{"id":294,"date":"2011-09-19T19:53:46","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T00:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/?p=294"},"modified":"2011-11-01T17:09:08","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T22:09:08","slug":"don%e2%80%99t-stifle-views-of-those-who-worry-about-new-mining-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/don%e2%80%99t-stifle-views-of-those-who-worry-about-new-mining-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t stifle views of those who worry about new mining impact"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Don\u2019t stifle views of those who worry about new mining impact...printed in the Ely Timberjay Sept. 19, 2011...image was not included in original printing, we added that.<\/p><\/div>\n

In Sunday\u2019s Mesabi Daily News, Bill Hanna, headlined his front page with the news article, \u201cNever Mined.\u201d From his bully pulpit Mr.Hanna derided the North House Folk School for presenting a play against PolyMet and scolded the IRRRB for giving funding to a community arts group that would dare question the copper\/nickel\/precious metals proposal in our backyard. Tony Sertich and David Dill stated this group had a right to present an anti-sulfide mining play, but Mr. Sertich also stated that funding to this community group \u201cmight be something to look at in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

When freedom of expression is held ransom, like the debt ceiling was, because persons in the media and our elected officials use their power and money to silence the opposition it is time that they be reminded that people on the Range are informed, intelligent and have an obligation and right to present the other side of the story.<\/p>\n

This is not an anti-mining stand. My father worked in the Soudan Underground Mine and relatives and friends are employed by the taconite mines today. But we also hunt, fish and run businesses that are based on the tourist industry economy in Nothern Minnesota. This is a stand based on facts that sulfide mining in our backyard is a very toxic idea for people, wildlife and our environment. We are a state of 10,000 lakes; not 10,000 mines. We have a diverse economy and know that to permit damage to our lakes, rivers and water through sulfide mining is not an intelligent choice. A vision for the IRRRB, our elected officials and the media is to respect and protect the diversity of this area and be a guardian of all its natural resources\u2014not a destroyer.<\/p>\n

It is time for those who use the bully pulpit in their news outlets and the elected officials of all government to take notice. See what is happening in Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan and across the United States where the infrastructure of our middle class\u2014 the teacher, the policeman, the firefighter, the nurse\u2014 is being destroyed. This is not only a sulfide mining problem in our backyard; it is an attack and undermining of our democratic way of life. You can distort or omit the facts. You can refuse to print or edit our point of view. You have one vote. We have one vote. We have a voice! We are informed! We are many!<\/p>\n

Cathy Carlson<\/p>\n

Lake Vermilion<\/p>\n

Tower, Minn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t stifle views of those who worry about new mining impact…printed in the Ely Timberjay Sept. 19, 2011…image was not included in original printing, we added that.<\/p>\n

In Sunday\u2019s Mesabi Daily News, Bill Hanna, headlined his front page with the news article, \u201cNever Mined.\u201d From his bully pulpit Mr.Hanna derided the North House […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,54,3],"tags":[36,99,100,101,102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}