[Red Boots]

And if there was an object of scorn in the crowd, it was the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, a powerful bi-state environmental land use agency charged with managing the resources of the basinM

These quasi-government agencies are really kind of scary. They can make decisions for you and your property, but have no legal responsibility for the harm those decisions can cause. I wonder if the people at the agency were even elected, or just appointed.

[BurbankKarl]

I was listening to Dr. Bill Wattenberg on KGO sunday night. He was talking about environmentalists standings next to the dozers telling the contractors the legal way to cut fire lines as the flames approach.

Maybe I should download his commentary, edit it a little and post it. It was great!