On Thursday, Aug. 17, the Buzz question "Do you think the proposed coal
plant would adversely affect the Lewis and Clark portage route?"

Please participate and vote YES! 771-9824.

This coal plant will definitely degrade the quality of the experience
of visiting the portage site, which is located 1.25 miles from this
industrial eyesore.

Why vote yes? Read the front page banner headline in today's Tribune.

Federal agencies rank this as a Class IV of IV (highest) grade of
visual interference.

The constant 24 hour industrial noise will drown out all the natural
sounds.

The visual and auditory changes are irrevocable.

The person who is the plant's greatest proponent wants to sell his
property to the plant.

This plant belongs in an industrial site, not in front of our most
scenic view.

This is visual pollution. Not only will there be increased haze, but
the plant will become the dominant feature of the landscape.

(City Manager John Lawton has said that this "history stuff" isn't that
important...let's tell him he's WRONG). Heritage tourism is important
to our economy, and as other places become increasingly less
attractive, it will become more and more important.