Hunters & Gatherers Unite! The mind is easily distracted by loud noises: Sound canons deployed against g-20 protesters in Toronto? The onslaught of mainstream media...the echo of distant wars...But we live here. This is the Front Line. So let's all go to The River...
Portland’s River Plan took a massive hit yesterday. The City Council voted to approve a deal that exempts a portion of Siltronic's property in Northwest Portland from environmental protections under the city's River Plan. The deal gives the city a conservation easement connecting the property to Forest Park. Siltronic, a German company, employs about 850 people in Portland making silicon wafers for semiconductors. The River Plan is a comprehensive blueprint for balancing environmental, industrial, residential and recreational use of the Willamette River. Siltronic told city officials that the environmental protections could derail expansion prospects by requiring a development review. Ahhhh, I get it: Those pesky environmental laws are standing in the way of business as usual so the laws get bent, as usual and the River gets burned in a courtroom crucible converted to - what else? gold. It Alchemie the American Way...
- KBOO