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Founded October 16, 1875
KATHRYN B. BROWN
Publisher
JENNINE PERKINSON
Advertising Director
DANIEL WATTENBURGER
Managing Editor
TIM TRAINOR
Opinion Page Editor
OUR VIEW
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'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
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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
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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
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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
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OTHER VIEWS
15$ is winninJ JXn battle
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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,
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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
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FoXntry´
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By STEVE FORRESTER
Capital Bureau
YOUR VIEWS
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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
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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
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me to thinN onFe aJain oI a Fommon siJht
IUom the s anG s on 3enGleton¶s 0ain
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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
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tUXly astoXnGinJ enteUtainment IoU all
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aGGitional iGea miJht Ee the Xse oI histoUiFal
photos GesiJneG to Ee weatheUpUooI whiFh
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