Dear Editor:
The next time you hear state Senator Bob Morton tell you he is working for you, ask him what he means by “working.” One thing 7th District voters can count on is that Morton can be counted on to overturn, rewrite or dilute environmental law meant to safeguard clean water or protect fish and wildlife.
Morton’s recent attempts to legislate Department of Natural Resources oversight of forests on private property should cause even the right-wing Farm Bureau to take pause. Imagine the DNR telling you when you have to cut your trees?!
Special interests seem to be Morton’s primary constituent, even to the extent that he opposes state funded monitoring and clean-up of persistent bioaccumulative toxins. Persistent toxins, such as flame retardants commonly found in furniture and textiles, were recently found during a study of breast-feeding mothers in the Puget Sound. Bioaccumulatives have been shown to lead to childhood diseases and developmental problems.
Tim Coleman
Republic