RE: Latest UB article on - Dec 1/05Looks like UB Post a little worried about a lawsuit. Don't usually see a newspaper humble enough to bother to justify it's reporting on an issue.
Of further interest was the byline further down about "Say No to Ivanhoe Mines ....etc" field trip offer to the news media.
I live in an area that has long been economically depressed. Then land prices started going up and a long shut down coal mine was auctioned off for the land. At first long time locals were upset for the change and for the "big city" $$$ comiong in to by "their" hunting grounds.
But a few years after it all happened down, everything is quiet and lo...the price of locals property benefited from big city $$$ jacking up prices. And locals benefited from new jobs (many new subdivision being contructed- good jobs) brought about by new $$$ in the community.
So what I'm getting at is it is similar in a way to the situation in mongolia. Long suffering native population sees big changes coming and outsiders about to make $$$ and they resent it real big at first. They feel they should be the ones to benefit.
But eventually everyone benefits and that quiets everyone down and they all live happily ever after.
Hah!
Brian