tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15804352.post8183363911114298659..comments2024-02-18T19:43:26.195-08:00Comments on Frog Hospital: Support the SkagitoniansFred Owenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00253351572198330886noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15804352.post-17259223807500374242007-09-23T19:32:00.000-07:002007-09-23T19:32:00.000-07:00I suppose you eat every day - maybe even more than...I suppose you eat every day - maybe even more than once. Farmers get less than 20 cents of each dollar spent on food - so they support a whole lot of people in the food and fiber industry. For each dollar a Skagit farmer pays in local property taxes the county spends only 51 cents for services, while each home uses $1.25 in services for each dollar it pays, according to a Cost of Community Services Study sponsored by SPF. That in itself should be enough for every Skagit resident to "support" farmers. <BR/><BR/>But now, the farmers really need your support. The county is entertaining the notion of approving a commerical application for a pair of speculative wetland mitigation banks that would take 1,100 acres of zoned agricultral land out of production so some out-of-town private equity investors can make money by selling credits to others that destroy wetlands. What? Sounds like nonsense, doesn't it? But that's what the Commissioners are considering. <BR/><BR/>Tell the Commissioners a loud, resounding, "NO!" Email them, call them, write them, or catch them in person. But tell them, "NO!" That's how you can really support Skagit farmers right now.<BR/><BR/>Ag NagAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com