By now most of you have heard about the city of Seattle’s choice to stop using salt on icy roads because it damages the environment. Perhaps, but the alternative is much more costly in both human lives and the economy as is pointed out by Floyd and Mary Beth Brown in Townhall.
These environmentalist fanatics prefer people lose life and limb rather than damage a blade of grass or an insect. But like much government decision-making they are actually harming the environment more by choosing sand over salt on roads.
But don’t expect this kind of thing to get any better. Barack Obama has named Lisa Jackson, Chief of Staff for New Jersey governor Jon Corzine and former New Jersey head of the Department of Environmental Protection, to head up our nation’s Environmental Protection Agency.
Jackson, under the direction of Gov. Corzine, abandoned all concerns for public safety and property damage in forcing their anti-hunting ideals down the throats of New Jersians. Bears are multiplying rapidly in parts of the Garden State with human conflicts with bears at an all time high.
It has gotten so bad in some places that state legislators are beginning to demand the governor do something or face the fact that he may become personally liable due to his ignorance of the matter and lack of any substantive action to reduce incidences and increase public safety. Garbage proof cans and educational pamphlets just isn’t getting the job done.
With the ice and dangerous roads situation in Seattle, bears in New Jersey and a list that will certainly grow in the coming months, some common sense and a realization about the facts behind these decisions must be better considered.
Tom Remington
