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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChaffetz: "It's time to get rid of the BLM and dispose of federal lands"
Its time to get rid of the BLM and US Forest Service police. If there is a problem your local sheriff is the first and best line of defense. By restoring local control in law enforcement, we enable federal agencies and county sheriffs to each focus on their respective core missions.
The long overdue disposal of excess federal lands will free up resources for the federal government while providing much-needed opportunities for economic development in struggling rural communities.
Bill Details:
H.R. 622, Local Enforcement for Local Lands Act, first introduced last year, removes the law enforcement function from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service. Instead, the bill calls for deputizing local law enforcement, combined with block grant funding, to empower existing duly elected law enforcement offices to carry out these responsibilities. The bill, jointly sponsored by Utahs Rep. Mia Love and Rep. Chris Stewart, also establishes a formula to reimburse local law enforcement based on the percentage of public land in each state.
H.R. 621, Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act, calls for the responsible disposal of 3.3 million acres of land identified by the Clinton Administration as being suitable for sale to non-federal entities. Encompassing just over one percent of total BLM land and less than half of one percent of all federal lands, these lands have been deemed to serve no purpose for taxpayers. In Utah, some 132,931 acres of land are eligible for disposal. - Jason Chaffetz - Republican - U.S. Congressman
Bundy-land
Ironically, conservative hunting and fishing groups are up in arms about public lands being "disposed of."
Its not just natural resources that are on the auction block, but jobs, said Gale. For a party that prides itself on being fiscally conservative ... theyre talking out of both sides of their mouth. - John Gale Back Country Hunters Conservation Director
NoGoodNamesLeft
(2,056 posts)He's such a douche...
dchill
(38,315 posts)What a gag.
ffr
(22,644 posts)He's at the center of a land grab, at our expense.
Before the fall: America's public lands on clearance rack
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028552922
Freethinker65
(9,929 posts)We tried to warn them.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)treachery committed it has the potential to piss off a segment of people....and even segments that voted for him.
Freethinker65
(9,929 posts)Most have no clue what privatization means. But hey, they will get to keep all the guns they want with nowhere free to hunt, and chew up what public infrastructure is left with their ATVs now that the trails (with former reasonable regulations they despised) are permanently off limits. Also they can forget about using personal watercraft or fishing if they do not own the waters.
Once the public lands are "sold" they are gone (many for pennies on the dollar for their worth). The citizenry will never get the land back.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)I am guessing he and a few of his friends are willing to take on the burden of acquiring these assets.
MBS
(9,688 posts)not to mention criminally short-sighted and STUPID destruction of our country's national treasures.
LuvLoogie
(6,854 posts)Let's keep our energies focused on municipal water systems, National parks and Indian lands.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)maintained lands are Utah and Nevada. Now saying that,neither state has the financial were with all to even begin to support these lands. You would need to raise taxes by the Billions just to maintain these lands. Sounds good to the Rethugs,but even if they were to pull this off,no private individual or Corporation would ever be able to maintain these lands.
Mister Ed
(5,895 posts)...sell them off (or lease them) for a pittance to their corrupt cronies. And that is the real purpose of the bill.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)With Climate change this is the single fact that will kill this off. Wildfires,and Maintenance along Right of ways,plus some of us have Claims via BLM leases.
Mister Ed
(5,895 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Plus they can pillage wholesale these area to their friends and business interests.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)If you know the players who are running the show behind the scenes,you would see the possibilities. Many of these players are related by Marriages and a certain Church.
Rex
(65,616 posts)it is to sell off - give away - bribe peers to keep their own careers and corporations running. I did read there is a link with the Duggars religious mentor. Can't remember his name, but I do remember that he is a proven pervert and sexual deviant. That church?
Turn CO Blue
(4,221 posts)ffr
(22,644 posts)All public land now valued at $0.00, because the CBO doesn't place a value on it, up for exchange, auction and sale if his bill passes.
Before the fall: America's public lands on clearance rack
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028552922
Turn CO Blue
(4,221 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)agreements.
Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)He is the biggest blowhard and hypocrite. I can't stand him.
Bayard
(21,801 posts)Besides being deplorable in so many other ways, how would this affect Native American lands that the BLM administers? Is this a plan to quiet land disputes concerning pipelines and boundary walls?
ffr
(22,644 posts)Getting rich through a proven technique, a land grab, is all that matters. They don't care who they hurt or who loses, so long as they win.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,063 posts)Many western Republicans disagree with you. But go ahead and make a total ass of yourself. Your self destruction is quite entertaining.
DFW
(54,048 posts)"The bill, jointly sponsored by Utahs Rep. Mia Love and Rep. Chris Stewart, also establishes a formula to reimburse local law enforcement based on the percentage of public land in each state."
And who decides the amount of the reimbursement? Maybe the congresscritters who write the bill, in turn for some big campaign contributions paid out of their big "reimbursements," for example. As the Bard might have put it, Corruption, thy name is Republican.
dae
(3,396 posts)irritating little man?
eShirl
(18,466 posts)like his own
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)Are they just going to shoot any that are not adopted immediately?
I hate these people and I hate the scourge that voted for them.