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4 A ❘ WEDNESDAY EDITION ❘ JANUARY 10, 2018 Siuslaw News NED HICKSON , EDITOR ❘ 541-902-3520 ❘ NHICKSON @ THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM Opinion P.O. Box 10 Florence, OR 97439 USPS# 497-660 Copyright 2017 © Siuslaw News Published every Wednesday and Saturday at 148 Maple St. in Florence, Lane County, Oregon. A member of the National Newspaper Association and Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Periodicals postage paid at Florence, Ore. Postmaster, send address changes to: Siuslaw News, P.O. Box 10, Florence, OR 97439; phone 541-997-3441; fax 541-997-7979. All press releases may be sent to PressReleases@TheSiuslawNews.com. Oregon Group Publisher 541-265 8571 Publisher, ext. 318 Editor, ext. 313 Consulting Editor 831-761-7353 Email: echalhoub@register-pajaronian.com Marketing Director, ext. 326 Office Supervisor, ext. 312 Production Supervisor Press Manager James Rand Jenna Bartlett Ned Hickson Erik Chalhoub Susan Gutierrez Cathy Dietz Ron Annis Jeremy Gentry DEADLINES: Wednesday Issue—General news, Monday noon; Budgets, four days prior to publication; Regular classified ads, Monday 1 p.m.; Display ads, Monday noon; Boxed and display classified ads, Friday 5 p.m. Saturday Issue—General news, Thursday noon; Budgets, two days prior to publication; Regular classifiedad,sThursday 1 p.m.; Display ads, Thursday noon; Boxed and display classified ads, Wednesday 5 p.m. Soundings, Tuesday 5 p.m. NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In Lane County — 1-year subscription, $76; 6-month in-county, $52; 10-weeks subscription, $23; Out of Lane County — 1-year subscription,$99; 6-month out-of-county, $65; 10-weeks subscription, $29; Out of State — 1- year subscription, $125; E-Edition Online Only (Anywhere) — 1-year subscription, $71. Mail subscription includes E-Edition. Website and E-Edition: TheSiuslawNews.com L ETTERS LETTERS A VERY SAD DAY I was crestfallen to read of the recent intentional killing of three young bears at Greentrees by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. I understand the potential dan- gers when bears are roaming with- out fear in residential areas, often encouraged by unsecured garbage and birdfeed at the ready. What I don’t understand is why the ODFW captures them in live traps only to turn around and shoot them. According to the recent Siuslaw News article (“Black Bears at Greentrees Cause Concern,” Feb. 7), ODFW made efforts to do oth- erwise. I’d like to know what those were. How hard did they try for a more humane ending? Maybe they consider what they did to be humane. And easy. And in the budget. I try to live on the positive side of the street and I appreciate all those who are doing good in the world, but sometimes I don’t feel so good about being a member of humanity. It’s no wonder Mama Bear is nowhere to be found. I’m guessing she’s lying deep in the woods with her broken heart. —Allie LeCaux Florence H OW MUCH MONEY CROSSED PALMS ? In response to Rand Dawson’s letter “Creature of the Beltway” (Feb. 3) about Dodd-Frank, repeal of Glass-Steagall with bipartisan support of Gramm–Leach–Bliley, signed by Bill Clinton in 1999, enabled commercial banks, invest- ment banks, securities firms and insurance companies to consoli- date. It failed to provide for any over- sight of large investment bank holding companies. In February 2003, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight released a report stating unexpected problems at Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac could imme- diately spread into financial sec- tors beyond the housing market — and an almost evenly split 107th Congress did nothing. Subsequently, Congresses also failed to act in spite of repeated warnings. Dodd-Frank closed and locked the barn door after the horse was gone. Since Dodd-Frank, more than 1,700 small community banks have closed, largely due to the mountain of paperwork; another example of unintended conse- quences. When small banks don’t do well, neither does small business. Small business is the engine of employment. That misfiring engine is the result of over-regula- tion and largely the proximate cause of the economic malaise of the previous administration. In any investigation, rule No. 1 is to “Follow the money.” Wall Street contributed 23,000 percent more to Hillary than Trump: $56,000,000 vs $243,000. The financial sector contributed more than $1.2 billion, or an aver- age of $3.7 million per member of Congress. Schumer got more than his share at $5.3 million, the most of all. One has to wonder how much money crossed palms in 1999 to permit mega-banks without any oversight? — Ian Eales Florence The First Amendment C ongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peace- ably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. TO THE P OLICY E DITOR The Siuslaw News welcomes letters to the editor as part of a community discussion of issues on the local, state and national level. Emailed letters are preferred. Handwritten or typed letters must be signed. All letters need to include full name, address and phone number; only name and city will be printed. Letters should be limited to about 300 words. Letters are subject to editing for length, grammar and clarity. Publication of any letter is not guaranteed and depends on space available and the volume of letters received. Libelous, argumentative and anonymous letters or poetry, or letters from outside our readership area will only be published at the discretion of the editor. P OLITICAL /E LECTION L ETTERS : Election-related letters must address pertinent or timely issues of interest to our readers at-large. Letters must 1) Not be a part of letter-writing campaigns on behalf of (or by) candidates; 2) Ensure any information about a candidate is accu- rate, fair and not from second-hand knowledge or hearsay; and 3) explain the reasons to support candidates based on personal experience and per- spective rather than partisanship and campaign- style rhetoric. Candidates themselves may not use the letters to the editor column to outline their views and plat- forms or to ask for votes; this constitutes paid polit- ical advertising. As with all letters and advertising content, the newspaper, at the sole discretion of the publisher, general manager and editor, reserves the right to reject any letter that doesn’t follow the above crite- ria. Send letters to: nhickson@thesiuslawnews.com WHERE TO WRITE Pres. Donald Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 FAX: 202-456-2461 TTY/TDD Comments: 202-456-6213 www.whitehouse.gov Gov. Kate Brown 160 State Capitol 900 Court St. Salem, Ore. 97301-4047 Governor’s Citizens’ Rep. Message Line: 503-378-4582 www.oregon.gov/gov U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden 221 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg Washington, DC 20510 202-224-5244 541-431-0229 www.wyden.senate.gov U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley 313 Hart Senate Office Bldg Washington, DC 20510 202-224-3753/FAX: 202- 228-3997 541-465-6750 www.merkley.senate.gov U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio ( 4 th Dist.) 2134 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515 202-225-6416 541-269-2609 541-465-6732 www.defazio.house.gov State Sen. Arnie Roblan ( Dist. 5 ) 900 Court St. NE - S-417 Salem, OR 97301 503-986-1705 FAX: 503-986-1080 Email: Sen.ArnieRoblan@ oregonlegislature.gov State Rep. Caddy McKeown ( Dist. 9 ) 900 Court St. NE Salem, OR 97301 503-986-1409 Email: rep.caddymckeown @state.or.us West Lane County Commissioner Jay Bozievich 125 E. Eighth St. Eugene, OR 97401 541-682-4203 FAX: 541-682-4616 Email: Jay.Bozievich@ co.lane.or.us
