Posted on 04/30/2014 7:27:26 AM PDT by rktman
As more information becomes available, it is becoming clear to me as a former Las Vegas and Clark County land planner, that the Bundy story is not about cows,tortoises, grazing rights, childish name calling, or alleged threats.
It’s about prime real estate, and Bundy’s cows were grazing on land that the City of Mesquite has had its eye on for years for annexation to be used to “meet future demands for its citizens and a rapidly growing tourism industry.”
The City of Mesquite’s “Purchased, Unpurchased and Acquirable Lands” map (CLICK HERE) shows areas within yellow lined blocks on the southern most part of the map called “Proposed Amendment to the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986.”
The area within the yellow lined blocks include much of the land used by Cliven Bundy to graze his cattle. They may also include the Bundy Ranch.
(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...
You ever notice when city officials build buildings for themselves, it's first class all the way but when it comes to taking a citizens property it's, take it as miserly as possible ?
Government at all levels is full of grifters and carpetbaggers sucking the marrow out of the citizen’s bones.
We have no one to blame but ourselves for continuing to elect and re-elect them for decades.
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