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arussell@BIX.com (>Andrew Russell) and Dan Anderson (>>) wrote:
>>Personally, I'd rather have a representative who supports things like
>>clean air and water, but I won't change your mind.
>
>Which is why I support someone who actually spends time in the water and
>understands the issues completely.  Who has a deep and genuine commitment
>to clean air and clean water.  Brian Bilbray.  <snip>

Well, if you want to talk about logging some water time: I'm a kayaker, 
SCUBA diver and swimmer who was born across the street from the Pacific 
Ocean and grew up playing and swimming at the beaches in So. California 
and Baja. I also am married to an oceanographer who does research at 
Scripps Instituion of Oceanography and at CICESE (Centro de Investigacion 
Cientifica y Educacion Superior) in Ensenada, Baja California. I have 
gone on several research cruises with him to photograph the work done by 
him and his technicians. Some of my photos have been published along with 
his reports.

I've been to sea on research vessels sea off the So. Cal coast, and in 
the Sea of Cortez, and what I hear from researchers up and down the coast 
is: the ocean is in trouble. It's being polluted from numerous sources, 
and fish populations, marine mammals, etc. are dying off and not coming 
back. Just ask the out=of-work fishermen, from Guymas, Mexico to Seattle, 
Washington.

I don't think Brian disputes the facts in my page. In fact, in his 
response to my "unauthorized" web site (take a look at 
http://www.netconnection.com/~lsaldana/bilbray.html) he even quotes from 
an article I wrote about the ocean monitoring program conducted by the 
city of San Diego. He conveniently left out a key quote from the end 
of the article, which stated, basically, that I don't trust the 
policymakers in DC as much as the chemists, biologists etc. who do the 
actual testing, but overall he seemed to like the article.  

He also uses terms I've used in letters to local beach area newspapers, 
such as calling the ocean a "dynamic" ecosystem that is difficult for 
even the world's best ocean researchers to understand. That's all fine: 
after all, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"

<Andrew Russell then continues...>
Lynn Schenk demonstrated
>that she could care less about any issue other than cozying up to special
>interests and the far left.  With her, her constituitants and their needs
>came last.
 <SNIP>

I don't discuss Schenk's policies on this page and certainly don't 
endorse her. I'm frankly not sure why Mr. Russell is so focussed on her 
when responding to this page...


<Andrew Russell then continues...>
>The reason Saldana and her ilk don't like Bilbray has nothing to do with
>the environment, it has to do with his opposition to destroying this
>country with debt.  Saldana and crowd just can't stand the idea that there
>should be honest people in government.

I'd love to get more honest people in government-- let's start with 
Bilbray's congressional seat! And speaking of honesty and debt: Mr. 
Russell, why not ask Mr. Bilbray about the infamous San Marcos recycling 
center that he so adamantly supported supported while serving as County 
Supervisor in San Diego? Unfortunately, he left town for Washington about 
the same time the plant was found to be losing lots of money-- taxpayer 
money, by the way. Why doesn't Bilbray take credit for this money-losing 
white elephant? It's a good example of his lack of honesty and lack of 
financial credibility.

<Dan Anderson and Andrew Russell then continue...>
>>  In any case the
>>Brian Bilbray "unauthorized"l home page is pretty funny, even if you
>>don't agree with it. It is at
>>http://www.netconnection.com/~lsaldana/bilbray.html.
>
>It is pretty funny, but not honest.  I will admit humor from a leftist
>like Saldana is suprising.
>
Well, gosh, Andrew-- thanks for the backhanded praise. Yes, we do have a 
sense of humor. After a year of budget impasses, stealth attacks on the 
environment and budget bills that repeal any environmental protection 
laws for forests on federal lands, well-- what's left to do but develop a 
sense of humor, if not a sense of the absurd?


Happy holidays and (almost) 1996 everyone (even Andrew)


-- 
Lori Saldana
http://www.netconnection.com/~lsaldana/