ ÿ
õ ❤ î úûûúòõùëïõê õú
✇
❤
t
úõ õú
úòý
✇
✇
ïõ ❤ íìëê õìüîëõî ❛
ìò ❛✇ úòýïë t ðõù ❛ îëõ úùòëìüïðõðþ ÿ ìüðú ïëõîòëî ❛
❤
üìðõ ðùííîò ïë
ÿ
úõ
òïõî íìëê î ① óïõïë t ðõúòïîð ìøúùõ ì
ìòïîõê ú ✄ õúûïóð÷ ìë ❛ ÿ
✈
ìë ❛
t
úòõüìë ❛ ìõ
❧
❲
ïüüìíîõõî
îîý÷
❲
îòî
✇❤
úëî ❛ íê ëî ✇ ð ðýïüüð ïë õ ❤ î ûòú ✄ îððïúëìü ìë ❛ ✄ ìðõ ✲
ûìóî ❛ ðîõõïë t ú ✄ õ ❤ î óïõêþ
ÿ óìíî
❤
ì ✄ õîò
òì ❛ ùìõïë t
t
úíî õú øî
✄
✇
ïõ ❤ íê ìíìöïë t ✄ ìíïüê ✄ úò ì
òúí
ïë
✝✁
✞
ïüî
✇❤
îóîíøîò ìë ❛ øî t ìë
ûüìëëïë t íê ëî ① õ íú ✈ î÷ øùõ íùó ❤ õú íê ðùòûòïðî÷ ì
ëî ✇ ð òîûúòõîò ûúðïõïúë úûîëî ❛ ùû òï t❤ õ
õ ❤ òïüüî ❛ õú øî øòïë t ïë t íê ðýïüüð
óúííùëïõê õ ❤ ìõ
❤
îòîþ ÿ ìí
❤
úíî õú ðîò ✈ î õ ❤ î
îüûî ❛ òìïðî íîþ
❤
ÿ ➆ üü øî òîûúòõïë t úë
÷ õ ❤ î
❊✁✝
✱
ïõê ú ✄
✱
ú ✈ î ìë ❛
t
îëîòìü
Nothing to gain, everything to lose: B2H
transmission line is obsolete and devastating
➩➳➼ ❰➩➹➠ ➝➳➼➡➭➡➞ ❍ ➬➬➷Û ❪ ➝➺➡➵❐ ➾➩ ➚➭➩➳➼➡❐ ➤ ● ÜÕ➮Ó➷ ❍ ÓÚ➬ÔÜÛÞÔ➬➷➷➬ ❍
The B2H transmission
line is a 20th century
solution in search of a
modern problem that
doesn’t exist. It’s waste-
ful, obsolete and poten-
tially devastating.
As of late, the City of
rs ①③s④⑤⑥⑦⑧ ⑨⑩❶❷s❸ ❹⑨⑧❷ -
tion on the B2H Trans-
mission Line project has
been “No Position” or at
best “Move B2H.” Dur-
ing my campaign for city
council this past fall, I
studied this issue and I
can absolutely under-
stand why the city has
taken that stance. “We
don’t have a dog in that
❺❻❼❽❾ ❷⑧ s ❹❼③s⑧⑥ ❿⑥ ⑨➀ -
ten hear at council meet-
ings and work sessions,
and the city’s attitude
about this issue is no dif-
ferent — but this time,
it’s due to a lack of un-
derstanding and a failure
to fully appreciate the
devastating consequenc-
es of this obsolete and
completely unnecessary
project. Consequences
that absolutely give the
city a number of reasons
✃➩Ý ÓÚ➬ÔÜÛÞÔ➬➷ÕÜ➵
❽⑨ ➁⑨❷④ ❽❼⑥ ⑥➂⑨③❽ ❽⑨ ⑧❽⑨❹
ëî ✇ ðþ ÿ ìí
îòê î ① óïõî ❛ õú øî
✈
îòî÷ ìë ❛ ÿ óìë ➆ õ ïíì t✲
❤
ïëî ì øîõõîò ûüìóî õú ðõìòõ íê óìòîîò õ ❤ ìë
✂
òìë ❛ î ïð ðùó ❤ ì ðûîóïìü óúííùëïõêþ
õ ❤ ïë t ðú
❤
úíîþ
ì
❡
îòî ïð ðúíî ✲
❚❤
îìòõ ✇ ìòíïë t ìøúùõ òîûúòõïë t ïë ì óúííù ✲
❤
ëïõê õ ❤ ìõ ÿ ýëú ✇ ðú
îüüþ
✇
îîòð÷
✱❤
ñòìëóïðóì ôîëïõîö
❈✙✚✛✜❈✛ ✢✙✣✤ P✣✥✦✧❈
✙★★✧❈✧✜✦✩
❙✪✫✪✬ ❙✬✭✮ ✯✰✳✳✰✫✴ ❙✮
➙ ✫✭✵✬✳✳ ✶✷✸✪✹
✺✰✵✪✻✰✼✪✽✾✬✭✿✳✬✪❀✭❁❂
❮➩➠➡➽ ➧✃ ❃ ➫➡ ❄ Ü➷➷ ➶➧➹➭➯ ❮➯➵ ❅❉ ➵❐ ❮ÔÚ➴Þ❐ ❮➩➠➡➽❐ ➤ ● ÜÕÞ➷➬ ❍ Ó➷ÞÔÜ➮ÛÔ
➬Õ➴Ü➵ Ø➡➻➞➨➯➡ ❄ ➱➱➱➵➧➭➡➲➧➳➠➡➲➨➞➠➩➯➹➭➡➵➲➧➺ ■ ➟➩➳➞➡➠➠➵ ❉ ➽➩➨➠ ❄ ➞➡➳➵
➻➨➠➠➟➩➳➞➡➠➠ß➧➭➡➲➧➳➠➡➲➨➞➠➩➯➹➭➡➵➲➧➺➵
❙✪✫✪✬
➜ ✬❏✮
❑✻✬▲
→ ✫✻✻✬✪❀ ✶▼◗✪✹
✺✰✵✪✻✰✼✪✽❘❀❯✬❁❂
❮➩➠➡➽ ➧✃ ❃ ➫➡ ❄
Ü➷➷ ➶➧➹➭➯ ❮➯➵ ❅❉ ➵❐ ➸ÔÞ➮Ú❐ ❮➩➠➡➽❐ ➤ ● ÜÕÞ➷➬ ❍ Ó➷ÞÔÜ➮ÛÔ➬ÚÓ➮➵ Ø➡➻➞➨➯➡ ❄
➱➱➱➵➧➭➡➲➧➳➠➡➲➨➞➠➩➯➹➭➡➵➲➧➺ ■ ➻➩➭➭➡➯➧➵ ❉ ➽➩➨➠ ❄ ➭➡Ö➵➲➭➡➲➻➩➭➭➡➯➧ß
➧➭➡➲➧➳➠➡➲➨➞➠➩➯➹➭➡➵➲➧➺➵
❙✪✫✪✬
➜ ✬❏✮ ❑✻✬▲ ❙✴✰✪✹ ✶▼❱✪✹ ✺✰✵✪✻✰✼✪❁❂ ❮➩➠➡➽ ➧✃ ❃ ➫➡ ❄ Ü➷➷
➶➧➹➭➯ ❮➯➵ ❅❉ ➵❐ ➸ÔÚ➮➴❐ ❮➩➠➡➽❐ ➤ ● ❐ ÜÕÞ➷➬ ❍ Ó➷ÞÔÜ➮ÛÔ➬ÚÓÕ➵ ➸➡ÖÖ➳➡➭
➧✃ ❃ ➫➡ ❄ ❰➵➤➵ Ï➧Ý ➴➬Ü❐ ➸➡ÖÖ➳➡➭❐ ➤ ● ÜÕ➮ÞÛ ❍ ÓÚ➬ÔÛÕÛÔÓ➬ÓÚ ❍ Ø➡➻➞➨➯➡ ❄
➱➱➱➵➧➭➡➲➧➳➠➡➲➨➞➠➩➯➹➭➡➵➲➧➺ ■ ➞➽➨➯➟➲➵ ❉ ➽➩➨➠ ❄ ➭➡Ö➵➲➭➡➲➞➽➨➯➟ß
➧➭➡➲➧➳➠➡➲➨➞➠➩➯➹➭➡➵➲➧➺➵
➣ ✻✬▲❀✭ ❳✬▲✰✵✳✫✪❨✻✬❂ ➾➡➲➨➞➠➩➯➨➺➡ ➼➧➫➹➽➡➳➯➞ ➩➳➼ ➨➳✃➧➭➽➩➯➨➧➳ ➩➭➡
➩➺➩➨➠➩➻➠➡ ➧➳➠➨➳➡ ➩➯ ➱➱➱➵➠➡➲➵➞➯➩➯➡➵➧➭➵➹➞➵
❘✰✪❩ ❀❬ ❳✫ ❑✻✫✭✿✬❂
Ð➩➢➧➭ ❮➯➡➺➡ ➶➠➡➽➡➳➯➞❐ ➶➨➯➢ Ð➩➳➩➲➡➭ ● ➧➻➡➭➯
❮➯➭➧Ö➡ ❍ ❰➵➤➵ Ï➧Ý ÛÕ➷❐ ➾➩ ➚➭➩➳➼➡❐ ➤ ● ÜÕ➮Ó➷ ❍ ÓÚ➬ÔÜÛ➴Ô➬Þ➷Ü ❍ ✃➩Ý ÓÚ➬Ô
ÜÛÞÔÞÞÞÞ➵
↔ ✭✰❀✭
➧➳➳➩ Ï➡➺➡➭➩➲➡❐ Ð➩➯➯ ❮➫➩➭✃➧
❘❀❨✭✪❩ ❘❀✴✴✰✵✵✰❀✭✬✻✵❂ ❭
➝➺➡➵❐ ÓÚ➬Ô➮➷ÓÔ➷ÚÚÞ❐ ➫➧➹➳➫➨➠➧➭Þß➫➨➯➢➧✃➡➠➲➨➳➧➭➵➧➭➲ ❍ ❪ ➩➯➟➢ Ø➩➭➭➡➳❐
the B2H project.
Here are some truths:
Not a single tower will
be built on city property,
and not a single dollar of
increased property tax
❰➤ Ï➧Ý ÛÜÕ❐ ÓÚ➬ÔÕ➮ÛÔÜÛ➬➬❐ ➫➧➹➳➫➨➠➧➭Ûß➫➨➯➢➧✃➡➠➲➨➳➧➭➵➧➭➲ ❍ ● ➨➞➩
③⑥➃⑥④➄⑥ ❿❷❸❸ ➅⑥④⑥❺❽ ❽❼⑥
➸➩➠➲➩➭➯➟❐ ❰➤ Ï➧Ý Ó➴Ó❐ ÓÚ➬ÔÚÞÕÔÜÚÛ➴❐ ➫➧➹➳➫➨➠➧➭➴ß➫➨➯➢➧✃➡➠➲➨➳➧➭➵
Ï➧Ý ÞÛ➮ ❍ ÓÚ➬ÔÜÕÓÔÞÞ➷Û❐ ➫➧➹➳➫➨➠➧➭Úß➫➨➯➢➧✃➡➠➲➨➳➧➭➵➧➭➲ ❍ ● ➢➩➳
city.
(Speaking of taxes,
we’ve also found that the
proposed, approximately
Ð➩➭➯➨➳❐ ➫➧➹➳➫➨➠➧➭Óß➫➨➯➢➧✃➡➠➲➨➳➧➭➵➧➭➲
➆➇➈➈➉➈➈➈ ❽s➊ ➅⑥④⑥❺❽ ❽⑨
➛ ✭✪✬✻❏✻✰✵✬
Ú➬ÜÛ ❍ ➽➩➨➠ ➯➧ ➶➨➯➢ ➧✃ ❉ ➳➯➡➭Ö➭➨➞➡❐ ➬➷➮ ❅ ➵ ❉ ➵ ➬➞➯ ❮➯➭➡➡➯❐ ❉ ➳➯➡➭Ö➭➨➞➡❐ ➤ ●
Union County is merely
a guess by Idaho Power
and cannot be corrobo-
rated by anyone at the
ÜÕ➮➴➮
➋⑨➄④❽➌ ➍⑧⑧⑥⑧⑧⑨③⑦⑧ ⑨⑩❶⑥
➧➟➳ ➸➨➠➠➧➫Ù❐➦➧➼➼ ❅ ➩➞➟ ➩➳➼
✯✫✳✳❀❫✫ ❘❀❨✭✪❩ ❘❀✴✴✰✵✵✰❀✭✬✻✵❂ ❴
❮➹➞➩➳ ● ➧➻➡➭➯➞ ❍ ➬➷➬ ❮➵ ● ➨➺➡➭ ❮➯➵❐ ● ➧➧➽ ➴➷➴❐ ❉ ➳➯➡➭Ö➭➨➞➡❐ ➤ ● ÜÕ➮➴➮ ❍
ÓÚ➬ÔÚ➴ÛÔÚÓÚÞ❐ ➡Ý➯➵ ➬➬ ❍ ✃➩Ý ÓÚ➬ÔÚ➴ÛÔ➷Ó➮➴➵
➛ ✳▲✰✭
❘✰✪❩ ❘❀❨✭✼✰✳❀✻✵❂
Ð➩➢➧➭ ➝➠➠➩➳ ❭ ➹✃✃➢❐ Ó➷➬ ❅ ➬➬➯➟ ❮➯➵❐
ÓÚ➬ÔÚÞÕÔ➬➷➬Û❐ ➽➩➢➧➭ß➫➨➯➢➧✃➡➠➲➨➳➧➭➵➧➭➲ ❍ Ð➩➭➢ Ø➡➞➯❐ ➴Û➷ ❅ Ó➯➟
➧➭➲ ❍ ● ➧➫Ù➢ Ï➹➭➲➡➞➞❐ ➮➷➷ ❅ ➬Ú➯➟ ❮➯➵❐ ❰➵➤➵ Ï➧Ý ➮ÓÚ❐ ÓÚ➬ÔÕ➮ÛÔ➴Ú➬Õ❐
➫➧➹➳➫➨➠➧➭➬ß➫➨➯➢➧✃➡➠➲➨➳➧➭➵➧➭➲ ❍ ❭ ➩➺➨➼ ● ➡➡➼❐ ➬➷➬➬ ❭ ➡➯➭➧➨➯ ❮➯➵❐ ❰➤
❘✰✪❩ ❘❀❨✭✼✰✳❀✻✵❂
Ð➩➢➧➭ ❮➯➩➫➡➢ ❪ ➩➭➺➧➞Ù➨❐
➽➩➢➧➭➧✃➡➳➯➡➭Ö➭➨➞➡ß➲➽➩➨➠➵➫➧➽ ❍ ❴ ➡➳➳➨ Ø➧➭➼ ❍ ❭ ➩➺➡ ❉ ➠➠➨➧➯➯ ❍ ➝➞➟➠➡➢
❮➹➠➠➨➺➩➳ ❍ Ð➨➫➩➟ ➝➲➳➡➱ ❍ ➾➩➭➭➢ ➶➟➭➨➞➯➽➩➳ ❍ ➶➟➭➨➞ ❰➭➨➯➫➟➩➭➼ ❍ ÓÚ➬ÔÚ➴ÛÔ
❵✴❜✳✬✻ ❘✰✪❩ ❘❀❨✭✼✰✳❀✻✵❂
Ð➩➢➧➭ Ð➨Ù➡ Ð➫➾➡➩➳❐ ➶➧➭➭➨➳➡ Ø➨➠✃➧➳➲❐
➸➡➭➽➩➳ ➤➭➯➽➩➳➳❐ Ð➩➭Ù ➸➧➱➡➠➠❐ ● ➨➫Ù Ñ➨➫➡Ù❐ ❴ ➧➩➳ ➸➩➭➼➨➳➲❐ ❴ ➩➞➧➳
Ï➡➭➲➠➹➳➼ ❍ ➬➮➷ ● ➹➫Ù➽➩➳ ➝➺➡➵ ❍ ❰➵➤➵ Ï➧Ý Ú➷❐ ➘➽➻➠➡➭ ➤ ● ÜÕ➮Ú➬ ❍ ÓÚ➬Ô
ÓÞÚÔÛ➷ÜÓ
or Oregon Department
of Revenue — but that’s
a story for a later time.)
It’s also true the city
no longer has a “seat
at the table” when it
comes to working with
Idaho Power, the coun-
ty, state, BLM and other
agencies that have a
stake in this project.
However, that doesn’t
mean the city govern-
ment and residents
can’t take action to help
stop this project while
there’s still time.
Idaho Power is plan-
ning to utilize Morgan
Lake Road, as well as
the
Modelaire/Haw-
thorne Loop during con-
struction. I understandt
Morgan Lake Road is a
county road, so hopefully
they’re negotiating with
Idaho Power, but who
will pay to repair Gekeler
Lane or Walnut Street?
Modelaire and Haw-
thorne? I promise you
the private corporation
will not simply volunteer
those funds.
The
citizens
of
La Grande will be stuck
footing a bill that could
reach up to several hun-
dreds of thousands of
dollars.
The city government
should also request that
Idaho Power gives us
❽❼⑥ ➀➄④⑤⑧ ❽⑨ ➎⑨③⑥ ⑥➂⑥❶ -
❽❷➃⑥❸➌ ③⑥⑧❹⑨④⑤ ❽⑨ s ❺③⑥➉
be it additional equip-
ment or salary. These are
not pipe dreams — local
municipalities around
the country have expe-
rienced successful nego-
tiations in similar situa-
tions.
If you enjoy hunting,
you’ll probably be mad
when some of our most
cherished local hunting
grounds are destroyed.
If you enjoy afternoons
at Morgan Lake, you’ll
be upset when Morgan
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➾➩ ➚➭➩➳➼➡ ➶➨➯➢ ➶➧➹➳➫➨➠❐ ➩➳➼ ➟➡ ➭➡➫➡➳➯➠➢ ❒➧➨➳➡➼ ➯➟➡
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Ð➢ Ñ➧➨➫➡ ➫➧➠➹➽➳➞ ➭➡Ò➡➫➯ ➯➟➡ ➺➨➡➱➞
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➯➧ ➾➩ ➚➭➩➳➼➡ ➤➻➞➡➭➺➡➭❐ ➬Ú➷Û Ó➯➟ ❮➯➵❐ ➾➩ ➚➭➩➳➼➡❐ ➤➭➡➵❐
ÜÕ➮Ó➷❐ ✃➩Ý ➯➟➡➽ ➯➧ ÓÚ➬ÔÜÛÞÔÕ➮➷Ú ➧➭ ➡➽➩➨➠ ➯➟➡➽ ➯➧
➳➡➱➞ß➠➩➲➭➩➳➼➡➧➻➞➡➭➺➡➭➵➫➧➽➵
Lake Road is completely
jammed every day for
more than a year with
cranes, D8 Dozers, tim-
ber trucks and other
equipment during con-
struction; and you prob-
ably won’t enjoy the view
of those 180-foot towers
❿❼⑥④
❽❼⑥➌⑦③⑥
❺④❷⑧❼⑥⑤
(nearly twice the height
of the Sac Annex Build-
ing).
➏➀ ➌⑨➄⑦③⑥ s ❼❷⑧❽⑨③➌ ➅➄➂
like me, you’ll be angry
❽⑨ ❺④⑤ ⑨➄❽ ❽❼s❽ ➎❷❸⑥⑧ ⑨➀
Oregon Trail ruts will
likely be destroyed. If
this transmission line
❶s➄⑧⑥⑧ s ❺③⑥ ➐❸❷➑⑥ ❽❼⑥ ⑨④⑥
responsible for starting
the Camp Fire outside of
Paradise, California, in
2018), you’ll probably be
upset when your house
burns down.
La Grande has nothing
to gain from this project
and everything to lose. It
will ruin our surround-
ing ecosystems, our
hunting and recreational
grounds, our historical
sites, our property val-
ues, our view of the sur-
rounding mountains and
⑨➄③ s➅❷❸❷❽➌ ❽⑨ ⑥➂⑥❶❽❷➃⑥❸➌
protect ourselves from
⑤⑥➃s⑧❽s❽❷④❻ ❺③⑥⑧➒ ➍❸❸ ⑨➀
this, to help a private
corporation’s custom-
ers in Sun Valley, Idaho,
receive
hydro-power
originally intended for us
in Oregon and Washing-
ton. (“Sun” Valley, where
solar power would be a
much more modern, ef-
fective and cheaper en-
ergy solution for those
customers.)
Since 2009, at least 11
proposals for new, high-
voltage
transmission
lines around the country
have been replaced by
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tions.
Now it’s our turn.
There is still time to stop
B2H, but it will require
all of us getting mad and
taking action. If you’d
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formation, or how you
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email stopB2H@gmail.
com. Our website, www.
stopb2h.org, is coming
soon.
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