Unfortunately, candidate Baise is part of the "wise use" (rape the land and call it good) establishment that enables corporate polluters, builds roads for loggers in our shrinking forests, advocates for endlessly expanding extractive industries such as mining and drilling, and prefers paving wetlands to protecting them for wildlife, recreation and intrinsic environmental value. Mr. Baise also strongly supports Bush Administration efforts to weaken the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts

Many feel strongly about various issues in this election, but the environment that we all depend upon should take precedence over relatively narrow short-term issues. Our living space on earth is a complex web of life and resources to nurture, not to exploit beyond reason. Electing Baise as Fairfax Board of Supervisors Chairman would bring green-scam wise use policies to Fairfax that will degrade our lives even more than other issues.

Gerry Connolly may receive campaign funding from the development community, but what candidate does not?

As Chairman of the Board of Supervisors he sponsored a 20-year environmental vision plan, recently initiated the national "Cool Counties" program and has consistently supported environmental improvement and protection of our natural resources. Connolly is obviously a good choice, because, in addition to being generally unqualified for this job, Gary Baise specializes in green MONEY, but not a green EARTH!