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3DJH$ OPINION (ast 2UeJonian 7XesGay $pUil Founded October 16, 1875 KATHRYN B. BROWN Publisher JENNINE PERKINSON Advertising Director DANIEL WATTENBURGER Managing Editor TIM TRAINOR Opinion Page Editor OUR VIEW 2LOUHILQHU\ LQ/RQJYLHZ" 'oes it maNe sense to EXilG a new oil Ue¿neUy on the EanNs oI the &olXmEia 5iYeU in /onJYiew :ash espeFially one that will Ee sXpplieG with FUXGe oil Yia Uail" 1o EXt this answeU is not TXite so FleaU FXt as enYiUonmental aGYoFates maNe it seem 5iYeUsiGe (neUJy InF inGiFates it is looNinJ into seYeUal loFations in 2UeJon anG :ashinJton IoU a new :est &oast Ue¿neUy that woXlG tXUn FUXGe oil ² liNely IUom the %aNNen ¿elG oI 1oUth 'aNota anG $lEeUta ² into Jasoline anG otheU pUoGXFts 7he Fompany says it is IaU IUom ¿Umly settleG on /onJYiew thoXJh its YeUy name ² 5iYeUsiGe ² sXJJests that a IaFility EaseG on &olXmEia 5iYeU tUanspoUtation anG wateU may Ee a IXnGamental aspeFt oI its EXsiness plan This will be anathema to many in the enYiUonmental anG ¿shinJ FommXnities (Yen pipelines aUe sXsFeptible to spills bXt UailbaseG tanN FaUs aUe a paUtiFXlaUly potent soXUFe oI FonFeUn TheUe is no GispXtinJ that they haYe sXIIeUeG GeUailments explosions anG otheU mishaps that haYe Fost liYes anG IoUFeG expensiYe FleanXps (Yen a UelatiYely minoU spill at the wUonJ time FoXlG wipe oXt a FUitiFal salmon UXn while a maMoU aFFiGent FoXlG pXt an enG to ¿shinJ FlamminJ anG toXUism IoU yeaUs /iYes haYe been lost XnGeU sXFh FiUFXmstanFes anG GoXbtless will be aJain anG we Gon¶t haYe to Jo alonJ with aFFommoGatinJ sXFh UisNs in oXU neiJhboUhooG +oweYeU mXFh as some miJht wish to peUmanently enG Iossil IXel exploitation immeGiately anG IoUeYeU eFonomiF Uealities GiFtate that time is still at least two or three GeFaGes in the IXtXre iI we¶re lXFNy The Yast maMority oI 3aFi¿F 1orthwest resiGents FontinXe to GepenG on petroleXm proGXFts Ior a broaG ranJe oI neFessities Irom transportation to home heatinJ plXs many Xses that aren¶t so immeGiately apparent Irom tires to Iertili]er 2nly aboXt Jallons in a Jallon barrel oI oil beFomes Jasoline The entire :est &oast is plaJXeG with Jasoline priFes that tenG to be siJni¿Fantly hiJher than those in other parts oI the 86 In part this is beFaXse we laFN re¿nery FapaFity The loss oI a sinJle re¿nery Ior roXtine maintenanFe or to maNe repairs IollowinJ an aFFiGent FaXses a monthlonJ spiNe in :estern IXel priFes :ith a JrowinJ popXlation we FoXlG Fertainly Xse aGGitional re¿ninJ TeFhnoloJiFal aGYanFes mitiJate some FonFerns raiseG by 5iYersiGe¶s opponents )or example existinJ re¿neries in hiJhly enYironmentally FonsFioXs :hatFom anG 6NaJit FoXnties in northwest :ashinJton state are not permitteG to emit ³a toxiF soXp oI FarFinoJens anG neXrotoxins´ as &olXmbia 5iYerNeeper states is trXe oI re¿neries in Jeneral 6XFh sFare taFtiFs aren¶t helpIXl $s always with inGXstrial proposals 5iYersiGe¶s plans to bXilG a re¿nery mXst be IorFeG to IXlly internali]e Fosts anG risNs 3romises oI Mobs taxes anG XseIXl proGXFts mXst not sway FommXnities anG reJXlators Irom ensXrinJ that whereYer a new re¿nery is eYentXally bXilt neiJhbors anG reJional Fiti]ens are in no way leIt on the hooN Ior FopinJ with pollXtion or other Fosts $ny plan that Fan¶t IXlly immXni]e the &olXmbia 5iYer anG its FreatXres anG FommXnities mXst itselI be re¿neG or reMeFteG Unsigned editorials are the opinion of the East Oregonian editorial board of Publisher Kathryn Brown, Managing Editor Daniel Wattenburger, and Opinion Page Editor Tim Trainor. Other columns, letters and cartoons on this page express the opinions of the authors and not necessarily that of the East Oregonian. OTHER VIEWS 0iGGleJroXnG 5epXblican coXlG JiYe %rown a race ter the 5epXblican primary with relatiYely hiJh name familiarity :hile $lley enJaJeG 5epXblican pollster %ob 0oore in , $l 6$/(0 ² If there is a ley says he has no poll presently conYentional wisGom aboXt .ate in the ¿elG %rown¶s ¿rst campaiJn for JoY $lley ran a conYincinJ race ernor it is that a miGGleJroXnG for 2reJon treasXrer in , 5epXblican coXlG maNe a race of secXrinJ the enGorsements of a it (specially if the 'emocrati Steve nXmber of 2reJon newspapers cally helG leJislatXre Joes oYer Forrester anG losinJ to %en :estlXnG by a the top with a liberal, Port Comment marJin of percent +e lost lanGcentric aJenGa to 'XGley in the 5epXbli %rown also Joes into the JoYernor race withoXt the hiJh name fa can primary for JoYernor The tricN of the 5epXblican primary, miliarity of a JoYernor who won the ¿rst says $lley, ³is whether yoX alienate the race anG has serYeG three years -ohn rest of the electorate´ .it]haber¶s name familiarity reJistereG :ith the 2reJon electorate split into in the ¶s thirGs ² 'emocrats, 5epXblicans anG Two names sXrface as prospectiYe InGepenGents ² $lley says ³The Gay is 5epXblican challenJers ² 'r %XG Jone when 'emocrats can win on their Pierce anG $llen $lley Pierce, a 6alem oncoloJist, has annoXnceG his canGiGacy own´ They mXst attract InGepenGents ³$ 5epXblican mXst Jet crossoYer from anG $lley says he¶s ³serioXsly consiGer 'emocrats´ inJ it´ The race for 2reJon JoYernor costs 6tate 5ep .nXte %Xehler is men tioneG by 5epXblican players, bXt he has between million anG million Pierce, who is , has retaineG PaXl no plan to maNe the JoYernor¶s race The Phillips of Pac:est &ommXnications %enG orthopeGic sXrJeon lost to .ate anG is beinJ aGYiseG by 6en -acNie %rown in the race for secretary :inters of 6alem Pierce says he ³was of state in which he was enGorseG by thinNinJ ´ Xntil *oY .it]haber all 2reJon newspaper eGitorial paJes XnraYeleG 2ther, oXtsiGe prospects mentioneG are ³I¶m willinJ to commit personal *resham 0ayor 6hane %emis, who resoXrces to this %Xt if yoX can¶t Jet serYes in an execXtiYe role anG im others to sXpport yoX, yoX¶re not YaliG as presseG many in the 0arch 'orchester aXGience, anG 5ep -Xlie Parrish, of :est a canGiGate´ Pierce¶s next step is to ³Jet the P$& /innTXalatin JoinJ´ Phillips will aGYise him on when 'r Pierce ² liNe &hris 'XGley anG to ¿le 'r 0onica :ehby ² is a ¿rsttime 5ep %Xehler, who is , is on the canGiGate anG is personally capable of boarG of the )orG )amily )oXnGation, proYiGinJ a base of campaiJn fXnGinJ The GrawbacN of the noYice canGiGate in whose focXs is rXral 2reJon %Xehler a statewiGe race is that they haYen¶t been says ³I¶m in no hXrry´ +e aGGs ³I haYe testeG XnGer ¿re 2f 'XGley, Pierce says laser focXs on representinJ %enG 0y fXtXre plans are a Gistraction from more ³I thinN he actXally ran a stronJ cam important issXes´ paiJn +e coXlG haYe been a little better 7KLVVWRU\¿UVWDSSHDUHGLQWKH2UH prepareG aboXt issXes´ JRQ&DSLWDO,QVLGHUQHZVOHWWHU7RVXE The biJ TXestion is whether $lley will maNe the race, becaXse he woXlG en VFULEHJRWRRUHJRQFDSLWDOLQVLGHUFRP OTHER VIEWS 15$ is winninJ JXn battle I is Iear oI somethinJ else politiFians, t is now Iair to asN whether the speFi¿Fally, their ability to enaFt 1ational 5iÀe $ssoFiation is restriFtions on JXn ownership anG winninJ ² or has in IaFt won ² this aFTXisition oI ammXnition :hen era oI the JXn Gebate in this FoXntry a hiJhpro¿le shootinJ taNes plaFe, *Xn Fontrol aGYoFates haYe trieG inYariably the airwaYes are IXll oI talN to Xse the horror that exists in the aboXt JXn Fontrol´ waNe oI mass shootinJs to Fataly]e It appears to be an extreme example the pXbliF into aFtion aroXnG sensible JXn restriFtions %Xt rather than these Charles oI XnintenGeG FonseTXenFes, or a traJeGies beinJ a FaXse Ior paXse in boomeranJ The more people talN aboXt Blow ownership oI JXns JXn ownership has JXn Fontrol, the more people bXy JXns Comment spiNeG in the waNe oI these shootinJs $nG not only Go JXn sales sXrJe, bXt $ striNinJ report releaseG )riGay by apparently so Goes 15$ membership the 3ew 5esearFh &enter reYealeG that ³Ior the $s 7KH+XI¿QJWRQ3RVW reporteG in ³The ¿rst time more $meriFans say that proteFtinJ 1ational 5iÀe $ssoFiation¶s payinJ member JXn riJhts is more important than FontrollinJ ranNs haYe Jrown by , in the waNe oI JXn ownership perFent to perFent´ the 'eFember sFhool shootinJ in 1ewtown, 2ne oI the reasons FiteG was $meriFans¶ &onneFtiFXt, the orJani]ation tolG 3olitiFo´ inYerse XnGerstanGinJ oI the reality anG The report FontinXeG ³In the weeN aIter the perFeption oI Frime in this FoXntry $s the shootinJ, )ox 1ews reporteG that the 15$ was report spells oXt in the s people¶s FlaiminJ an aYeraJe oI , new members perFeption oI the preYalenFe oI Frime Iell a Gay +iJhpro¿le mass shootinJs are oIten in FonFert with aFtXal instanFes oI Yiolent IolloweG by perioGs oI inFreaseG interest in Frime %Xt sinFe the tXrn oI the FentXry thinJs the 15$, bXt representatiYes saiG this rate was haYe FhanJeG ³$ maMority oI $meriFans hiJher than XsXal´ perFent saiG in a *allXp sXrYey last year that It was aIter the 1ewtown shootinJ that Frime was on the rise Gespite Frime statistiFs 3resiGent %araFN 2bama establisheG a tasN holGinJ near year lows´ IorFe, leG by 9iFe 3resiGent -oe %iGen, to )Xrthermore it XseG to be that the people GeYelop a proposal to reGXFe JXn YiolenFe, most worrieG aboXt Frime IaYoreG striFter JXn whiFh the presiGent saiG he intenGeG to ³pXsh Fontrol bXt ³now they tenG to Gesire NeepinJ withoXt Gelay´ the laws as they are or looseninJ JXn Fontrol Those proposals, inFlXGinJ expanGeG In short, we are at a moment when most baFNJroXnG FheFNs whiFh were FharaFteri]eG $meriFans belieYe Frime rates are risinJ anG as ³misJXiGeG´ by the 15$¶s &hris &ox anG when most belieYe JXn ownership ² not JXn a ban on some semiaXtomatiF weapons, were Fontrol ² maNes people saIer´ roXnGly GeIeateG in the 6enate, althoXJh polls The report aGGs ³:hy pXbliF Yiews on showeG aboXt perFent pXbliF approYal Ior Frime haYe Jrown more Gire is XnFlear, thoXJh expanGeG baFNJroXnG FheFNs many blame it on the natXre oI news FoYeraJe, In fact, this month 7KH:DVKLQJWRQ7LPHV reality T9 anG politiFal rhetoriF :hateYer the reporteG ³The $merican ¿rearms inGXstry is as FaXse, this trenG is not withoXt FonseTXenFe healthy as eYer, seeinJ an XnpreceGenteG sXrJe ToGay, those who say that Frime is risinJ that has sent proGXction of JXns soarinJ to are the most opposeG to JXn Fontrol -Xst more than million manXfactXreG in perFent want to see JXn laws maGe more striFt, alone ² GoXble the total of MXst three years FompareG with perFent oI those who see earlier´ Frime rates as XnFhanJeG or GroppinJ´ It continXeG ³The sXrJe ² the latest $nother FaXse is most liNely the for which the JoYernment has ¿JXres ² came interminJlinJ oI politiFs anG hiJhpro¿le in the ¿rst fXll year after the 'ecember Frimes $s The &hristian 6FienFe 0onitor shootinJ at 6anGy +ooN (lementary 6chool, reporteG in ³$s sXre as sXmmer Iollows siJnalinJ that the pXsh for stricter JXn controls, sprinJ, JXn sales rise aIter a mass shootinJ stronJly bacNeG by 3resiGent 2bama, GiG It happeneG aIter the shootinJ rampaJe at little to chill the inGXstry Gespite the passaJe &olXmbine +iJh 6Fhool in &oloraGo in It of stricter laws in states sXch as 1ew <orN, happeneG aIter the TXFson, $ri]ona, shootinJs 0arylanG, &onnecticXt anG &alifornia´ last year that NilleG six 1ow, aIter the NillinJ 2ne may beJrXGJe anG bemoan the fact, oI people last weeN at a moYie theater bXt it is harG to Geny it The 15$ appears to be in $Xrora, &oloraGo, JXn sales are spiNinJ winninJ this roXnG aJain ² not MXst in &oloraGo bXt aroXnG the Ŷ FoXntry´ &KDUOHV0%ORZLV7KH1HZ<RUN7LPHV¶V It FontinXeG ³6elIproteFtion is part oI the YLVXDO2S(GFROXPQLVW+LVFROXPQDSSHDUVLQ reason %Xt a biJJer IaFtor, say JXn Gealers, 7KH7LPHVRQ6DWXUGD\ By STEVE FORRESTER Capital Bureau YOUR VIEWS 7UDQV3DFL¿F3DUWQHUVKLS SXWV86$LQDFRUQHU I wish to explain my opposition to the new 7Uans 3aFi¿F 3aUtneUship a tUaGe aJUeement heUein FalleG 733 )iUst iI it is so JooG IoU $meUiFa why mXst it Ee seFUet" 7his IaFt alone shoXlG waYe EiJ UeG ÀaJs IoU eYeUyone who Falls himselI an $meUiFan 6ome aUe toXtinJ its JooG pUoYisions IoU $meUiFan MoEs II this is tUXe then tell me why eYeUy laEoU Xnion in the FoXntUy yes eYeUy sinJle one is aJainst it (Yen those GoFN woUNeUs who woXlG FeUtainly Jet moUe woUN aUe sayinJ no 7he enYiUonmental UXles aUe a sham the FXUUenFy manipXlation is totally XnUeJXlateG the methoGs IoU GispXte UesolXtion taNe away $meUiFan soYeUeiJnty oYeU GisaJUeements anG sets Xp a FoXUt system totally FontUolleG Ey the EiJ EXsiness inteUests whiFh Fan eYen ¿ne the 86$ IoU FaXsinJ a loss oI pUo¿t to them Yia oXU enYiUonmental tUaGe laEoU oU any otheU issXes 2XU &onJUess anG FoXUts will haYe no UeFoXUse whatsoeYeU :e will MXst haYe to pay :heUe aUe yoX tea paUty whiFh hates the 81" %iJ inteUnational Fompanies want to Go woUse than the 81 eYeU FoXlG EXt yoXU YoiFes aUe silent LETTERS POLICY The East Oregonian welcomes original let- ters of 400 words or less on public issues and public policies for publication in the newspaper and on our website. The news- paper reserves the right to withhold letters that address concerns about individual ser- vices and products or letters that infringe on the rights of private citizens. Submitted letters must be signed by the author and include the city of residence and a daytime phone number. The phone number will not be published. Unsigned letters will not be published. Send letters to Managing Editor Daniel Wattenburger, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801 or email editor@ eastoregonian.com. 7his mXst Ee stoppeG It will FaXse MoEs UiJht heUe in 3enGleton to Ee lost as the 59s will Ee maGe aEUoaG anG then impoUteG to $meUiFa It will FaXse oXU 2UeJon Uaw loJs to Ee expoUteG FXt anG shippeG EaFN to Xs +ow is this JooG IoU $meUiFa" :e mXst Uise Xp ² UiJht now ² so please Jet oII yoXU FhaiU anG Fall 6enatoU :yGen at oU oU 'o it now 'DYH)LW]VLPPRQV 3HQGOHWRQ 2WKHUZHVWHUQRSWLRQVIRU %URZQ¿HOG3DUN $ UeFent Yiewpoints FolXmn ³:esteUn theme at %Uown¿elG 3aUN´ Ey )Uit] +ill FaXseG me to thinN onFe aJain oI a Fommon siJht IUom the s anG s on 3enGleton¶s 0ain 6tUeet It was a pleasXUe to see &hieI &laUenFe %XUNe anG a salesman ³tiliNXm´ meaninJ IUienG &hloXie &hloXpeN stanGinJ Eeneath the awninJ at 2yleaU+owaUG 3ontiaF passinJ the time oI Gay I was too yoXnJ to Moin in the FonYeUsation EXt I was olG enoXJh to appUeFiate the IUienGship anG westeUn theme UepUesenteG Ey the two oI them 7oGay that spot is %Uown¿elG 3aUN a plaFe to paXse IoU a moment anG peUhaps to thinN oI otheU impUessions sXFh as 5eYeUenG 'U (aUle &oFhUan manninJ the mXle team aUoXnG the FoUneU at the 3enGleton +otel NeepinJ the eneUJy oI the mXles IoFXseG anG pUoYiGinJ tUXly astoXnGinJ enteUtainment IoU all )olNs this is not entiUely aEoXt toXUism $n aGGitional iGea miJht Ee the Xse oI histoUiFal photos GesiJneG to Ee weatheUpUooI whiFh woXlG UeFoUG the siJni¿FanFe oI that plaFe anG its tUeasXUeG memoUies %DUEDUD+RZDUG 0LOWRQ)UHHZDWHU (Editor’s note: An earlier printed version of this letter included an error not attributed to the author)
