I used my job to fight abuse of power today...and I feel great!

[HEyHEY]

Around this area, they are trying to curb "Random Camping" Which means people going in to the woods to camp anywhere. So they have "guidelines" in place asking people to stay no longer than 14 days in one spot and things like that....but they are guidlines NOT LAWS. Last year the forrest officers went around bullying people in to leaving by saying the HAD to go and their trucks could be towed i f they didn't leave...and all that stuff, essentially they were telling people they legally had to leave. Liars

Well I did a story for next weeks paper. I called the head office of ALberta Sustainable resources and got all the facts.

THe story lets readers know that they ARE only guidelines a nd that no officer can tell you to leave or tow your vehicle after 14 days. HA!! While I see the officers point, I don't like how they lied to citizens and threatend them. So this year they can't pull that shit.

I went to talk to them today, they don't like me much now and even tried to get me to let them read the story before it went to press. I don't accuse them of anything, but I do let the public know what their rights are...so if they try to bully folks next summer they will get in shit. I feel so......good.

[silverlib]

1. Good job!

You should feel great!!!

[DUreader]

2. Good Job!

What Media Should Be!›

[DoctorMyEyes]

3. Wow - You can just camp?

I don't know anywhere that I could do that here in the "Land of the Free"!

Oh - Good for you, and congratulations! You should feel good.



Now I'm off to ponder my American "freedoms"

[HEyHEY]

4. Yeah, my boss camps for the whole summer

He comes to work and everything. He just sleeps at the campsite.

[DoctorMyEyes]

5. Neat!

We need permits, have to pay fees, blah, blah, blah.....

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Sure you can - some national parks and especially the Appalacchian Trail

And I believe you can camop anywhere in Denali, except maybe some few spots, and other areas in Alaska are very open.

The camping is there, you just have to look for it.

But I'm sure we don't have the kind of vast continuous areas of campable areas that I imagine Canada has.

[Don_G]

6. I Think I Can See Their Point

But, if no camper is stepping out of line and adhering to the other rules otherwise, then the Forrest Officers should be personally liable for any costs, including towing charges incurred by their decisions.

After hearing this, I don't think Canada will be a big choice on my vacation list this year.

[HEyHEY]

8. Depends where you go

See, Canadian Forrest officers are usually good people. But this area has a collection of jerks. While I do see their point , I don't agree with it...there is so much wilderness in this nation that we don't need to tell people when they should move.

EDIT< My main problem is that they lied to people.

[brainshrub]

7. I thought Canadians weren't good at abuse of power

and that only AMERICAN Rangers were butt-holes.

[HEyHEY]

9. Actually

The Head of Sustainable resources here is a scumball. A few years ago he bought property on a near a lake that was catch and release, very soon after he bought it, it was changed to a lake with a six fish a day limit.

[Ellen Forradalom]

11. Wherever there are human beings, there is abuse of power.

We're just spoiled because Americans have taken it to such spectacular heights.

[TrogL]

12. Check your PM box