Bundy has in fact paid fees to Clark County, Nevada in an arrangement pre-dating the BLM.Except he didn't. Clark County has already said that he offered them the money and they told him it had to go to the federal government and that they wouldn't take it. They've also said they've never had such an arrangement. They testified to such in court.
Cliven Bundy wasn't born before his family entered into the 1934 Taylor Grazing Act permit or lease for the old Bunkerton allotment.
After he quit paying grazing fees to the BLM, and the BLM went to court in 1998 to terminate his lease for nonpayment of grazing fees, Cliven Bundy tendered a payment to Clark County for eighteen head of cattle, not the 900-1,100 he was grazing. Clark County rejected the payment because they were not authorized to accept grazing fees on BLM grazing lands.
If you have evidence or specifics on the oft-repeated "pre-dating the BLM" claim, which undercuts the Bundys' "we bought the grazing rights in the late 1880s" claim, I would sincerely be interested in seeing it.
Cliven Bundy wasn't born before his family entered into the 1934 Taylor Grazing Act permit or lease for the old Bunkerton allotment.
After he quit paying grazing fees to the BLM, and the BLM went to court in 1998 to terminate his lease for nonpayment of grazing fees, Cliven Bundy tendered a payment to Clark County for eighteen head of cattle, not the 900-1,100 he was grazing. Clark County rejected the payment because they were not authorized to accept grazing fees on BLM grazing lands.
If you have evidence or specifics on the oft-repeated "pre-dating the BLM" claim, which undercuts the Bundys' "we bought the grazing rights in the late 1880s" claim, I would sincerely be interested in seeing it.