With 150+ citizens listening, GH Co. Comm. Herb Welch’s and Rep. Brian Blake’s statements OPPOSING wild oly were HUGE hits along with Aber. City Councilwomen’s Kathi Hoder’s emotional story of opposition, Forks Mayor Byron Monohon and City Attorney Rod Fleck’s pointed 17 pages of CONCERNS and repeated jabs at Sara (who was there) and Norm, Lk. Quinault School Super. Rich Dubois’s decimating portrayal of how “wildness” has sent the local area in a downward spiral, the economy, jobs , schools, the future. 

Resident John Olson kicked off the mtg. with history of Gov. decisions/actions/lack of that have affected Quinault, Harold Brunstad  piled layers and layers of the Bureaucracy we face on the forest to do anything, Bill Pickell dancing across the floor (the mike had totally failed by now) energized by the newspaper article reporting the ridiculous actions of enviros to now wanting to keep the people out of a newly formed wilderness up by Seattle, I was glad I was there. Ooooh ya Jon Owen and Jason Baucher (eagle scout “from” Quinault") were there and Jason did 4 min after Connie Galant’s (wild oly leader) 1 min.

 

During Q & A, the crowd ONLY wanted to hear from Jon, not Jason, from their side. After 45 min. of ????? the crowd wanted Jon to ACTUALLY answer the ? – not smooze and spit out the gum, he did the gum – but not the truth or answer the ?. He did wake me up, towards the end by repeatedly using my name, Dan, Dan, Dan ....... in reference to changes I correctly proposed be made to their plan. The most recent, he emphasized was the one they made “just yest.” on the E. Fork Hump. where I pointed out they were incorrect in trying to place Moonlight Dome Wilderness over a 5 mile road segment, that Harold got into travelway status (unofficial trail) and on the some 1000 acres of previously harvested, flat, hi-bench forestland that needed to be harvested, thinned for DFC (bird & wildlife habitat). On Wed., on live radio, he told me that they had already agreed to this with me – I denied, they were not willing to go that far, only 1/2 way up the road segment – now in front of 150 people he says they agreed “yest” after looking at FS records that show Dan was correct again & again........... strangest argument strategy! Same thing he did at Aber. City Council in April. NOTE: he did NOT say they agreed to timber harvest! He did add they were even willing to go as far as making it a Trail, guess what – then it wouldn’t be a ROAD for use for tree harvest! A travelway would be. What a CON!

 

First LIE – then DENY – now a CON – and this is OPEN & HONEST public input. Dan