Two Recent Letters-to-the-editor on Corvallis Climate Action Plan

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Mailbag: Climate plan is troubling (David E. Williams, Ph.D., Corvallis, April 21) - Reading the extensive and ambitious recommendations to the City Council by the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition (Mailbag, April 12) and specifics of plan objectives, I was reminded of the five year plans of the Soviet Union during the last century by Joseph Stalin. Both plans have the common theme of relinquishing individual freedoms for the common good. The major difference is the Soviet Union plans set milestones for achievement in a realistic time frame. Read more...

Letters: Climate Action Plan is vague, unworkable (Charles Nelson, Corvallis, May 1) - I attended the first meeting on sustainability with about 300 others several years ago. The only qualification for being a voting participant was to provide your name. It did not matter where you lived, whether you had any experience in the area, or had any experience or expertise in planning. Everybody had an equal vote. ✧ The results were predictable: unrealistic and conflicting goals. Read more…