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GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 



THANK 70U POR THIS OPPORTUNITT TO SHARE MY SUPPORT FOR 

 SENATOR WIRTH'S TONGASS TIMBER REFORM ACT WITH TOU. MT 

 NAME IS SARA HANNAN. I LIVE IN JUNEAU. AND I AM A LIFE 

 LONG ALASKAN. IN OUR UNITED DEMOCRACT LENGTH OF 

 RESIDENCT SHOULD HAVE NO BEARING ON NATIONAL POLICY 

 DISCUSSIONS. BUT ON THE LAST FRONTIER TIME IN RESIDENCE 

 OFTEN EQUATES DIRECTLY TO RESPECT OF OPINIONS. 



I HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN PUBLIC 

 POLICY DEBATES WORKING WITH THE FULL GAMET OF ALASKAN 

 POLITICIANS FROM THE CONSERVATIVE U.S. SENATOR TED 

 STEVENS TO THE MOST LIBERAL. FORMER STATE SENATOR VIC 

 FISCHER. A FUNDAMENTAL TENET OF DECISION MAKING IN A 

 DEMOCRACY IS THAT RESONABLE PEOPLE CAN EVALUATE THE 

 SAME BODY OF EVIDENCE BUT STILL REACH DIFFERENT 

 OONaUSIONS. WITH REGARD TO THE TONGASS TIMBER REFORM 

 ACT. WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES .... WHO ARE THESE REASONABLE 

 PEOPLE? WHY ARE THERE SUCH DIFFERING CONaUSIONS? 



CORPORATIONS ARE NOT REASONABLE. THEY ARE PROFIT DRIVEN 

 ENTITIES. THEIR PRIORITY IS TO MAKE MONEY. ANY PRETENSE 

 THEY RAISE ABOUT CONCERN FOR 'JOBS' FOR ALASKANS. IS ONLY 

 ORNAMENTAL. PULP MILLS ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT 

 ALASKANS WORKING IN THE TIMBER INDUSTRY... THEY WANT BIG 

 TREES FOR SMALL MONEY. THAT CAN BE CHEWED UP INTO PULP OR 

 CUT INTO CANTS AND SOLD TO OVERSEAS MANUFACTURERS AT 

 ENORMOUS PROFITS. : ^ , : 



SINCE RUSSIAN FUR TRADERS ARRIVED HERE IN THE 1700S. 

 ALASKA HAS BEEN THE DESTINATION OF EVERY GREEDY EXPLOITER 

 OF NATURAL RESOURCES. GREED IS NOT A COMMITMENT TO THE 

 FUTURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT OR THE ECONOMY. 



IF YOU ARE TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT ALASKAN JOBS. AMERICAS 

 LAST TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST. AND THE BALANCE OF FAIR 



