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Jan. 11 Letters to the Editor Comment MailTribune.com Writer Posted Jan. 11, 2015 at 2:00 AM Updated Jan 12, 2015 at 9:43 AM Posted Jan. 11, 2015 at 2:00 AM Updated Jan 12, 2015 at 9:43 AM » Social News The pipeline's threats As an Oregon citizen and professional guide on the Rogue River, I am very concerned about the negative consequences that the LNG pipeline would have on Oregon's waterways. Crossing 379 bodies of water, the pipeline would directly affect the watersheds of the Coos, Coquille, Umpqua, Rogue and Klamath. This project will clear-cut a 95-foot-wide swath through public forests, including 42 miles within old-growth forests, further contributing to sediment run-off and higher stream temperatures. Frac-outs would likely wipe out critical coho spawning grounds. This project would impact twenty-nine federally endangered or threatened species  if  nothing goes wrong. In 2014 alone Williams Company, the proposed builder of said pipeline, has had three gas facilities or pipelines explode. Imagine what a gas leak in one of our major waterways might look like and you begin to understand the severity of this proposal. It is crucial at this point in history that our industrial decisions have minimal impact on our environment. These days, people tend to focus on jobs, so what about the jobs that would be lost due to environmental destruction? If you hunt, fish, hike, boat or drink water, you should take action to oppose the LNG pipeline. Mike Dickenson , Ashland Tired of tax measures Below is a retort to the Mail Tribune editorial board's opinion piece dated Jan. 4, “Waiting for the bus.” Yes, voters rejected an increase to the RVTD tax levy. It’s about time a levy was rejected! Your article states the increase would be 13 cents per thousand assessed value; $1.62/month. Why not break that down further — like 5 cents per day to make this new tax easier to swallow? Everyone can afford a nickel a day, right? So why not pass the nickel to the rider? I, as well as those who voted against the tax increase, am fed up with the Mail Tribune favoring these tax levies so that the real users of the bus and libraries don't pay their own way — but you have your opinion column and publish it at will. Once again, buses/libraries are not essential services such as police and fire. I’m retired and must rely on part-time employment for sustenance and do not use the bus nor library, but must subsidize them. County, live within your means — I have to, why not you? Lastly, Mail Tribune, you’re helping to squeeze blood out of a turnip. Tom Winter , Central Point Crusade in reverse? Crusade: A holy war undertaken by Christians to take back the Holy Land from the Muslims during the years 700 to 900 A.D. Am I mistaken, or — as evidenced by the recent mayhem inflicted in Paris on Jan. 7, destruction of the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001, and many other terrorist attacks in between — are we experiencing yet another crusade, but in reverse? If so, what is the impetus behind those who shout "infidel" as they attack the "unbelievers"? Is it simply that oil money is available to buy the necessary arms and armaments? We can only hope that the carnage during the recent jihad will not exceed that of the crusades of long ago. Raymond Steinbroner , Talent Police on the defensive I saw police in Seattle use a drunk black man for punching practice. At Willie White's trial, I told the judge what I had seen, and he didn't hear me. That was 1958. Now, a policeman, at a traffic stop or anywhere else, not only has to worry about being shot, but if he has to defend himself, to be tried and found guilty in the next day's news. The vicious thug will be called an "unarmed black teen," and the cop is a killer who should be jailed or killed. For good reason, many policemen are now reluctant to confront law-breakers. Your columnist Leonard Pitts (Jan. 7) along with our president makes it so. Ira Edwards , Medford MailTribune.com Writer Posted Jan. 11, 2015 at 2:00 AM Updated Jan 12, 2015 at 9:43 AM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Southern Oregon Directory Featured Businesses Loading... 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