[Duke C.]

"Sones was in attendance, as were a number of other BLM employees. The Commission asked Sones to approach the board, but he was quickly intercepted by Daniel Love, BLM special agent-in-charge for Utah and Nevada. Love said he wasn’t aware of Nelson’s complaint and said the agency wanted to review the issue internally before Sones engaged with the county commission. Later, Silvey also told the commission she wasn’t going to allow Sones to address the complaint at that time. Love said once the internal investigation was completed, he would bring it back to the board if members wanted him to. “I don’t know if a county commission meeting is the appropriate venue to go back and forth,” Love said. “… I just don’t want to get in the habit that we find ourselves in the county commission meeting where we’re not having that internal process first, to review them and study them.”

http://elkodaily.com/news/resident-complains-to-county-about-blm-law-enforcement/article_0d475378-3c55-11e3-a68f-001a4bcf887a.html

[Duke C.]

"The first to testify was Daniel Love, a special agent at the Bureau of Land Management. Dressed in plainclothes, Love was among the officers sent to the auction. Love said he noticed DeChristopher, mainly for how his attire was different from the other bidders. When DeChristopher won a lease for $25,000, Love said the man slumped in his chair, and hung his head. That was when he realized he couldn't pay the bids, Love said DeChristopher later told him. Love estimated DeChristopher's bids inflated the price by $300,000 total on about 20 of 131 parcels that day.

http://newsok.com/fake-bids-run-up-prices/article/3545142/?page=1