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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters to the Editor, June 4 MailTribune.com Writer Posted Jun. 4, 2016 @ 12:01 am Posted Jun. 4, 2016 @ 12:01 am » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2325,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> Rural campus inappropriate Doesn't it seem counterproductive to destroy prime farm land off Buckhorn Springs Road in order to build a college dedicated to teaching farming techniques and ways to improve the environment? (Mail Tribune, May 26) Proposed is a 500-student and staff campus with 75 homes, classrooms, laboratories, amphitheater, lecture halls, restaurants, deli and store on 21 acres of an 80-acre parcel that has been open pasture and oak-studded land for more than 160 years. Some basic questions: What is the proposed infrastructure cost of the initial development — water, sewer, roads, power, etc — and how is this to be financed? If accomplished, how is the college to be financed? And, why 75 homes? As noted in the article, Southern Oregon University, just eight miles away, has an environmental studies program that has been conducting research in the area for years. If there is a need, why not build on that, or on the highly respected Oregon State University Research and Extension Service program located just off Hanley Road? We have covered much prime farm land in the central part of the Rogue Valley with the expansion of commercial strips and housing development. Let's hope zoning and common sense protects the land off Buckhorn Springs Road. Marjorie O'Harra Phoenix They got it wrong I saw the documentary “Vaxxed” and wow, did Shames, Murdoch, Hough, et al. get it wrong! Surely these physicians don’t condone fraud and scientific misconduct at the CDC when it pertains to vaccination research, but that is exactly what a CDC senior vaccination researcher / whistle blower maintains and submitted documents to Congress in 2014 to back up this claim. These documents suggest Julie Gerberding (now working for Merck), Frank DeStefno, Coleen Boyle, Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp and Tanya Karapurkar Bhasin committed fraud and need to be deposed. The whistle blower states the CDC is “paralyzed” over the vaccine-autism connection and the only way to handle this connection was to manipulate the data and “destroy” the evidence of a connection between Merck’s MMR vaccination and autism. The remedy for much of what ails our children, violates our trust, and fixes what is rotten and broken is to remove vaccination safety from the CDC. If local physicians are reluctant to see "Vaxxed," a suggestion: If a vaccine is manufactured that will help physicians discern the difference between cherished medical dogma and good science, then physicians should be the first in line. The patients they practice medicine on will be better served. Michael Framson Medford Trump is the problem "You have to be wealthy in order to be great ..." “... wages [are] too high ...” Is it possible that anyone making these statements could, as president, represent the interests of average Americans like you and me rather than the wealthiest 1 percent? Donald Trump, of course, has expressed both the above beliefs. You may be frustrated by what’s happening in D.C. and think the place needs shaking up. But reflect a moment whether Trump would address the problem and serve your interests. Recall that it is the Republican Party that brought gridlock to Washington when GOP leaders identified the defeat of any Obama proposal as their number one policy goal. Now this same Republican Party is unifying behind the candidate who represents the rich, hatred, and bigotry, who is a serial liar, and who regularly insults women and immigrants. Trump is no solution. Don't be a sucker, Trump is the problem! Paula Pérez Costas Ashland The hypocrisy of politics On Memorial Day, veterans were honored at Don Jones Park in Central Point. Former state representative and candidate for secretary of state Dennis Richardson and Rep. Sal Esquivel, both Vietnam veterans, moderated and spoke at the event. Congressman Greg Walden also spoke, and convincingly so, of his support for the military and our veterans, and how we should honor those who served and particularly those who made the ultimate sacrifice. The concluding speaker was Sen. Ron Wyden. Wyden offered what seems to come from his lips as platitudes about our veterans and war dead. I have a hard time hearing praise for our military and veterans from a senator who votes consistently with the Obama administration to reduce the size and strength of the military, and who cannot seem to get the VA fixed to take care of our living veterans. Wyden votes against personal liberties (gun control) and supports giving up our national sovereignty and 2nd Amendment rights to the United Nations. Wyden is as out of place in Southern Oregon as a God-fearing conservative is in Portland these days. Let's stick with true patriots in our next Memorial Day event. Raymond Smith Central Point Limit open burning I moved to the Rogue Valley 13 years ago and was surprised to learn that there was such an abundance of open burning. Having allergies and effects of smoke has caused me to wear a mask in problem times. This is a beautiful place to live but is ruined by the fact open burning does not make it a healthy place to live. If we eliminated the open burns and focused that to the watershed only we would be the best place to live. Why do people burn on 97-degree days? It is very dangerous and uncalled for. 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