On Broken Promises....

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letter to the editor, re: article on Broken Promises:

"To the Editor:

Re “How Can Obama Rebound?” (Op-Ed articles, July 18):

I agree with Kathleen Hall Jamieson (“Explain Broken Promises”) that President Obama can rebound, if at all, by explaining broken promises, including promises in the environmental area affecting wildlife and other precious resources.

Many good, dedicated people worked incredibly hard to reintroduce wolves in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming after they had been eradicated by humans, but the slaughter has resumed in Idaho and Montana because of the Obama administration’s failure to protect them under the Endangered Species Act.
The Interior Department continues in litigation to preserve the Bush administration’s removal of protection under the Endangered Species Act for the relatively few grizzly bears that remain in the Greater Yellowstone Area.

The Obama administration has declined to enhance protections for polar bears in light of climate change. Mr. Obama signed a law, backed by the National Rifle Association, that allows loaded, concealed weapons to be carried in our national parks.
Those of us who care very much about the environment and who were euphoric about the Obama administration’s replacement of the Bush administration, among the worst in American history from the environmental standpoint, have been let down by Mr. Obama. We need an explanation.

Robert H. Aland
Winnetka, Ill., July 20, 2010

The writer is the plaintiff in pending litigation against the Interior Department over protection for grizzly bears. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/opinion/l25obama.html?scp=1&sq=letters%20broken%20promise&st=cse