Columbia Gorge News, Sept. 14, 2022
When I think about our future, I think about water. Will we have enough clean water to drink, enough water for our crops, our fish, our forests, our recreation?
Democrat Raz Mason, who is running for State Senate in Dist. 26, has plans for how to protect our precious water supply. She would work to pass state laws limiting or restricting the use of water resources solely for profit-making ventures such as Nestle’s efforts in Cascade Locks. She would work with ag producers to strategically recharge groundwater, like the Idaho Water Resource Board’s successful program. She is committed to building or strengthening coalitions among important water stakeholders, from ag to business, residential, indigenous communities and sport fisherman.
As a former science teacher, she knows the importance of focusing on watersheds and riparian protections, and helping us deal with pesticides in groundwater.
If you share my concern that Oregon should always be a land of fresh and available water, please join me in voting for Raz Mason for State Senate.
Fran Finney
Odell