Watch and listen to the video. Jonathan Jarvis has no answer to Rep. Goudy’s questions.
Commissar Jarvis did what Obama directed him to do.
Jarvis was hiding behind the “anti-deficiency clause”, which was a lie.
He pretended he had to close open air facilities due to this clause.
The fact is that the clause keeps them from expending funds, when none are authorized.
The reality is that the actions taken to close, tape, and barricade these locations were the only violations of this clause.
Doing NOTHING, costs NOTHING!
Therefore, no unauthorized expenditures.
Earlier this month, I was preparing a talk on the Civil War Battle of Chickamauga and wanted confirm some item, so I attempted to pull up the website of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park, only to find that it was shut donwn. Earlier this morning it was still down but the website for the Grand Canyon National Park was up.
Of course, Arizona was footing the bill to open Grand Canyon, but somehow I don’t believe that each park has its own server for its website. Obviously, the Grand Canyon website had been turned on since Arizona had openned the Park, but it would have cost the National Park Service no more money to turn on the other websites as well.
This behavior is another example of the punitive nature of the National Park shutdown.
Until October 1, I was a stronger supporter of the National Park system....