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To: TimF who wrote (173774)	8/14/2003 2:45:11 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575761

Command and control from above is often a bad thing. More flexibility will allow different states to try different ideas to see what works and what is cost effective. As for dismantling the EPA, that's nonsense. Each year its spending will increase as will the total amount of environmental regulation. Like on many other things Bush isn't moving in the opposite direction of the Democrats but rather saying "I agree but lets not go quite as far", or "me too but just a little less". Those of us in the West don't see it the same way you do. Slowly but surely the lumberman are being let back into the forests. Instead of conserving energy, Bush wants to drill in our national parks including the ANWR. He's increased drilling in the Gulf, reversing past legislation. Bush let the snowmobilers back into Yosemite even though park administrators carefully documented the air and noise pollution they create. Now Bush wants to do away with the Park Rangers who often were strong advocateds ofr the environment and farm out the work. Finally, he appoints the governor of Utah, a state not known for its environmental activism in the West, to head the EPA. The list goes on and on. Why do you think C. Whitman left? Bush is dismantling the EPA one board at a time. ted