Scrutiny Hooligans: "Representative Taylor could, of course, go ahead and tell us how his values figure into the equation, whether selling public lands to private interests as a short-term education funding measure is something that's good for western North Carolina. But he has so far refrained from stating any sort of relevant opinion on the matter.
Others, unrestrained by obfuscation, have plenty to say on the subject:
'“We’re already getting a lot of calls from people interested in buying, and we just want to let people know, at this point, this is just a legislative proposal,” said Terry Seyden, spokesman for the National Forests in North Carolina.'
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“It just shocked me. I can’t believe they would go this far, to sell our national forests,” said Joan Mathis of Arden. “I just think that’s something that has been preserved down through the years. It’s something that we treasure.”"
There's plenty more here.
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