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

GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. II
COURT REPORTER: BETH DRUMMOND PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012
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1 be breathing all of that stuff, and I would like that
2 addressed.
3 I would also like the SSA to address, where are
4 all these thousands of jobs they're promising? Where is it?
5 Bring it out?
6 And all these millions of tax dollars that
7 they're putting on TV, that's -- that's a lie.
8 All that money is going to be an increased B&O
9 tax for SSA, which goes to Olympia. Very little of it will
10 make it here. I'm running out of time.
11 I want to end with this: This is from my
12 brother, Cree Nation. It's a prophecy from the 1800s, and
13 they say:
14 When all the trees have been cut down, when all
15 the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are
16 polluted, when all the air you breathe is unsafe, only then
17 will you discover you cannot eat money. Thank you.
18 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: 3, 4, and 5. 3 is at the
19 microphone. 4 and 5, you're at the desk.
20 Please state your name for the record.
21 THE SPEAKER: My name is Julie Trimingham. I'm a
22 fourth generation Whatcom County resident. My husband and I
23 are raising our young son here because we know this to be a
24 clean, safe, and healthy place to do so.
25 My interest in the coal port is maternal. I want