Wild Sky measure is killed in House

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Thought you were going to score points on this one Nethercutt? Fuck you asshole. You're going down.

Divided state delegation trades charges on fault

By CHARLES POPE
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON -- A popular drive to create Washington state's first new wilderness area in 20 years collapsed yesterday after a House committee refused to consider a compromise offered by Rep. George Nethercutt, touching off a fierce exchange of accusations and sharply differing accounts of who is to blame.

The daylong barrage commenced minutes after Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo, R-Calif., withdrew legislation sponsored by Nethercutt to create the 106,000-acre Wild Sky Wilderness and Backcountry area. Pombo said he acted after being told that the Washington delegation couldn't resolve differences over competing bills.


The demise of the Wild Sky legislation -- at least for this year -- dashed once-promising prospects for providing the highest level of federal protection for 106,000 acres in the Skykomish River Valley northeast of Seattle and exposed raw relations within the delegation.

At the center of the skirmish were two forces. One is the effort, originally championed by Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., to preserve the land. The other is election-year politics, fueled by Democrats who are convinced that Nethercutt is trying to exploit the issue to help him win the Senate seat held by incumbent Patty Murray.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/192087_wildsky23.ht...

[aquart]

1. So why is leaving land unprotected a good thing?