Posted on 10/05/2013 6:29:29 PM PDT by Lacey
The government shutdown is being felt close to home for some locals. They say they're being forced out of private homes on Lake Mead because they sit on federal land.
Joyce Spencer is 77-years-old and her husband Ralph is 80. They've been spending most of their time in the family ice cream store since going home isn't an option.
The Spencers never expected to be forced out of their Lake Mead home, which they've owned since the 70s, but on Thursday, a park ranger said they had 24 hours to get out.
"I had to go to town today and buy Ralph undershirts and jeans because I forgot his pants," Joyce Spencer told Action News.
The Stewart's Point home sits on federal land, so even though the Spencers own their cabin outright, they're not allowed in until the government reopens.
Park officials said property owners can visit only to retrieve belongings; they sent Action News a statement which reads in part, "Unfortunately overnight stays are not permitted until a budget is passed and the park can reopen." Joyce Spencer said she's alright in the meantime, staying with nearby family, but the move was a lot to handle as a senior citizen.
"I had to be sure and get his walker and his scooter that he has to go in," Spencer said. "We're not hurt in any way except it might cost me if I have to go buy more pants."
The Lake Mead properties are considered vacation homes; one of the lease requirements to own a plot is people must have an alternative residence.
Regardless, the Spencers said it's their property and they should be allowed in, shutdown or not.
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Looks like it’s time to privatize the national parks service.
They are the custodians of OUR LAND, but act like the own it!
This Nazi-like behavior is being ordered straight from the White Hut.
The White House is going to resemble the Fuherbunker before long. The evil bastard is going to hunker down and go all out in doing what he can to destroy America. The more opposition he gets, the more determined he becomes.
Not just Impeached but Removed From Office.
These closures are showing a little glimpse of the power of the federal government.
The optics are just astounding. The leg humping press is AWOL.
Quickest way to stop this crap is for the House to start impeachment.
Get the sheriff involved. And many citizens.
They’re just banking on us complying.
Don’t.
Sure it’s not the 19th green?
More, keep it up. Close the Interstates. Come on we dare you.
I think we are having a mind meld here, it’s my opinion that there is a huge spirtual war going on up high. For every thing in Christ there is a counterfit!
I’m feeling it as are others who are not usually in tune with the Father. They are now vocalizing!
The spirit of the anti-christ is walking amongst us!
More like Impeached, removed from office, tried for Treason, found guilty, and hung by neck on a gallows until dead.
Reservations are sovereign territory - I don’t think the feds have shot to say there.
Many of our most beautiful parks and landmarks are now “World Heritage Sites.”
Read it and weep for your country.
Yes - and individual “agents” need to be made aware that they personally will be held to account for civil and possibly criminal charges.
They fear nothing. Change that.
The big news, I think, is that the Lion of Judah is starting to roar again. The light is coming on from heaven. Satan is beginning to get cornered and is acting like the despicable little rat he is in God’s sight.
I haven’t had such paradoxical joy and such dig-in-and-fight grit since ever. That’s the Lord, folks. Tremble... and celebrate! (Sometimes we get stuck on the tremble verses and never get to the celebrate ones.) The fearsome Lord is angry... for His people. Now don’t dog it, folks. Dig in. Pray for... for God’s grace. That’s what annihilates Satan’s works. It will be a war of construction, once the stubborn enemy workers of evil are dealt with (and some may lose their stubbornness and become friends).
And no it does not have to be the final battle to mean something. We aren’t at Armageddon yet. We may just be on the cusp of a major revival. But revivals have to be carried on and as new generations come on the scene they can be dropped. That’s not our fault: God has no grandchildren.
Better yet, Pull the White House budget and shut it down. (No more lavish vacations, let him pay his own green fees, Ramen for the moose, etc.)
I live in an area which is in the National Register of Historical Places: http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/in/districts.html
When I searched for the term: National Historic Neighborhoods
I found this: http://www.nps.gov/shutdown/index.html
Maybe I and my neighbors will be evicted.
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