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Three Ways Everyone Can Help!
On Friday, December 8th, NorthernStar submitted a 264 page letter of comment containing over 250 letters and petitions
in support of their project. The letters were mainly form letters signed by members of a union in southern Oregon. A few original
letters were sprinkled in along with a few supports from Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington. At least one letter was
dated as far back as December, 2005. Overall, it was not a strong showing of support for a project this big. It was also striking
that NortherStar had to go to Redmond and Klammath Falls to get most of the signatures.
Of particular interest is the fact the FERC evidently registers all those letters as one (1) submission in support. Therefore,
I have attached the beginning of a sample letter of comment to the FERC with the name and address of to whom to mail it. You
may also submit your letter of comment through the FERC website. Our goal is to swamp the FERC with these letters. It
costs you a little bit of your personal time, paper and envelope along with a 39 cent stamp. What you get out of it is the
satisfaction of having told your side of the story with the general public able to read it. No editing will take place and
you are pretty much guaranteed publishing on the FERC website. Include comments on the recent mailings, ads, weather issues,
emminent domain, ground shift, slides, earthquakes, environmental issues and on and on. There is no limit to the number
of words, topics or pages. Hand-written letters are 500 times more powerful than form letters or petitions.
Next--NorthernStar has submitted full page ads to all the newspapers in the "affected" area from Astoria to Longview/Kelso
along both sides of the river. We want to run rebuttal 1/4 page ads on several different days. One of our artistic members
is working on the artwork side of it. In order for this to happen, we need additional funding. We know it's the holidays,
but think of this as a gift to yourself in that it may save your property and keep you and your family safe along with the
environment. Please send your donation to:
LCSC, 4503 Ocean Beach
Hwy, Suite 108 PMB#531, Longview,WA 98632
Third--Now is an extremely important time to write letters to the editor to all papers up and down the
Columbia. NorthernStar did us a favor with their ad campaign--people are tired of receiving the cards, letters and brochures
in their mailbox. We need those of you who have never written to do so now. Those who've been writing, thank you and keep
on writing. The public needs to know this is a fight of many and not just a few. It was pointed out recently that 2 letters
to the editor provide the same impact as a half-page ad.
Those are three ways you can raise your voices and be heard. Make your opinion count.
Finally, we have garnered support from the Lower Columbia Realtors in that they believe our property values WILL go down
if this pipeline goes in. They will be doing a major campaign in January to assist us in this cause. Make sure you thank any
realtors you know. We truly appreciate their assistance.
Along with the Realtors, a Democratic group in Central Washington is coming on board to work with us. They have connections
in Idaho and Montana and will work through legislative and environmental groups to put pressure on our Governor to stand up
and fight for us. She has been extremely quiet on this issue.
A list of people, agencies, and newspaper addresses are listed below.
Sample Letter
Join
in everyone write a letter!
Ms. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First St., NE
Washington,
DC 20426
RE:
NorthernStar Natural Gas, LLC
Bradwood Landing, LLC
Dockets: CP06-365-000; CP06-366; CP06-376-000; CP06-377-000
Dear Ms. Salas,
We have been the recipients of a recent advertising
blitz by NorthernStar Natural Gas. The use of a map from the days of Lewis and Clark is extremely misleading to the general
public. The fact they chose to add the cities of Astoria,
Skamokawa, Cathlamet and Bradwood is an attempt to make the map appear more modern and, thus correct. What is missing are
the islands, sandbars, and general dangerousness of the passage from the mouth to the Bradwood site. Their insistence that
the islands were not there when Lewis and Clark traveled down the Columbia
is ludicrous.
Captain Robert Gray noted the existence and grave
danger of the Columbia River a few short years later when he brought his ship, the Columbia,
across the bar into the river. Let me remind you, Captain Gray was the first to navigate a ship into the river and reported
the many dangers did indeed exist in the form of shallow waters, sand bars, islands and sunken trees. Because Lewis and Clark chose not to include the islands in their drawing does not mean they were not there!
The map NorthernStar chose to use was a ploy to
deliberately mislead people. How nice it is to show investors the mighty Columbia
with a beautiful, wide shipping channel. How nice to show the public the calm, safe Columbia
along with promises to bring back the salmon. Those of us who live here are not impressed and not sold by this ad campaign.
Also, what happened to Puget Island directly across the channel from
Bradwood? Are we being led to believe it does not exist or that it will not exist when NorthernStar gets done with their project.
Etc…..
Sincerely,
Your signature
Your typed/printed name
SEND YOUR LETTER TO “FERC”
VOICING YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT LNG:
Ms. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street, N. E.
Washington,
D.C.
20426
RE: NorthernStar Natural Gas, LLC
Bradwood Landing, LLC
Dockets: CP06-365-000; CP06-366-000; CP06-376-000; CP06-377-000
SEND YOUR LETTERS TO OUR LEGISLATORS IN WASHINGTON:
Governor Christine Gregoire
Office of the Governor
P. O. Box
40002
Olympia,
WA 98504
360-902-4111
The Honorable Brian Baird
U. S. House of Representatives
O. O. Howard House
750 Anderson Street, Suite B
Vancouver,
WA 98661
360-695-6292 , Kelly Love, district rep
The Honorable Maria Cantwell
United States Senate
The Marshall House
1313 Officer’s Row
Vancouver, WA 98661
360-696-7838,
Bob Dingethal, district rep (bob_dingethal@cantwell.senate.gov)
The Honorable Patty Murray
United States Senate
The Marshall House
1323 Officer’s Row
Vancouver, WA 98661
360-696-7797,
district rep Mindi Linquist
Representative Brian Blake
339 John L. O’Brien Building
P. O. Box
40600
Olympia,
WA 98504
360-786-7870
Representative Richard Curtis
P. O. Box
1805
LaCenter,
WA 98629
360-263-7803
360-786-7850
Representative Ed Orcutt
415 John L. O’Brien Building
P. O. Box
40600
Olympia,
WA 98504
360-786-7812
Representative Dean Takko
421 John L. O’Brien Building
P. O. Box
40600
Olympia,
WA 98504
360-786-7806
Senator Joseph Zarelli
Irv
Newhouse Building
P. O. Box
40418
Olympia,
WA 98504
360-786-7634
Senator Brian Hatfield
105 John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia,
WA 98504-0600
360-786-7806 (Hatfield_Br@leg.wa.gov)
Commissioner George Raiter
Cowlitz County Board
of Commissioners
207 Fourth Avenue North,
Third Floor
Kelso, WA 98626
Commissioner Kathleen A. Johnson
Cowlitz County Board
of Commissioners
207 Fourth Avenue North,
Third Floor
Kelso, WA 98626
Commissioner Jeff Rasmussen
Cowlitz County Board
of Commissioners
207 Fourth Avenue North,
Third Floor
Kelso, WA 98626
SEND YOUR LETTERS
TO OUR LEGISLATORS IN OREGON:
Governor Ted Kulongoski
Office of the Governor
160 State Capitol
900 Court Street
Salem, OR 97301
503-378-4582
The Honorable David Wu
U. S. House of Representatives
620 S. W. Main, Suite 606
Portland, OR 97205
503-326-2901
david.wu@mail.house.gov
The Honorable Earl Blumenauer
U. S. House of Representatives
729 N. E. Oregon Street, Suite
115
Portland, OR 97232
503-231-2300
The Honorable Gordon Smith
United States Senate
One World Trade Center
121 S. W. Salmon Street, Suite
1250
Portland, OR 97204
503-326-3386
The Honorable Ron Wyden
United States Senate
1220 S. W. Third Avenue, Suite
585
Portland, OR 97204
503-326-7525
Senator Betsy Johnson
900 Court Street N. E., S-314
Salem, OR 97301
503-986-1716
sen.betsyjohnson@state.or.us
Representative Brad Witt
900 Court Street N.E., H-373
Salem, OR 97301
503-986-1431
rep.bradwitt@state.or.us
VOICE YOUR OPINION -
SEND YOUR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Daily News:
Limit letters to 175 words. All letters must include a name, an address
and phone number for verification purposes. Only the name and home town will
be published. All letters are subject to editing for grammar and condensation.
Email: letters@tdn.com
Fax: 360-577-2538
Mail: Letters to the Editor, The Daily News, P. O. Box 189, Longview, WA 98632
The Columbian:
Limit letters to 200 words and allow 30 days between submissions. Include
name, address and daytime phone number for verification; only the name and home town will be published.
Email: preferred. letters@columbian.com
Fax: 360-699-6033
Mail: Letters from Readers, The Columbian, PO Box 180, Vancouver, WA 98666
The Oregonian:
Limit letters to 150 words. Include your full address and daytime phone
number, for verification only. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.
Email: letters@news.oregonian.com
Fax: 503-294-419
Mail: Letters to the Editor, The Oregonian, 1320 SW Broadway, Portland,
OR 97201
Daily Astorian:
Fax: 503-325-6573
Mail: Daily Astorian Editor, PO Box 210, 949 Exchange St., Astoria, OR
97103
The Wahkiakum Eagle:
Fax: 360-795-3983
Mail: The Wahkiakum Eagle, PO Box 368, Cathlamet,
WA 98612
The Chinook Observer:
Email: editor@chinookobserver.com
Fax: 360-642-8105
Mail: Chinook Observe, PO Box 427, Long
Beach, WA 98631
Make a Donation
Given what the planned LNG projects would mean for your family, your property values and our
community, we hope you will consider making a contribution of $ 100 or more a month.
If that is not possible, every amount, whether it is $ 50 a month or $ 10 a month will help us stop a project that
would change the future of our communities forever.We are also looking for
special supporters who are in the position to be able to make the type of large individual contributions of $ 1,000, $ 5,000,
$ 10,000 or more that will really give our coalition the financial resources to take this campaign to the next step. If this
is something that you would like to do please make your checks payable to: Columbia Riverkeeper / LCSC
Send
your tax deductable donations to: LCSC, 4503 Ocean Beach Hwy, Suite 108 PMB#531, Longview,WA 98632
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