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Fraud is not a victimless crime
Pacific Lumber would have you believe the biggest threat to timber jobs comes from environmentalists.
Pacific Lumber would have you believe the biggest threat to timber jobs comes from environmentalists.
Yet, PL's own documents show that loss of timber jobs was part of their plan all along. As far back as 1987, PL knew that job loss and mill closures would be the result of drastically increasing their rate of cut.
While layoffs continue, nearly 100 million dollars per year are siphoned out of Humboldt County, leaving behind a divided community and dwindling resources.
Fraud is not a victimless crime.
Yet, PL's own documents show that loss of timber jobs was part of their plan all along. As far back as 1987, PL knew that job loss and mill closures would be the result of drastically increasing their rate of cut.
While layoffs continue, nearly 100 million dollars per year are siphoned out of Humboldt County, leaving behind a divided community and dwindling resources.
Fraud is not a victimless crime.
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