Re: E-M:/ Timber Mandate

[Billy Stern <billysun@chorus.net>]

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Enviro-Mich message from Billy Stern <billysun@chorus.net>
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Dear Tamilyn H. Sanderson,

It's great to see you making these points. I sincerely hope that the 
Michigan Chapter of REP America adopts your view and then sends out 
letters to the Senate telling them so! You might also remind them 
that flooding a market with public timber simply reduces prices and 
profits and isn't very sound economics.

Kindly,
Billy Stern
GREEN
Midwest States Organizer

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>Enviro-Mich message from "Tamilyn H. Sanderson" <sirdufus@freeway.net>
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>As a proud conservative Republican, I am concerned with the liberal stance
>our Republican legislators are taking on this timber mandate DNR Budget (HB
>5281).  Let me briefly explain.  Historically, Republicans have always been
>considered conservative.  The root word of conservative is conserve.
>According to the Doubleday Dictionary the word conserve means "To keep from
>loss, decay, or depletion; supervise and protect"
>
>Liberal "General in giving; generally opposing conservatism"
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>The proposed Timber Mandate is anything but conservative, as a matter of
>fact, it is down right liberal.  This mandate would give away "our" trees to
>the lumber industry and opposes protection, thereby opposes being
>conservative.  I used the word "our" because they are public trees, since we
>are the public, we own the trees.
>
>If the Republicans are truly conservative, they need to vote this proposal
>down.  I am sure none of them would want to be considered liberal!
>
>Tamilyn H. Sanderson
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>Views expressed not necessarily those of the Michigan Chapter of REP America
>yet.
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