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“Sitting like a turquoise gem in a bowl of hemlock, Sitka spruce and ice, Berners Bay has long been a jewel of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.” Wow, something I can relate to right here on the front page of the newspaper, and it was the Los Angeles Times! “Mine would bring jobs, backers say”. I swear that was the headline. What the HE double hockey sticks is going on! Am I dreaming? The opening line, the most important for any written work, sounded familiar. “Do I know this author?” I thought. No, it was a Kim Murphy straight from the source, B.B. Alaska. Did she go to see it for herself? Why so few pictures? Is this for real? I read on thinking, “This is gonna be a good one with an opener like that.” Read for yourself for its entirety and context. Monday, March 2, 2009 (page one).

To me this article seemed like an attempt to paint an honest view of both sides of the story, not a good tactic for a written piece. You have to be emotional and care about something to really make it a good effort. At least that’s my opinion. You almost have to take a side. Kim’s piece went off well though. I knew about the proposed mine from Gov. Palens’ race, I know Gold is going crazy world wide. I know a lot of it is still in Alaska waiting to be coined. The standards and restrictions placed on miners are very high so the real professionals rarely screw up now, they don’t want the bad press, you see, it’s bad for the stock prices. Remember “Erin Broke-o-Vetch”

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