Tombstone is “quaint,” but pretty dumpy...
What does your comment have to do with the town being denied access to their water supply sites and the ability to repair damage to the system that collects and transports the water to the town, by the federal government? Nothing.
I grew up in Arizona and have been to Tombstone many times. Much of their revenue is from tourists coming to see the OK Corral and Boothill Cemetery and other old west sites in and around the town proper. The eastern elitists in the federal bureaucracy have decided to overplay their hands when it comes to the western states again. They have decided that these townsfolk must not use anything but hand tools like shovels to restore the water system in the rugged Huachuca Mountains when large boulders and rocky terrain dictates that some heavy equipment must be used. When they deny the use of even wheelbarrows, it is obvious the Forest Service have sided with the radical environmentalists and not the human beings that pay taxes and live there.
This is perfect example of why the western states are starting to stand up to the eastern Washington DC federal government’s over-the-top regulations and intrusiveness into the very places they live and could manage themselves. I wish Tombstone and the Goldwater Institute good luck in taking back their water rights from the federal government which have stolen them.
Sorry we don't live up to your standards. If you don't like it here, don't come back, we won't miss you.