Letters April 28

Another

perspective

The April 14 Gazette carried an extensive article liberally quoting three elected representatives from our district, Sen. Mark Schoesler, and Reps. Mary Dye and Joe Schmick, on their opposition to Initiative 732, scheduled for the November ballot.

Although the article contains many misleading statements, one comment by Rep. Schmick deserves support: “I think every voter should be educated so they know what they’re voting for.”

In that spirit, I’d like to offer some other perspectives.

Initiative 732 is designed to make pollution more expensive by taxing carbon dioxide creat...