Model of bipartisanship: Plan to rescue O&C counties all about jobs

Oregonian (editorial):

Doug Robertson and Tony Hyde: Federal forest management has been paralyzed for 20 years, but Democratic Reps. Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader and Republican Greg Walden propose to break the gridlock in western Oregon, rescuing county finances and creating thousands of jobs with their proposed O&C; Trust, Conservation and Jobs Act. Instead of mills closing and being torn down, as has been occurring for two decades, mill owners would have assurances of a sufficiently stable timber supply to justify investments in new plants and equipment.

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