Correspondence on Bonneville Unit of Central Utah Project

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, ; - - .<<•.-••**" i > ;,-. * \^<<v^A'AA''A -^:..;; L J £ / .V r /fci ^<^~ eoJtJU^ W12AJ~IJ SIERRA CLUB t/wto CA^T 1865 Herbert Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah 84109 Druid Arch by Nelson Wadsworth October 26, 1973 Governor Calvin LB Rampton State Capitol Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 Dear Governor Rampton: I am writing this letter to express my sincere regrets over the comments about you which were attributed to me in the Salt Lake Tribune of October 22, 1973. " ' As you probably know, those statements attributed to me by that reporter were not an accurate account of what I said. In addition, those comments were made off the record and represented my personal view of the situation. I consider it highly unethical of that reporter to have printed remarks made out of context and having distorted and embellished upon what I said. Some notice to that effect was printed in the October 24 Salt Lake Tribune. I hope that you will recognize that I have never personally attacked any public officials or others with whom we have differences regarding environmental issues. In spite of numerous attacks upon me and the Sierra Club, I have refrained from responding at a personal level. Certainly, we have had our differences, but I hope that such conflicts can be handled without resort to personal villification. Again, I hope that you will accept my sincere expression of regret at this incident and look forward to continued cooperation between your office and the environmental movement. Sincerely yours, /CytU^t/ C i David C. Raskin, Ph.D. Conservation Chairman DCRrpm