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GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. II COURT REPORTER: BETH DRUMMOND PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012 Page 148 1 I've been on this Cherry Point issue since about 2 the year 2000. We came to Bellingham in 1996. I know about 3 all the other schemes that have been proposed out there. I 4 served on the -- on the committee to implement the Shoreline 5 Management Act that was passed in 1971 for the City of 6 Bellingham. I've incurred -- I was recently on the 7 committee, the DNR Committee to write up a management 8 proposal for Cherry Point. 9 I just want to briefly mention a couple of things 10 that have come to mind that I don't think have been dealt 11 with today. The first one is that under the Shoreline 12 Management Act that was passed in 1971, one of the 13 stipulations was to increase public access. 14 There was also legal passage of implications for 15 the Public Trust Doctrine that was declared back in, I 16 think, 1812 under the British common law; that the water; 17 the air belongs to the people. We need to focus on that a 18 little bit more in our discussion of this issue. 19 Personally, I'm an old-time naturalist, so I've 20 been on the ground. I walked the beach many times from 21 Point White -- (Alarm sounds.) 22 Oh, dear. Okay. The other one quickly was the 23 political accountability that maybe some of this group can 24 deal with, which is the question of: 25 If this happens, should it not be under a port
GATEWAY PACIFIC TERMINAL EIS SCOPING HEARING VOL. II COURT REPORTER: BETH DRUMMOND PROCEEDING DATE: October 27, 2012 Page 149 1 authority that has accountability to the people, rather than 2 a private corporation that is only accountable to its 3 shareholders? Thank you. I'll send written stuff. 4 (Applause.) 5 MS. STRAUSZ-CLARK: We have about ten minutes 6 until we have to close up this room, so I just want -- I 7 spoke with our listeners here. 8 If there's anyone who did not get a card that 9 would like a chance to make a statement, please come up now, 10 and we'll take as many as we can until we have to close at 3 11 o'clock. Any takers? 12 AUDIENCE MEMBER: (Indicating.) 13 I've never worked for the Inquirer. I don't 14 think anybody else here has. Keep that in mind. 15 THE SPEAKER: I'm Seth Owens, Bellingham. (No 16 identification card.) 17 My business concerns businesses that are already 18 here in Whatcom County, and primarily, focused on water, 19 which I make my living at. 20 There's been lots of mention about economic 21 issues with this terminal, and I would hope that you would 22 focus on all of our small business here, that will be 23 impacted by this terminal. 24 And hopefully, Goldman Sachs' province don't 25 trump all of us who have lived here all of our lives, and
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