Reduced Federal Aid to North Olympic Peninsula

I don’t usually write about national politics at this site (that’s for my other blog). But in this case the federal government’s action (or inaction) will have a direct effect on Clallam and Jefferson Counties.

Bush was already planning to veto the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act. But the bill never even made it that far. Last Thursday the bill got defeated in the House of Representatives.

This bill would have continued giving federal aid to counties that have lost money because of reduced logging. This program is now discontinued because of the bill’s defeat.

Last year Clallam County received $1.1 million from this program. Jefferson County received $1.3 million.

Now what?