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ENVIROS, HUNTERS OCCUPY REP. KOLBE'S OFFICE-DAILY STAR EDITORIALIZES AGAINST KOLBE RIDER

On October 4, 1997, 30 protesters from the Southwest Center, Sky Island Watch and the Western Game Bird Alliance occupied the Tucson office of Representative Jim Kolbe, in protest of his support for a rider by Senators Kyl and Dominici, effectively over ruling a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals injunction on logging and grazing which violate Forest Plan standards and guidelines.

On October 16, 1997, the Arizona Daily star blasted Kolbe and Kyl for helping Republicans to "load a raft of anti-environmental riders onto the basic Interior Department funding bill." Citing congressional "perversion," "sleaze," and "malicious maneuvering," and a "monstrosity of decadent lawmaking," the Star called on Clinton to veto the bill.