Good riddance
Another member of the Bush administration, Interior Secretary Gale Norton, has resigned, likely due in part to the continuing Abramoff scandal:
Of course, she'll be replaced by someone just as bad, just as dedicated to opening up federal lands to destructive resource extraction. For now, though, we should celebrate.
The leading Republican and Democrat on the Senate Indian Affairs Committee have said that e-mails uncovered by the committee show that Steven Griles, Norton's former deputy, had a close relationship with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an investigation of his ties to Congress and the administration.
Another one-time Norton associate, Italia Federici, helped Abramoff gain access to Griles in exchange for contributions from Abramoff's Indian tribe clients, Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., the committee chairman, and Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., have said.
Of course, she'll be replaced by someone just as bad, just as dedicated to opening up federal lands to destructive resource extraction. For now, though, we should celebrate.
posted by onlooker at 2:24 PM
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Norton likely resigned because she accidentally allowed for the sale of Old Faithful to the Marriot Corp. for a spa. It is incredible to see the construction of private developments on federal land out west. Go visit your parks now, while they are still public!
Indeed. Each time I visit the National Mall, I halfway expect to see Park Service employees inserting the words "outlet" or "strip" into all the signs.
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