The Sentinel newspaper published some aerial photos of the proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal site on the North Spit of Coos Bay under a headline entitled “Yes to Jordan Cove Not to CEP”. The photographs which allude to issues raised by MGx weeks ago that “construction” may already be underway thus nullifying the so-called CEP (Community Enhancement Plan). The article scatters about a few random factoids about the project jumbled in such a way that an essay written by an eighth grader could have made more sense.

Jordan Cove site

Jordan Cove site

In fact, it is hard to determine just exactly what the the paper hoped to accomplish by publishing the photos or the accompanying article and it goes on to make a very risky and unsupportable assumption, specifically that “opposition to the project has waned over the years…” The headline, however, speaks for itself and the paper which serves Coquille and parts of the South County should brace itself for fallout from the landowners along the pipeline. Endorsing a controversial project like Jordan Cove is about as impolitic as when the Sentinel publisher/editor Jean Ivey tried to sabotage the Coquille School District LP-FM radio station.

For those who were unable to attend the Wyden town hall meeting held at the Egyptian Theater last Saturday it should be noted that when BS Oregon is not using funds obtained from Veresen,Inc to bus Jordan Cove supporters down from Portland and Vancouver, the anti_LNG crowd outnumbers Jordan Cove supporters by as much as 75%.