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Andrew Reding [aareding@gmail.com]
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 12:11 PM
Phil Johnson; David Sullivan; John Austin
#Long-Range Planning
Shoreline Master Plan
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Dear Jefferson County Commissioners:
Please amend the draft shoreline master plan to prohibit intensive industrial, commercial
and residential uses on Jefferson County shorelines.
I understand and respect the need to balance environmental concerns with peoples' need to
make a living. Believe me, I'm not suggesting we return the county to an aboriginal
paradise.
But given all that recent history shows of damage done to public resources by commercial
pressure and heedless development, there's no defensible reason to permit uses that add
stress to our fragile puget Sound and Hood Canal.
I realize that you often face intimidating opposition in doing your job.
I've seen the sulking, surly and threatening behavior of radical property rights advocates
at public meetings. I've read in the Leader the threats by Fred Hill Materials
representatives. I can imagine it must be difficult to carry out one's elected
responsibilities in this atmosphere. However, you have run for office and we have elected
you with a very loud mandate to preserve natural resources generally and, specifically, to
deny a gravel-mining operation on the canal.
Please be strong in carrying out the emphatic, demonstrated desire of your voters to
preserve and protect public waters.
Yours truly,
Andrew Reding
4360 San Juan Avenue
Port Townsend WA 98368
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