Monday, April 25, 2005

A Blue Tinge in the West

A Blue Tinge in the West

Actually it may be blue-green:

Environmentalism, once sneered at in the spacious, resource-rich West, is gaining a foothold as tourism and adventure sports gain economic importance...


This isn't tree-hugger environmentalism, it's huntin' and fishin' environmentalism. My northern Wisconsin roots tell me that's no contradiction.

One facet the LA Times doesn't touch is the up-for-grabs nature of western voters. Ross Perot's best performance in 1992 was in two kinds of counties: rural cantankerous and high-growth rootless. States like Colorado, Nevada and Arizona have both.

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