210 



512 South St. 



Rapid City, SD 57701 



September 10, 1993 



Senator Larry Pressler 



283 Russell Senate Building 



Washington, D.C. 20510 



Dear Senator Pressler: 



First of all I would like to express my appreciation for the 

 letter of invitation concerning the meeting last Saturday here 

 in Rapid City ■ garding "Public Land Use Impact on Small Business", 

 Unfortunately I did have to work that day and was not able to 

 attend. Could you let me know the nature of the discussion? 

 I am still very much concerned with the proposed new wilderness 

 area and its impact on the Hills and the timber business. I 

 really do not believe another wilderness area is needed. The 

 one we have now in the Harney district doesn't accomplish a 

 whole lot. People don't use it very extensively. The under- 

 growth in the lower lying areas especially are not conducive 

 to animal growth because it is too dense. There are very limited 

 areas with enough space for the animal life to flourish and 

 these same animals flourish in all parts of the Black Hills as 

 well as in the "wilderness" area. So, why do we need another 

 area set aside? It does not make sense to me. 



Another thing that doesn' tnake sense to me is the "Fairness 

 Doctrine" that I have been hearing about. It smacks of censorship 

 and limiting our freedon of speech. If someome wants to counter- 

 act a "talk show host" all they need to do is find sponsors and 

 have their own show. Why do the American people need to be told 

 what they need to listen to? WE can decide for ourselves if 

 someone is biased or not. We can decide for ourselves if we 

 need to check out the sources and wether or not someone is "putting 

 something over on us"or is prejudiced, etc... We do not need the 

 government interfering and telling us that if someome states their 

 opionion on public T.V„ or radio that the stations then have to 

 air the opposite opinion free of charge. What kind of sense is 

 that? Does that mean that whenever someone makes a commentary 

 on the network news that they have to give someome else the 

 chance to offer a rebuttal free of charge? Give the American 

 people more credit for the sense we do have. If I want to listen 

 to d (^hristian r^dio station that shares my views and beliefs or 



