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  • Frustrations With Government in Ore. (UN LOSES A BIG ONE!)

    06/02/2002 11:29:00 PM PDT · by MeganUSA · 3 replies · 657+ views
    Associated Press Writer ^ | June 2, 2002, 3:57 PM EDT | By JOHN ENDERS
    http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-sagebrush-rebellion0602jun02.story Frustrations With Government in Ore. By JOHN ENDERS Associated Press Writer June 2, 2002, 3:57 PM EDT JOHN DAY, Ore. -- Residents of this eastern Oregon ranch and timber region are a self-reliant lot. Hard winters and a depressed economy have forged hardscrabble attitudes toward outsiders and "the government." Grant County voters passed two ballot measures last month reflecting the frustration of residents who feel they no longer control their lives, livelihoods or the land. By about a 2-to-1 margin, residents approved a measure banning the United Nations in the county and another allowing people to cut trees...