Letters to the Editor for July 13, 2009

A sicko is at work in Sumpter

To the editor:

In regards to the article about animal poisoning in Sumpter, July 8 edition, by Nathan Hellman. I lived on and off in Sumpter for 10-15 years in the late 70s to the mid 90s. I can attest to the fact that indeed other poisonings have occurred there on several occasions.

I lost a beloved family pet there by poisoning myself. It is obviously being done by a longtime resident who thinks it’s his/her job to cull the population of pets there. This person is a sick S.O.B. that needs to be prosecuted and sued to the maximum extent of the law by the residents.

This persons “modus operandi” has not changed by using meat laced with rodent poison. It was the same method used when I lived there. Many families have been hurt over the years by this sicko.   

Jim DuPuis

Pendleton

Get tough on enviro crimes

To the editor:

To State Attorney General John Kroger:

This is an excellent opportunity for you to “walk the walk” on your pledge to get tough on environmental crimes.

Unless you intend to maintain a double standard in your treatment of Oregonians under the law, the actions taken by protesters on the Elliot State Forest certainly qualify as environmental crimes including trespass, destruction of property and physical damages caused by overturning a vehicle to use as a barricade. These crimes occurred on state lands.

I would be interested to know the cost of the arrest operations and whether or not those costs could be recovered.

Michael James Scarpitti (alias Tre Arrow), Angela Marie Cesario and Jeremy David Rosenbloom all did time for arson and related crimes. The FBI investigated and closed more than a dozen eco-terrorism crimes dating back a decade including bombings, attacks on research labs, destruction of logging equipment and attacks on federal facilities. Many of those convicted are still serving time.

The ball is in your court!    

State Sen. Ted Ferrioli

John Day