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Mayor: Poor TN farming community will suffer if feds buy up land
Tennessee Watchdog ^ | November 8, 2013 | Chris Butler

Posted on 11/10/2013 7:57:13 PM PST by george76

Tennessee’s second poorest county will suffer even more if the federal government buys 120,000 acres of land in that area, near Memphis, all for the stated purpose of wildlife preservation, said that county’s mayor.

Lauderdale County Mayor Rod Schuh told Tennessee Watchdog Friday that his county, while poor, relies on farming and agriculture as the primary drivers of its economy.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s plan to expand the Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge, assuming it buys out as many properties as it can, will rob the county of its most valuable commodity, Schuh said.

Primarily, almost 60 percent of the land that the government wants to preserve is prime farm ground.

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The federal government already owns more than 60,000 acres in Lauderdale County. The 120,000 acres that the feds want to purchase encompass Lauderdale County, as well as land in Tipton, Haywood and Dyer counties.

Schuh said the federal government doesn’t pay proper tax levies on the land it does own in his county. Furthermore, Schoh said the feds don’t plant quality trees on the land they own, especially trees that are good for future lumber needs.

(Excerpt) Read more at watchdog.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: agenda21; agriculture; agricultureas; economy; farming; fishing; logging; privateproperty; taxes; un21; unitednations; wildlands; wildlandsproject
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1 posted on 11/10/2013 7:57:13 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

bookmark


2 posted on 11/10/2013 8:07:29 PM PST by dadfly
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That would be a big fat NO especially if the land
is currently in agricultural production or even if
it could be. If anything, the government should
be selling off land. We sure as hell can’t afford
to spend money on this stuff.


3 posted on 11/10/2013 8:08:42 PM PST by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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"Schuh said the federal government doesn’t pay proper tax levies on the land it does own in his county."

That's pretty funny.


4 posted on 11/10/2013 8:10:57 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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What a racket. Gov’t uses taxpayer money to deprive citizens use and access to formerly private property.


5 posted on 11/10/2013 8:14:28 PM PST by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: familyop

The fed pays “Payments in lieu of taxes” but they are notoriously behind in their assessment when property rates go up. When they go down, they are pretty quick about cutting their assessed value, so the ratchet works against the local government both ways.


6 posted on 11/10/2013 8:14:31 PM PST by donmeaker (The lessons of Weimar will soon be repeated.)
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When your broke what do you do? Buy more land of coarse.


7 posted on 11/10/2013 8:17:14 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (This is not just stupid, we're talking Democrat stupid here.)
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Just when you thought it was bad enough to live near Memphis....


8 posted on 11/10/2013 8:24:02 PM PST by GeronL
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To: umgud
What a racket. Gov’t uses taxpayer printing-press money to deprive citizens use and access to formerly private property.
9 posted on 11/10/2013 8:28:48 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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hasn't been a domestic problem in the last 50 years that government involvement couldn't make worse...
10 posted on 11/10/2013 8:29:24 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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When you're broke what do you do? Buy more land of course.

You might if you had a license to print money.

11 posted on 11/10/2013 8:30:41 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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Mayor Schuh needs to shut up and eat his peas.


12 posted on 11/10/2013 8:32:12 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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The feral government is just going to hold it in safekeeping for the ChiComs.
13 posted on 11/10/2013 8:43:25 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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The feral government is just going to hold it in safekeeping for the ChiComs. <<<

Shuuush!..its called collateral in the pawn industry....You need more money?...What do u have to hawk?....Land?...ok...10 cents on the dollar...Lets see if the deal goes thru.../s

14 posted on 11/10/2013 9:24:46 PM PST by M-cubed
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“Just when you thought it was bad enough to live near Memphis.”
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Yes, poor west Tennessee has become the pits.
I was born in Memphis, back when it was a fine city.
It had the nations best water, best fire department, always voted nations quietest and cleanest city.
When the blacks hit 60%, they took over and destroyed most all that was good. Poor old king Cotton died back in the 80s to 90s.


15 posted on 11/10/2013 10:34:32 PM PST by AlexW
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Time for the GOP and Tea Party to start doing their “thang” and recruit these people for conservatism.

Isn’t nutcase Rep. Steven Cohen from Tennessee? The perfect example of how a mentally deranged white leftist wacko-job can get elected in the South.

Tennessee is the “Volunteer State” but Cohen’s election makes it the should be “Voluntarily Committed” state.


16 posted on 11/10/2013 10:38:41 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: AlexW

good to see you are still posting


17 posted on 11/10/2013 10:39:18 PM PST by GeronL
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To: george76

Agenda 21


18 posted on 11/10/2013 11:08:14 PM PST by namvolunteer (Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.)
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I wonder what shale formation lays underneath this county.


19 posted on 11/10/2013 11:54:58 PM PST by Rodamala
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Here is what this is about: 50% of the land- off limits to humans- The UN’s Wildlands Project. http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/images/wildlands_map.jpg

Here is how its accomplished: http://www.takingliberty.us/


20 posted on 11/11/2013 5:19:15 AM PST by Captain7seas
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