Letter to the editor
For the umpteenth time, taxi man Dick Leshley has written a “letter to the editor” “in defense of” the Jordan Cove Energy Project. Message received, Mr. Leshley; you are a JCEP proponent. Leshley’s March 5 letter defending JCEP and SCDC and kissing off any local pro or con concern about JCEP, begs a response.
First, why does JCEP need defending by Leshley? Second, Leshley’s belief that JCEP will “create an economic way of life that will . . . enrich our lives” is not shared by many. Third, there is no liquid natural gas on planet earth. It’s natural gas (primarily methane) reduced in temperature and volume and referred to as liquefied natural gas. Fourth, Leshly threatens to continue writing “in defense of” JCEP as long as facts regarding JCEP are untrue. There are no untrue “facts”. Fifth, Mr. Leshley won’t find many citizens who are for or against JCEP and who are opposed to making this community great. Sixth, regarding the Leshley defended organization SCDC, other than grandiose promises, what has SCDC done for us lately? Created about fourteen years ago to bring industry to the area, most worldly business people would have considered the organization to be a failure long ago. Taxpayers have every reason to be furious. SCDC, while dining on our tax monies at the public trough, has created five permanent jobs - four different overpaid SCDC managers and one staff person. Until such time that folks acknowledge and remedy the reasons why industry will not seriously consider Coos County (an impossible task); SCDC will not be successful. Some reasons, in no specific order of importance – geographically remote; winter weather sucks; highways east are often closed in winter; airport runway too short to safely accommodate “heavy” aircraft; no easy access commercial truck route to the highway 5 corridor; single track, unreliable bridge and tunnel, 10 mph, day trip to Eugene (72 miles as the crow flies) by commercial rail; eyesore home and business properties; lack of skilled 21st century labor force; anticipated devastating Cascadia subduction zone earthquake and resultant tsunami; close by risk of JCEP catastrophic event; no scheduled commercial bus or rail service in any direction; minimal commercial airline service; aging infrastructure; few shovel ready industrial properties; greying population; unreasonable laws; well known that too many oppose industry here; planned $15/hour plus benefits minimum wage vs $3/ day wage in third world countries; federal taxes.
Fred Kirby
Coos Bay
For the umpteenth time, taxi man Dick Leshley has written a “letter to the editor” “in defense of” the Jordan Cove Energy Project. Message received, Mr. Leshley; you are a JCEP proponent. Leshley’s March 5 letter defending JCEP and SCDC and kissing off any local pro or con concern about JCEP, begs a response.
First, why does JCEP need defending by Leshley? Second, Leshley’s belief that JCEP will “create an economic way of life that will . . . enrich our lives” is not shared by many. Third, there is no liquid natural gas on planet earth. It’s natural gas (primarily methane) reduced in temperature and volume and referred to as liquefied natural gas. Fourth, Leshly threatens to continue writing “in defense of” JCEP as long as facts regarding JCEP are untrue. There are no untrue “facts”. Fifth, Mr. Leshley won’t find many citizens who are for or against JCEP and who are opposed to making this community great. Sixth, regarding the Leshley defended organization SCDC, other than grandiose promises, what has SCDC done for us lately? Created about fourteen years ago to bring industry to the area, most worldly business people would have considered the organization to be a failure long ago. Taxpayers have every reason to be furious. SCDC, while dining on our tax monies at the public trough, has created five permanent jobs - four different overpaid SCDC managers and one staff person. Until such time that folks acknowledge and remedy the reasons why industry will not seriously consider Coos County (an impossible task); SCDC will not be successful. Some reasons, in no specific order of importance – geographically remote; winter weather sucks; highways east are often closed in winter; airport runway too short to safely accommodate “heavy” aircraft; no easy access commercial truck route to the highway 5 corridor; single track, unreliable bridge and tunnel, 10 mph, day trip to Eugene (72 miles as the crow flies) by commercial rail; eyesore home and business properties; lack of skilled 21st century labor force; anticipated devastating Cascadia subduction zone earthquake and resultant tsunami; close by risk of JCEP catastrophic event; no scheduled commercial bus or rail service in any direction; minimal commercial airline service; aging infrastructure; few shovel ready industrial properties; greying population; unreasonable laws; well known that too many oppose industry here; planned $15/hour plus benefits minimum wage vs $3/ day wage in third world countries; federal taxes.
Fred Kirby
Coos Bay
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