In a desperate plea for your hard-earned money late last year, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council resorted to deception and lies.
Maggie Rabb, director of Development & Operations for SEACC wrote that “SEACC made great achievements possible this year, such as convincing the state to revoke Constantine-Palmer Mine’s waste water permit, which forced the governor to fly out to their site for damage control”. The first lie is the use of the word “revoke,” which means to “annul by recalling or taking back.” This is not the case. The permit was remanded, which means “to send back (a case) to another court or agency for further action.” SEACC did not intervene and stop the permitting process, so please do not take a victory lap just now, SEACC. And where did SEACC get the information that the governor’s visit was to perform “damage control?”Governors and other public officials commonly visit sites of development throughout the state. I never read that Dunleavy’s visit was for “damage control.”
Earlier last year, SEACC alleged that “Prospecting and exploration can cause social divisions, criminalization, and violence in a community.” These attacks, deception and lies are now standard operating procedures for SEACC. What spin on the facts will SEACC produce in 2020? If you want to waste your good money, send it to them and we’ll see what they can manufacture.
Richard Clement