At 03:16 PM 9/29/2005, Jeffrey D. Daub wrote:
>Dear Group,
>
>Out of curiosity today, I called Pombo's office regarding specifics on
>the progress of his Endangered Species Act proposal. I wanted to verify
>some specifics before I made any personal judgments on the issues.
(/rant on) As long as this off-topic thread has been allowed to liv=
e, then.......
Well kid, you've been suckered. You live in Chico. You know Rep Pom=
bo. You know his philosophy. He and Delay both work for the same exterminat=
ion company.
The bill has passed the House. Here is an excerpt from a statment f=
rom the Center for Biological Diversity, illustrating the high moral qualit=
y of Mr. Pombo. We (and you) already knew his environmental history.
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Summary of the Bill
- Undermines Species Recovery. Richard Pombo (R-CA) garnered
involvement by some environmental groups and Democrats by
promising to strengthen protection and recovery standards. At
each step in the process of finalizing the bill, however, he
reduced protections. The day of the final vote, he pushed
through an amendment to completely eliminate the nominal
protections he had offered in earlier versions.
"Pombo played a cynical game of bait-and-switch," said Suckling.
"He brought people in with false promises, announced the support
of environmental groups to the nation, and then systematically
stripped every protection clause from his bill."
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-- Chuck (/rant off) (/null-repeat on)
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Chuck Bragg, Pacific Palisades, CA
Membership, Newsletter, Web manager
Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society
www.smbas.org
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