Time for states like Oregon to take back the 51% of the state the Feds own. We need to manage our own resources.
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Amen to that! Oregon and all the Western states should send the feds packing.
That IS the answer.
There is no other answer.
The two huge issues with the "O&C" counties...
One - There is no legitimate reason for the federal government to own and control that land forever. When O&C went bust it should have been re-granted or sold, there just is no constitutional power allowing it to have title in perpetuity (if ever at all).
Two - The potential state and county revenues from legitimate and wise use of that land (if that potential is defined as matching historic levels), while great, do not come even close to covering that region's unfunded PERS liability.
So there is the whole truth of it - By all levels of government, Oregon taxpayers have been hosed.
Still and all it needs to be TAKEN BACK.