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EDITOR: Everyone wants work? There used to be jobs what happened?
I will tell you what happened environmentalists have wiped out a large percentage of the outdoor labor force. Between mining, lumber and farming they have cleaned our clocks.
I used to on a bad season dredging for gold do at least enough to survive comfortably. Same for my partner. I have friends who have done way better than that. California out of the blue comes up with lawsuits and laws that puts us off the rivers until all mitigation over what the EPA says we are doing to the rivers are proven true or not.
We proved that their scientific study was wrong, so instead of letting us go back to work they slipped in legislation to keep a moratorium indefinably; In other words, screwed us out of a living. It is costing the state of California millions of dollars in lost revenue per year. They’re virtually stealing 10,000 mining claims with no recourse for us even though it is a taking; all because of their green agenda.
There have been numerous environmental impact reports done prior to them asking for another. We weren’t allowed to use any prior scientific studies even though they were actually done with operating dredges; their report was speculative and none representative of actual work that was performed with operating dredges.
How do you determine that harm is happening to the river if they don’t do the study using dredges? Not one study done in the years prior to this study showed any sustainable harm to the environment. What is happening to America?
MARTIN SCHUMANN
Placerville
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tinmannJuly 07, 2012 - 12:09 am
Yet another letter about poor martin and his idle dredge. He'll be sending another one along anyday now and another and another and another. What will it get him? nothing. what new information does he have? nothing. what a waste.
Martin the tax evaderJuly 07, 2012 - 7:29 am
"I used to on a bad season dredging for gold do at least enough to survive comfortably." The day you publish a tax return showing that you claimed this income is the day you get a tiny amount of credibility. I am sick and tired paying for dirtbag parasites like you.
Laughing at the leftJuly 09, 2012 - 10:30 am
Ok the left is already attacking Martin for telling the truth, their Martin bashing is uncalled for and only shows there ignorance, it is extreme left agenda that is breaking this nations back; the readers should take note of what he is saying, the truth about how our government is bowing down to the green machine and how it is wiping out California heritage. If they decide that they don’t like it they find a way to stop it. It is wrong
NotaloneJuly 09, 2012 - 10:46 am
Instead of the bashing you should write something that counters what he says, or is it that you aren’t intelligent enough to do that. The only thing I see that you’re doing is showing everyone your extreme hate for anyone that differs from your belief. Show everyone why you think that miners should be banned from the rivers but fishermen and rafters should be allowed, they all cause some harm. One thing I noticed is that there are 3,000,000 fishermen and tens of thousands of rafters and only a handful of dredgers; who is causing the most harm?
Jack MartinJuly 09, 2012 - 1:23 pm
Mr Schumann's experience reminds me of what happened to South Carolina beach front property owners back during the Clinton Administration. The EPA (under Carol Brauner???) placed a moratorium on all new beachfront construction until a multi-year "study" could be done to survey the environmental impact to a particular sand dwelling bird. So anyone who owned property could not build their "dream" beach house (which were already code-limited to 1500 sf if I recall correctly), thus rendering the property essentially worthless. But the EPA and Clinton Administration would not "pay out" the property owners via eminent domain because they said they had not taken their property, merely prevented them from building anything on it. That's a nice sample of Eco-logic for you right there.
NancyJuly 09, 2012 - 1:26 pm
Tinman, in my opinion, there is something really fishy about your posts.
Thomas LesterJuly 09, 2012 - 2:13 pm
According to the Mountain Democrat, "In 2011 some 114,000 people used the river for rafting generating a minimum of $14 million for the county and approximately $33 million overall." Sounds pretty good to me.