Do Not Fail The Metolius - Paul Mitchell, Portland

dear oregon state senators,

i am writing you all today because i do not want developers who care more about money than the environment to build driveways, sidewalks, homes and lights in the metolius basin.

i am a fourth generation oregonian on both sides of my family. though i have only been to the headwaters of the metolius four times in my entire life, i plan on returning with my grandkids for what i hope will be for them what it was for me, nothing short of an amazing three-day camping trip with my own parents and grand parents.

there are plenty of places to build in central oregon. but there is only one metolius, a river as unique as it is wild and pure.

don't destroy it with rich peoples' homes, rich people who otherwise would never get off their fat butts and walk to the headwaters, rich people who want it for themselves all year round, who never camped a day in their lives.

only a moral coward who is on the take would allow this to happen. tell them to go soemwhere else.

i hold each and everyone of you responisbile for the state of the state. if this development happens, i will personally go door to door and work many hours to vote you out of the office you are apparently using for your own gain.

love over gold my senators, love over gold.

i wish you well in your fight for our land and her wild beauty. do not fail the metolius, do not fail this basin. do not do what bush would do.

i care about the environment. do you? or do you just say you do?

thank you very much for your time.

sincerely,

paul mitchell
multnomah county
registered republican
portland oregon