To: CedarDave
The Forest Service since early March has rounded up 415 of Laney's livestock pursuant to a federal court order that found the rancher in contempt of court for grazing his livestock on the Diamond Bar allotment without a Forest Service permit. So the man is being fined 415 head of cattle for letting his herd graze on public land????
The Forest Service has a beam in their eye, and another should be shoved up their you-know-what.
This is a government theft of private property as far as I'm concerned.
10 posted on
04/01/2004 3:10:05 AM PST by
Robert Drobot
(God, family, country. All else is meaningless.)
To: Robert Drobot
This is a government theft of private property as far as I'm concerned.
11 posted on
04/01/2004 3:19:08 AM PST by
righthand man
(WE'RE SOUTHERN AND PROUD OF IT)
To: Robert Drobot
Do a keyword search on "Laney" for current and background stories on this issue.
14 posted on
04/01/2004 7:04:24 AM PST by
CedarDave
(Kerry loves daylight savings time: He can set his clocks forward, then change them back in 7 months)
To: Robert Drobot
"So the man is being fined 415 head of cattle for letting his herd graze on public land????" It's not even "public land." It's what is called "split estate" land, where the rancher has patent title to the water and surface rights such as graging, and transportation, and the public may own subsurface rights. Unless he dug a hole more than 500 feet deep, he could not have entered the 'public' portion of the land.
17 posted on
04/01/2004 5:29:52 PM PST by
editor-surveyor
( . Best policy RE: Environmentalists, - ZERO TOLERANCE !!)
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