Here are some thoughts on the communication from Mr. Beykpour.
Grassroots — The first option mentioned by Beykpour is to hire a public relations firm to gather “grassroots” support, a response to the overwhelming community opposition the project has already generated.
It could bring pressure on government officials and the media to “change the conversation.”
The residents of this valley have roots, that in many cases go back over generations and are far deeper than the roots of the grass. He gets really nasty.
Beykpour wrote, “Hopefully, this gets them to the table and they are prepared to have an open minded communication? We looked at a good location piping distance away, but even if you hide the building, we cannot escape the truck traffic complaint for others who have joined this group.”
What kind of values do we see here as he suggests hiding the building from the residents? Covert does not even begin to cover his thought process, closer to evil seems appropriate.
“All of the above are super long shots, but from my perspective worth it...”
“We will face the same all over Washington and Oregon, unless we find the unicorn site.”
About using unicorn in this context: From the QUORA website—“a unicorn in general may refer to something rare and precious but equally to something non-existent.”
Our valley exists and is certainly rare.
“All we lose if we pursue this strategy is time and internal resources, and some minimal costs associated with the PR firm and filing a lawsuit. The biggest risk is negative PR from a lawsuit, but frankly, if substantiated we have something to rest on. Otherwise, I say we dump this site,” Beykpour wrote.
Here he is saying, that bringing frivolous lawsuits and causing unrest in the community are so worth doing and that if indeed they are somehow allowed to get away with those tactics, it will be worth it!
On negative PR — well Mr. Beykpour, you have garnered just that. Attacking the scruples of our local newspaper, our elected officials and flagrantly displaying your total disdain for our laws and community standards will, I am sure you will find, not be tolerated, not here nor anywhere!
Yes, we certainly want this company to leave our community and the choice of words “dump this site” is again so very telling of the man and his company’s position and demeanor. Dumping, used to describe this precious site, is not only offensive but disgustingly cavalier.
Bob Summers
Randle
