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Sat, 10/22/2005 - 9:00am

Hi, my name is Bidu Tashjian, I live in Cold Spring and have just recently returned from DC. I was attending a workshop on how to help protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. I am a passionate protector of this incredible wilderness area, having spent 10 days there. Anyway, Congress is still trying to drill for oil there and the latest attempt thanks to Tom Delay is to put a piece in the Budget Reconcilliation bill that would allow the drilling. This is a sneaky back-handed way the bad guys are using and Sue Kelly has a key vote in this matter. I visited with an aide of hers while in DC and while she has protected the Refuge from drilling in the past, has NOT made a committment to vote against the Budget amendent, thus would allow drilling.