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First of all I don't necessarily think our politicians are corrupt. I believe that they are doing exactly what the majority of voters want. The next election and the previous couple of elections proved it. Michelle Lee and Painter both ran their campaigns based on "anti" mining and both lost by a pretty wide margin. The last election for 5B was run on a mining/anti mining platform and you know who won. I did not nor will I ever vote for Tom Bakk, Tomassoni or others but I do believe they are just voting by what their constituants are asking for. As a miner and business owner myself I believe that the number of jobs in the mines have leveled out and pretty much new hires are only because of retirements or people leaving the industry. The mine I work at has the same number of employees as it did when I was hired. In fact, there are actually more employees because they have been hired to maintain the environmental side of the business. The next thing to address is what is referred to as "a few" local hires if a new mine opens. I say that the projection of 300 - 1000 employees plus the additional spin off jobs is more than "a few". So, how many employees have been hired by the "Lifestyle Residents" who claim to have moved up here and added so much to the economy. Maybe you want to mention Piragis or Wintergreen as the success stories. But how many people do they employ and how much do they pay. I tried to get answers from each but they would not say.

I am a miner, I work with miners and I can tell you that we love what we are doing! We make a good salary and yet live up here in this great northland! Because of this we can afford to buy new trucks, FOUR WHEELERS, snowmobiles, side by sides, boats, campers and etc. We like mining and we want it to stay. We are aware of the potential side affects of mining but we still believe it should happen up here where it will be well controlled. As far as risk? This is my back yard and I am willing to risk it. Some see doom and gloom in mining. I see peace and prosperity!

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