Cliff Bentz: “It is kind of a means of imposing an obligation upon the people of the Northwest to pay millions, if not billions.”

What you would do is you’d go back to those existing roads that have been abandoned and you would cut the trees out of them and presto, you have your road back.

People who lose their homes and wages due to wildfire should not be taxed on the funds they received as result of these disasters.

Absolutely. I don’t have a study yet that shows exactly how great that demand is.

I think it’s highly unlikely that you’d see much of any immediate benefit.