"White House Puts Off Logging Decision"

[GreenPartyVoter]

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration said Wednesday it will put off until after the election a final decision on a plan to allow road building and logging on 58 million acres of remote forests where both are now prohibited.

Public comments on the proposed rule change, announced in July, will be accepted through Nov. 15.

Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey, who directs U.S. forest policy, said the delay was a "fairly straightforward" response to requests from a variety of groups for more time.

"It's unrelated to the elections," Rey said.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040909/D84VT4O80.html

[JHB]

1. "It's unrelated to the elections,"

Idiot. This is a democracy. NOTHING in public policy is "unrelated to the elections".

[Hubert Flottz]

2. What good will the Guns be if there is nowhere left to hunt?

Bush knows that there would go the sportsmen's votes!