Letters: Investment rebuilt the Oregon economy

Editor:

To fully understand the hypocrisy of Amendment 24 and the tactics employed by its proponents, consider the economic reality in Oregon.

Beginning in the 1970s, the Sierra Club and other radical environmentalists effectively shut down the timber industry, which provided the highest-paying and greatest number of jobs. The ruin of that sector had enormous impact throughout Oregon’s economy and wrought financial ruin on countless workers and their families.

Legislators worked very diligently to address the situation by instituting a significant incentive program that encouraged new and existing businesses to retrain displaced workers, shift the economic focus to high-tech industries and invest in…