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Chaffetz Kills Public Lands Bill After Backlash From Sporting Community
The Resurgent ^ | February 02, 2017 | Gabriella Hoffman

Posted on 02/02/2017 12:40:03 PM PST by Sheapdog

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1 posted on 02/02/2017 12:40:03 PM PST by Sheapdog
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To: Sheapdog

Wow, what a missed opportunity.


2 posted on 02/02/2017 12:47:24 PM PST by Sheapdog (Chew the meat, spit out the bones - FUBO - Come and get me)
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I wonder who paid for this bill?


3 posted on 02/02/2017 12:47:56 PM PST by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: Sheapdog

Selling it? Give it back to its rightful owners...the states


4 posted on 02/02/2017 12:52:18 PM PST by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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To: Sheapdog

More paid off politician swamp.


5 posted on 02/02/2017 12:54:12 PM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Sheapdog

Good move. Keep these in public so we the people have access!


6 posted on 02/02/2017 12:57:23 PM PST by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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To: Sheapdog
My question is WHY are they willing to sell these parcels.

My other question would be....Which Land Baron usually gets first crack.

7 posted on 02/02/2017 12:57:30 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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Keep it simple, and just sell off Connecticut.


8 posted on 02/02/2017 12:59:04 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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“Keep it simple, and just sell off Connecticut.”

One sanctuary state down, and three more to go!


9 posted on 02/02/2017 1:05:23 PM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Reno89519

Good move. Keep these in public so we the people have access!

The problem is that the left thinks they own it and would impose limits so the public couldn’t use it..


10 posted on 02/02/2017 1:07:34 PM PST by Davy Crocket
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To: dljordan
Here in PA, I've seen numerous instances of people and groups claiming to be hunters and sportsmen working for “reasonable” legislation to protect our hunting grounds who turn out (on research) to actually be environmental activists looking for protections that would ultimately TAKE AWAY hunting rights.

In PA, much of our state forests have been ‘protected’ from mining, drilling, timbering, by closing the thousands of miles of fire roads to the public (unless you are a hiker or mountain biker). Now, the state timbers, drills, mines for the state interests, and the PA Game commission manages the State Game-lands for the benefit of ‘all species’.

Basically, I wouldn't assume that a deep pocketed donor was necessarily behind the bill. Could have been a bill in the public interest that was opposed by eco-whackos posing as sportsmen trying to stop it. If the public isn't going to be allowed on ‘public lands’, I'd rather see it sold so we do have a chance again.

11 posted on 02/02/2017 1:07:50 PM PST by Kay Ludlow (Government actions ALWAYS have unintended consequences...)
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To: Sacajaweau

They own half the west and it just is not FAIR! We get Payment in Lieu of Taxes but it is nowhere near what we’d get if regular property taxes were paid.

It isn’t the government’s place to cheap access to sportsmen and that only in the west.


12 posted on 02/02/2017 1:08:01 PM PST by tiki
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To: Sheapdog

Return the land to the respective states and abolish the BLM.


13 posted on 02/02/2017 1:08:49 PM PST by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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Good news. Not exactly a right/left issue, but this was opposed by hunters, fishers, campers, everyone who enjoys outdoor recreation, a $650 billion industry nationally.


14 posted on 02/02/2017 1:10:54 PM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: Davy Crocket

“The problem is that the left thinks they own it and would impose limits so the public couldn’t use it..”

As the Fraud taught us (and veterans), public land can be petulantly closed off to punish us for not marching in lock-step with the fascist domestic enemy.


15 posted on 02/02/2017 1:12:03 PM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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Growing up in Colorado surrounded by millions of acres of national forest that everyone could use, I have mixed feelings about this selling it off. Not sure I want the beautiful forests that I hiked, camped, hunted and fished in to be marked “Private Property. No Trespassing.”


16 posted on 02/02/2017 1:14:03 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Sacajaweau
Which Land Baron usually gets first crack.

My guess is that the first two buyers lining up to submit their bids would be (in no particular order) Bill Gates and the government of China.

17 posted on 02/02/2017 1:15:17 PM PST by snarkpup (Socialism causes the worst people to become in charge, if they aren't already.)
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To: TADSLOS
Return the land to the respective states and abolish the BLM.

I'm all for abolishing Black Lives Matter.

18 posted on 02/02/2017 1:15:49 PM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: Sheapdog

The Sporting Community is not always on the side of the Constitution and Liberty. We count on them for support of the 2AMD but beyond that they are not so solid for the Constitution.


19 posted on 02/02/2017 1:18:58 PM PST by arthurus
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To: Hyman Roth

Them too.


20 posted on 02/02/2017 1:20:41 PM PST by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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