Viewpoints: Letters / Opinions
Spraying herbicides on Prince of Wales
By Jan Storbakken
September 03, 2014
Wednesday PM
I have been on Prince of Wales for 8 years. I came here for the beauty and natural land. I certainly can understand budget cuts and would guess they are just selling this idea to save some money. A fellow resident mentioned that about 6 years ago they attempted to do aerial spraying to remove Alders!!!! Anyone that knows the cycle of trees understands, alders start the growth of the evergreens. My point is; before we buy 50 gallon drums of chemicals with taxpayer money by government officials that are paid by taxpayer dollars we HAVE NO SAY IN THE MATTER. They say; that last year they, DOT, choose to discontinue public comment. Have we become a dictatorship?
I want everyone to think about Monsanto. They just released a new product called Endur Duo-just released Jun 2014. My thoughts are; that Alaska is the biggest state? and that would make it the biggest market? With each community being their own fiefdom. With of us, not being a borough like Prince of Wales, we are shooting ourselves in the foot with no authority. DOT saying there's is no public comment with chemicals is madness! That's like the police department saying no public comment and spraying us all with tear gas...
It's our money. It's our lives.
Jan Storbakken
Prince of Wales Island
Alaska
Received August 29, 2014
- Published September 03, 2014
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