Bellingham Comments from Digital Recorder - EISs for the Proposed ...

GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. I
COURT REPORTER: GWEN BRASS PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012
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don't consider that without industry, they would not even be
able to move here or be here, to live here.
I am concerned about protecting the future of my
family and Whatcom County. I have watched industry move away
from this county for years.
I really -- run out of time, so I really want to tell
you my request is that you disparage openly evaluate these
issues and that you power past the rhetoric and get to the
truth and the reality.
Thank you.
MS. HULL: Thank you. Can I have your written
comments, please, and your card.
THE SPEAKER: My name is Cameron Murphy, and I live at
2320 I Street. And I've been in Bellingham for a very long
time, and I was part of the university and I truly believe that
this is one of the most beautiful places in the world.
And like several speakers here today before me, I want
to acknowledge that we're on soil -- native land. And as
settlers, I'm part of the settlers population. This is not our
lands. We don't have a right to do these things here that we
propose.
And even though this is not my land, this is what I
call my home. And we're in the privileged position here in
Bellingham. Bellingham and Whatcom County are now key sites of
struggle in the larger battle of resource extraction.