Good Riddance, Gale Norton

The Associated Press reported today that Interior Secretary Gale Norton has resigned after 5 long years. She worked tirelessly to open government lands in the West to more oil and gas drilling, logging, grazing and commercial recreation. But her biggest claim to shame was her role as the administration's biggest advocate for opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Alaska's North Slope to oil drilling, areas considered sensitive for caribou and other wildlife.

Norton letter of resignation said that she hoped to eventually return to the mountains of the West. Wait till she finds out that her favorite vista has been logged and turned into a strip mine.

Don't let the door hit you on your way out, Gale.