{"id":10833,"date":"2009-02-07T14:17:04","date_gmt":"2009-02-07T19:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=10833"},"modified":"2009-02-08T19:56:55","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T00:56:55","slug":"oregon-congressional-delegation-asks-navy-extend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/oregon-congressional-delegation-asks-navy-extend\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Congressional delegation takes action on evil Navy plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/pdf\/letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Download original PDF<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dear Friend and Reader:<\/p>\n<p>Friday, the Oregon congressional delegation asked the Navy to extend the public comment period on its plan to take over the Oregon coastline as a practice firing range, Planet Waves has learned. We obtained this letter sent by the state&#8217;s two senators and four representatives to Donald Winter, the Secretary of the Navy.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, the deletation said that &#8220;many citizens who live in potentially affected areas along the Oregon coast have expressed concern and frustration at the lack of public notice and the limited time to provide official comments to the U.S. Navy.&#8221; They asked that the comment deadline be extended from Feb. 11 to April 11, citing the length and technical complexity of the issue as reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Coastal residents have raised questions and serious concerns about the impact of the Navy&#8217;s plans on coastal fisheries, tourism, ongoing efforts to develop alternative energy sources, and marine mammal research,&#8221; the legislators wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The letter came after a series of articles by Planet Waves published in this space earlier this week, written by one of our writers in Oregon, brought the issue to national attention.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the full text of the letter. The PDF is above.<\/p>\n<p>Yours &amp; truly,<br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Planet Waves\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.planetwavesweekly.com\/resources\/images\/sign_white.jpg?resize=185%2C45&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Eric Francis\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"185\" height=\"45\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10840\" title=\"letter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/letter.jpg?resize=647%2C904&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"letter\" width=\"647\" height=\"904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/letter.jpg?w=647&amp;ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/letter.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download original PDF Dear Friend and Reader: Friday, the Oregon congressional delegation asked the Navy to extend the public comment period on its plan to take over the Oregon coastline as a practice firing range, Planet Waves has learned. We obtained this letter sent by the state&#8217;s two senators and four representatives to Donald Winter, &#8230; <a title=\"Oregon Congressional delegation takes action on evil Navy plan\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/oregon-congressional-delegation-asks-navy-extend\/\" aria-label=\"More on Oregon Congressional delegation takes action on evil Navy plan\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[456,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}