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Charley Boonstra
gy,” said Dae Dahlquist, who
is 10.
“The carbon tax is de-
signed to bring in $2.1 to 2.2
billion a year into the state
and is therefore budget posi-
tive. With the tax being grad-
uated, initial compliance is
not overwhelming to busi-
nesses,” Dae said. “However,
with the tax increasing to
strict levels, organizations
will be forced to release less
carbon and therefore seek
out alternative energy.” (See
page A5 for the remainder of
Dae’s statement.)
The council, which had
started the process of look-
ing at the resolution last
month, took no action Mon-
day. A council subcommittee
had recommended changes
to a draft of the resolution,
and advised in the document,
“it would be wise if we took
the time to ensure that we
have let the public weigh in
on the resolution. When
using the bully pulpit we
should first invite the com-
munity to tell us what they
think.”
On Monday, the council
discussed gaining additional
public input. Mayor Paul
Blackburn said, “We’d like to
hear from our constituents,
pro and con, before acting.”
Blackburn and City Man-
ager Steve Wheeler will be in
Salem Thursday and plan to
discuss the proposal with
State legislators Sen. Chuck
Thomsen and Rep. Mark
Johnson, and convene a pub-
lic comment period at a
March council meeting.
The Oregon Legislature
passed Senate Bill 306
(SB306) during its 2013 Regu-
lar Session, which directed
the Legislature to conduct a
study of the economic and
greenhouse gas emissions
impacts of implementing a
carbon tax in Oregon. The
final study, by the Northwest
Economic Research Center,
was released in December
2014.
The study concluded that
imposing a price on carbon
would have “relatively small
impacts on the economy and
would significantly reduce
greenhouse gas emissions,”
according to the draft resolu-
tion.
T he draft resolution
states, in part, that “the
council … is compelled by
the scientific consensus that
a carbon dioxide emissions
are the primary cause of
global climate change, and
agrees that climate change is
a crisis demanding immedi-
ate measures to reduce the
negative effects … the city
finds that climate change is a
threat to public health, na-
tional security, food security,
and business supply chains.
These societal costs of inac-
tion are significant and out-
weigh the temporary eco-
nomic impacts associated
with the energy transition ...
the city believes that assign-
ing a cost to carbon dioxide
emissions is one of the most
efficient ways to discourage
consumption of fossil fuels
and encourage development
of alternatives.
It states that the city calls
on the Legislature to “craft
legislation carefully to im-
pose a carbon price, in the
form of a tax, fee, or cap, re-
lying on modeling described
in the NERC report and ex-
perience of British Colum-
bia and California, with spe-
cial attention to mitigating
impacts on low-income Ore-
gonians.”
■
“We want to set an exam-
ple of being a leading com-
munity that cares about our
future,” said Boonstra, who
is co-founder of the HRVHS
Climate Club, formed this
year.
“Passing this carbon pric-
ing initiative is a direct state-
ment saying that those peo-
ple polluting the earth must
pay, not profit, from pumping
carbon into the atmosphere,”
she said. “To pollute the
earth should not be free. We
all know that this is an issue
of our conscience and we
must follow that message.”
Boonstra said putting a
price on carbon reduces
emissions, protects or grows
living wage jobs, and is “po-
litically feasible and re-
silient, and non-regressive.”
Dae Dahlquist of Trout
Lake told council, “Dr. Mar-
tin Luther King is famous for
saying, ‘freedom is never vol-
untarily given by the oppres-
sor; it must be demanded by
the oppressed.’ The Earth
cannot speak for itself. It is
our responsibility to repre-
sent the Earth’s best inter-
ests,” said Dae, who re-
searched and wrote his com-
ments, with an assist from
his mother, Bryn.
“Unfortunately, most of
the population does not rec-
ognize how much carbon is
being released into the envi-
ronment and only has curso-
ry knowledge of the effects
which are caused from his
malicious act. Fossil fuel
companies and big polluters
are not going to voluntarily
give up their power and use
of carbon. We must demand
that they not only recognize,
but pay for their crimes
against the environment and
our future.
“What do you want your
legacy to be?” Dae said. “Do
you want me to grow up in a
place where I do not respect
the earth? Do you want me to
raise my children in a place
with clean air? Do you want
me to grow up in a place
where salmon spawn in our
rivers? Do you want me to be
able to grow up in the shad-
ow of mountains covered in
snow? For all these reasons,
please approve the carbon
tax resolution for the State of
Oregon. Please be responsi-
ble with my future.”
HRCSO investigating two deaths of recreationalists
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Schulz appeared to have
suffered a medical emer-
gency while on the trail,
HRCSO reported. Friends on
scene attempted life-saving
measures without success.
Sheriff Matt English ad-
vised that cell phone recep-
tion in the area was “pretty
spotty” and there appeared
to have been multiple
“dropped 911 calls” from the
group as they attempted to
contact authorities.
The second incident oc-
curred at 10:30 a.m., on Sun-
The Hood River County
Sheriff ’s Office is investigat-
ing two unrelated incidents
over the weekend involving
the deaths of two recreation-
alists.
On Saturday, February 21,
just after 3 p.m., deputies
were notified of a medical in-
cident involving motorcycle
riders near the 640 road on
the east side of the Hood
River Valley. When person-
nel arrived, they found Eirik
Elton Schulz, 43, of Portland,
deceased.
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and crew repeating their vic-
tory at the 2014 inaugural.
The winning dish was,
specifically, candied bacon
and salted caramel ice cream
bacon brown sugar cookie,
and bacon pecan crumble.
Boda’s Kitchen was run-
ner-up with its porchetta-
crisp hors d’ouevres. Double
Mountain served up PBJ-
and-bacon sandwiches, with
hot sauce, White Buffalo
Wine Bar wrapped jalapenos
in bacon and cream cheese,
and Sawtooth Roadhouse fea-
tured bacon-wrapped dates.
Jeff Lemley won the bou-
quet of bacon roses for his
bacon poetry and Brian
Towey of Hood River edged
five other Bacon-wannabes
to win the Kevin Bacon
lookalike contest.
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APPLE VALLEY crew Leila Coe, left, Christian Marquez and Genevieve Coe show off their trophies.
Below left: Judges Bob Camillucci, left, and Tamira Lital, fill out their forms at Aporkalypse Now. Below
right: Brian Towey shows his best Kevin Bacon smile after winning the look-alike contest.
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When responders arrived, it
was determined that Bryner
was deceased, likely a result
of a fall.
Parkdale Fire and the
Crag Rats also responded to
the incident. English said
the Crag Rats had to use a
rope system in order to re-
trieve the body of Bryner.
Both deaths are still under
investigation and official
cause of death in both in-
stances has not been deter-
mined.
day, Febr uary 22, when
deputies were called to the
Surveyors Ridge area off of
U.S. Forest Service Road
4410, also on the east side of
the valley, on a report of a
man that was found at the
bottom of a cliff.
The man, later identified
as Peter William Clifford
Bryner, 24, of Portland, was
a member of a camping
party staying in that area.
Bryner was discovered by in-
dividuals in the group who
made the call to HRCSO.
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