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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017
WORLD IN BRIEF
Associated Press
S. Korea’s leader willing to visit
North, talk to US, China
SEOUL, South Korea — New South Korean President
Moon Jae-in said as he took office today that he was open
to visiting rival North Korea under the right conditions to
talk about Pyongyang’s aggressive pursuit of nuclear-tipped
missiles.
Moon’s softer stance on North Korea could create fric-
tion with Washington, which has swung from threats of mili-
tary action to hints of dialogue as it seeks to formulate a policy
under President Donald Trump.
South Korea’s first liberal leader in a decade, Moon also
said he’ll “sincerely negotiate” with the United States, Seoul’s
top ally, and China, South Korea’s top trading partner, over the
contentious deployment of an advanced U.S. missile-defense
system in southern South Korea. The system has angered Bei-
jing, which says its powerful radars allow Washington to spy
on its own military operations.
In a speech at the National Assembly, Moon pledged to
work for peace on the Korean Peninsula amid growing worry
over the North’s expanding nuclear weapons and missiles
program.
“I will quickly move to solve the crisis in national security.
I am willing to go anywhere for the peace of the Korean Penin-
sula — if needed, I will fly immediately to Washington. I will
go to Beijing and I will go to Tokyo. If the conditions shape up,
I will go to Pyongyang,” Moon said.
Far fewer refugees entering US
despite travel ban setbacks
AUSTIN, Texas — Somali refugee Mohamoud Saed was
elated when he learned that his wife and eight children had
completed the lengthy refugee application process that would
allow them to join him in the U.S., reuniting the family for the
first time in seven years.
But the Saeds never made the trip to the Atlanta suburbs
because their travel documents expired during the legal wran-
gling over President Donald Trump’s executive orders to limit
the refugee program and ban travel from several countries,
including Somalia. They are now living in a refugee camp in
Ethiopia, desperate for a permanent, peaceful home.
The family’s case illustrates how Trump’s travel bans have
caused the number of refugees coming into the U.S. to plum-
met in the last two months, despite his executive orders largely
being blocked in the courts. The number of refugees arriving in
the U.S. dipped to 2,070 in March, which was a six-year low
except for a period in 2013 when the federal government was
shut down. The figure was slightly higher in April, 3,200, but it
was still much lower than the months preceding Trump’s order.
An executive order signed by Trump in January decreased
the refugee limit from 110,000 to 50,000 this fiscal year, but the
cap was not blocked in court until mid-March. That caused the
State Department to tightly rein in monthly arrivals when the
cap was in effect.
Trump to meet top Russian
diplomat at the White House
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will meet
today with Vladimir Putin’s top diplomat at the White House,
officials say, marking the highest level, face-to-face contact
with Russia of the American leader’s young presidency. It
would also signal that the two countries have improved ties
that Trump recently described as being at an “all-time low.”
Trump’s talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lav-
rov will take place after the Russian’s meetings earlier in the
day with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
Coos County to vote on
block to LNG project
By JES BURNS
Oregon Public Broadcasting
PORTLAND — Voters in
Coos County are considering a
May ballot measure that would
block the Jordan Cove liquefied
natural gas project.
The measure is a product of
the community-rights move-
ment, which broadly aims to
give local communities final
say over corporate projects that
affect them.
The Coos County measure
specifically targets and bans
fossil fuel transport through
the county, except when it is
intended for local use. It estab-
lishes a county-wide bill of
rights that guarantees a “sus-
tainable energy future” and the
rights of nature to thrive.
“What we’ve been doing
isn’t really working,” says mea-
sure co-petitioner Mary Ged-
dry. “So we have to get to a
point where a community can
say, ‘We’re not going to nego-
tiate how many toxins or poi-
sons we’re willing to accept in
the air,’ which is what happens
when you work through the
regulatory process.”
The Coos County measure
and larger community-rights
movement stem from a feeling
of frustration and powerless-
ness when faced with contro-
versial industry activity.
“We are being abused for
corporate profit. That is not
acceptable. I don’t think that’s
acceptable in any commu-
nity,” said Nancy Ward, a board
member of the state community
rights umbrella group, Oregon
Community Rights Network.
Trump support
The Jordan Cove liquefied
natural gas export terminal and
pipeline project is owned by
the Canadian company Vere-
sen. Federal energy regulators
blocked the project last year,
but the company has reap-
plied for permits. The Trump
Administration has voiced sup-
port for the project, though the
final decision will fall to the
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
Support for the project has
been mixed. Proponents tout
job creation and economic
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“Hike the Pipe” supporters on Rogue River show opposition
to the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas project last year.
development. Some opponents
don’t want additional fossil fuel
development; others oppose the
probable use of eminent domain
(the forced taking of private
property) by a foreign corpora-
tion along the pipeline route.
A similar measure in Lin-
coln County would block aerial
pesticide spraying. Residents in
Columbia County are using the
community rights framework
to try to block oil trains. Local
organizers there are currently
collecting signatures to put that
measure on the next ballot.
Coos Bay Mayor Joe Ben-
etti is a committee member of
Save Coos Jobs, a PAC formed
to oppose the Coos County
measure. He says he under-
stands the feelings of power-
lessness supporters of the mea-
sure feel.
“I totally agree with some of
their sentiment that they want
to make sure they have a dis-
cussion in this. And I think they
have and I think they need to
continue to do that,” he said.
But Benetti says this mea-
sure is not the way to accom-
plish those goals.
“It’s going to give a wrong
impression that we’re not open
for business,” he says.
supporting the measure, Yes on
Measure 6-162, has raised just
over $12,000.
If the measure does pass,
it will tread on some untested
legal territory. It will also come
up against constitutional law —
namely the supremacy clause.
“Essentially what it states is
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The Coos County measure
has drawn major attention from
the corporate backers of the Jor-
dan Cove Project. As of May
5, Jordan Cove Energy Proj-
ect LP has contributed nearly
$360,000 to “no” campaign.
By contrast the committee
that federal laws supersede state
and local laws. And that’s a real
foundation to our legal struc-
ture,” said Greg Dotson, a law
professor at the University of
Oregon.
Congress and the federal
government have the author-
ity to regulate interstate com-
merce — things like natural gas
pipelines.
“This ballot initiative is sim-
ply not going to be able to wrest
that authority away,” he said,
adding it would likely not stand
up if challenged in court.
But Dotson said there is
some uncertainty, because the
measure contains a severabil-
ity provision — meaning even
if a court strikes down a piece
of the measure, the other provi-
sions would still stand.
“It’s not clear to me what
would be left, so you could end
up with some activities with-
standing judicial scrutiny that
would create certain unlawful
acts,” Dotson said.
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Cannon Beach: Clashes over supervisory control
upgrading outdated pump sta-
tions and fixing sand filtration
Instead, the city will con- systems.
But there were clashes
sider a 3 percent rate increase
to cover normal operational over the necessity and cost
costs, as well as transferring up of a supervisory control and
to $250,000 and $275,525 for data acquisition system, called
water and wastewater capital SCADA, that would automate
data-point
collec-
projects, according to
tion and give remote
a draft of the budget.
access to operators.
Public
Works
“I think we should
Director Dan Grass-
be cautious and take
ick said that any rate
slow steps into this
increase after this fis-
instead of all at once,”
cal year will be con-
committee member
sidered after the pub-
lic works committee Dan Grassick Les Wierson said.
Grassick reminded
finishes reviewing the
master plans and rate structure, the committee to think of the
which would have increased plan more like a 20-year wish
water bills from about $52 a list to work off slowly. The
advantage of a plan like this is
month to $70.
“That is a very complex so that when it is submitted to
and multifaceted discussion the state, there is evidence to
that will need to involve an say the city has a plan to solve
in-depth and detailed discus- a known problem, Grassick
sion with the full council, and said. That in turn helps keep a
given this is Cannon Beach, city’s insurance rates low.
“You want to replace
with the greater residential and
business community before your system every 80 to 100
any decisions about a poten- years,” Grassick said. “That
tial rate increase are decided is an industry goal. It’s about
upon,” Grassick said in an resiliency.”
While the committee agreed
email.
many of the projects were nec-
essary, they didn’t feel com-
Butting heads
During a special meet- fortable recommending to City
ing Tuesday, Grassick and Council a rate increase that
members of the public works committee member Carolyn
committee did find common Propst said felt problematic.
“For the past four years, the
ground on projects such as
replacing brittle water lines, average amount of water used
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gallons. But in the rate study,
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“Those decisions will drive
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Some on the committee
believe that many of the proj-
ects included in the master
plans should be paid for with a
general obligation bond rather
than revenue bonds from rates.
“G.O. bonds are something
the people can vote for,” Wier-
son said. “And it’s the best way
to have second-home owners
pay their fair share.”
It’s a strategy that has
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voters in Cannon Beach passed
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water treatment facility.
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