Recently, Interior Secretary Gale Norton was in town to raise even more money for ads to mislead the American people regarding this current administration’s performance. When asked by your reporter about the 106,000 acre Wild Sky Wilderness Area in eastern Snohomish County, the very county she had come to for fundraising, she would not comment as she had come unprepared regarding issues here. Some secretary of the interior. A couple other questions she and this administration should answer:
1. Since late last year, in Utah alone, 40,000 acres of land have been sold off by the Department of the Interior. Why are we selling land that has been identified as wilderness quality by the Bureau of Land Management’s “most experienced wilderness professionals?” Why are we selling the land for an average of $20 an acre when each acre is expected to yield revenue of $80 a year?
2. One of the few campaign pledges the president made with regard to the environment was that he would eliminate the parks maintenance backlog. Yet the administration has provided only 7 percent of the new money that was promised. Even today, the Statue of Liberty is closed and is surrounded by yellow police tape. How does the administration plan to restore its broken promises to the public and restore these powerful symbols of American freedom, heritage and liberty?
Camano Island
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