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Snake Dams Story Not Fit for News by Chuck Torelli Tri-City Herald, November 3, 2021

I have to comment on a Tri-City Herald front page article (10/9/21) stating, "Most voters back plan to breach Snake River dams."

This is a report on a very misleading and slanted poll that was paid for by a California environmental group, and is touted by a Washington environmental extremist organization. Of course they toss in the names Jay Inslee and Patty Murray to supposedly lend credibility to their cause. It is no secret that these two are not friends of Eastern Washington.

The rub is that the polling organization talked to all of 800 people, not exactly a "majority of Washington voters." We all know that polls and surveys are written and targeted to elicit the results that the sponsors desire, and this is a prime example of that. That being said, I canvassed my friends and family and 100% of them said that breaching the dams is an extremely misguided and stupid idea, so I guess that we are about even up!