Oregon judge plans to bill Ammon Bundy up to $70,000 a day for security costs to county

[Katashi_itto]

An Oregon judge says he will bill Ammon Bundy up to $70,000 a day to reimburse Harney County for security costs related to the ongoing occupation of a wildlife refuge.

Local schools reopened Monday for the first time since Bundy and other militants seized a visitors center Jan. 2 at the Malheur National Wildlife Preserve and demanded the transfer of federally owned land to the county, reported KTVZ-TV.

Bundy and other militants used a backhoe owned by the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife to remove fences separating federal land from property owned by a local rancher.

Bundy said the militants had rifled through files at the occupied building looking for evidence of wrongdoing, but he insisted they had not accessed computers — although public radio reporters witnessed them doing that.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/oregon-judge-plans-to-bill-ammon-bundy-up-to-70000-a-day-for-security-costs-to-county/

[randys1]

1. Needs to be a mechanism to seize their personal property and real estate if they dont pay

and they wont.

[oldandhappy]

2. agree.

[guillaumeb]

4. Cliven Bundy is still using public lands for his personal gain. There have been no consequences

for him. Unless the Federal Government takes action these people will only become bolder.

[RKP5637]

5. Yep, he's likely just to add it to Cliven Bundy's tab with the feds. Of course he

can't just add that to his father's tab, but likely he will do the same unless there are real teeth, and ignore it.

[IDemo]

3. Earlier thread on that here ->

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027521784

[Whiskeytide]

6. Who has filed some sort of legal proceeding...

... seeking the assessment? The local government? The Feds? Not aware of any precedent that says a judge can just assess fines on his own.

[left-of-center2012]

7. The Bundys don't pay their fines

Learned that with BLM.