Some good news from NC-11
Shuler opposes Bush plan to sell forest land
Amen.
As the Citizen-Times reports...
"(Congressman Shuler) is absolutely opposed to the sale of national forest lands in the 11th District and across North Carolina,” Shuler spokesman Andrew Whalen said. ...when things get tight around the house, you don’t sell off the front yard."
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Let me repeat that....
"(Congressman Shuler) is absolutely opposed to the sale of national forest lands in the 11th District and across North Carolina,” Shuler spokesman Andrew Whalen said. ...when things get tight around the house, you don’t sell off the front yard."
Of course, the GOP tried to make the land grab, er, sale go over with the canard that it would benefit schools, yadda, yadda.
I mean I know they have pulled wool over the eyes of mountain people before, but it seems we have learned a bit from their previous games. Rural electrification, lakes for recreation, re-forestation after strip mining. The list goes on and on.
But it looks like Heath ain't buying.
Good on ya, Mr. Congressman. Keep up the good work.
And don't sell off the front yard. The side yard. Or the back yard. The greed heads already have enough of this area.
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Good news
Keep the forests. Our grandchildren will want to walk in them someday. Good on Shuler.
I read an article a while back
that said that the schools already benefit from these forests thru the logging industry. That was suppose to be a long-term contract. Selling the land off and giving the school a one time payment is sort or like giving a man a fish.....
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Very good news
I'm sure they'd like to breathe, too!
We had a big time
When this idea first came up. Rep. Charles Taylor wouldn't give a straight answer.
After some wheezing and flopping, Taylor chose to oppose the sale too.
And don't forget
That property values in the mountains have skyrocketed over the past few years. My dad told me there is a development going in over by the Capt. T. Sandlin bridge where the minimum buy-in is seven figures (although when the TVA drains Fontana in the fall/winter, it's a really nasty looking view). So there is money to be made, just not what the Feds (and logging industry) hoped for. I always enjoy watching the big guns shoot at each other.
The only reason values have skyrocked
is that there are greedhead scum willing to pay those prices on the hope of greater return.
Speculation, in other words.
This system has failed spectacularly in this area before, and most likely will again.