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Richard Knabel misrepresented my presidency of Riverkeeper, the environmental organization that I founded, in saying I "was informed that the board would remove [me] from office" for reasons unrelated to Riverkeeper's hiring William Wegner as a consulting scientist [LETTERS, July 31]. Such an unwarranted aspersion could lead readers to believe I was guilty of some malfeasance. The undisputed facts are that I fired Wegner, on the grounds that he was a convicted environmental smuggler, on Nov. 22, a week after I discovered that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had hired him. Would a bank hire Willie Sutton or a school...
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...certain Wilderness AT models linked to 62 deaths have been exchanged. To free up 70,000 more tires, Ford is temporarily shutting down three U.S. truck plants and Firestone is airlifting replacements from Japan, headquarters of its parent company, Bridgestone. Firestone said it would also hire an independent expert to investigate the failures...
...wish Dees the best of luck," says Mayor Steve Judy, 30, "and that's the sentiment of the community." Judy plans to hire an "Aryanbuster" of his own to promote a friendlier image for Coeur d'Alene. Also looking for a p.r. boost, the state of Idaho will build a memorial in Boise to the Holocaust victim Anne Frank. As for this week's trial, many residents hope its publicity will be the last of its kind--and that maybe Richard Butler will leave town, an isolated, if still angry...
...Office sitter and lefty activist MARTIN SHEEN, recorded a very Sheen-like voice-over for a convention ad touting the decidedly right-wing Hunting and Shooting Sports Heritage Foundation. While it's not Estevez's fault that he sounds exactly like his brother, a firearms-industry representative says the hire was no accident. "Let's just say this: We really liked the voice because we thought it would be recognizable for people to associate with." Estevez has been an actor for years, in such works as Bimbo Movie Bash and Slaves of the Vampire Werewolf. He even stood...