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In reply to the discussion: UPDATED: Siskiyou County supervisors vote to pursue seceding from state [View all]Xolodno
(6,390 posts)...it did vote Red in the last election.
http://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/president/california/
You can make suppositions as to why it voted red...but, big money has gotten people to vote against for the common good of themselves.
I agree..."close a mill" is economic blackmail....and fear....but fear makes people do strange things. You can harvest forests to sustainable levels...but their will always be big shareholders somewhere telling a CEO of a mill....."make bigger profits or your throuh, oh and if elections get in the way, don't worry...we'll buy them out".
One of my fondest memories....aside from, visiting my future wife, was driving up into Shasta, through Ashland, Medford, Grants Pass, etc. and seeing the greenery.
But you can't underestimate the power of "big money" co-opting that was designed to protect the area and then ravaging it later.