Explanatory commentary by Judi Bari, copied from 1990: A Year in the Life of Earth First! published in the Anderson Valley Advertiser, January 2, 1991, reprinted in Reprinted in Timber Wars, © 1994 Common Courage Press (recopied according to "Fair Use" guidelines)
There was still time for one more Corporate Fall demo. EF! Corporate Fallers went carolling at Pacific Lumber President John Campbell’s house. Children delivered gift- wrapped presents of ash and sawdust to his door, while singers drove Campbell crazy with their endless rendition of “Hang Down Your Head, John Campbell.” Finally Candy Boak and her Mothers Nazi Brigade showed up and tried (unsuccessfully) to drown out the singers with a ride-around lawn mower.
Santa arrived in Ukiah driving a bulldozer at the front of the “lighted log-truck” parade (I’m not making this up). Since it was Ukiah, the trucks were loaded with pecker-poles and chips. The only thing missing was the recently laid-off L-P employees, who should have been panhandling at the end of the parade.
But the year ended on a happy note, with the third Okerstrom feller-buncher going up in flames near Ukiah. That makes $1.5 million worth of fellerbunchers that have self-destructed in the woods of Mendo County.
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