Gadzooks, back then... 
We knew how to deal with the DC Crowd
Sellagate may/may not be the newly coined word. I’d copyright that typo if I were you.
Good, it should all go back to the states. Start reducing fedgov everywhere.
The feds have far too much power over land use and access which the state should have to a great extent. Let this RINO go...we have enough socialists to deal with.
“more divisive than uniting” = not liberal/progressive
Zinke is a dumbass.
He proudly voted for Ryan for Speaker.
State lands now belong to the State.
If the State doesn’t want it, sell it.
Or give it back the Indians, or to “the people”.
If they don’t want it, give it to me, I’ll take it.
Gadzooks, back then... We knew how to deal with the DC Crowd
He should resign as a Rep. as he clearly is unfamiliar with the Constitution which he is sworn to uphold.
Doesn’t sound good but maybe there is some ‘rich cronies’ deal involved.
Would like to hear from a Montanan.
And so, it all comes down to a "deal".
“This has been a major issue in Montana’s House race. Zinke says he supports better management but not transfer to the states.”
Then no matter what he may or may not have done in the service of his country, he needs to be primaried and sent home!
Coward.
I believe Utah has a a lawsuit against the federal government demanding the federal land be turned over to the state.
Take a look! Feds “own” 29% of Montana.
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42346.pdf
The issue is that when the Western States “joined the Union,” the Feds raped each of them. Nevada is 84% Federal land, and California is around 50%. Zinke is FOS, most of this land needs to be returned to the states, and the states need to see that anything that they don’t have a direct need for, is sold to the citizens. One thing that it would do is help reduce our debt. The other thing it would do is put the Bureau of Land Management on the chopping block. The Feds use this “ownership” to Eff with people like Cliven Bundy.
Giving public lands back is DOA and most people won’t support. This is stupid inclusion in the platform.
Trump has stated BETTER management, not transfer. Which I agree 100%. I absolutely love the accessible public lands and no No Trespassing signs.
I do not know what lands are being discussed here, but the guy in question is from Montana of which the vast majority was a part of the Louisiana Purchase. I own such land, my ancestors homesteaded it.
This land NEVER BELONGED TO THE STATES IN THE FIRST PLACE.
The Louisiana Purchase lands never belonged to any state in the first place because no states existed on those lands before the federal government bought the land from France.
Such lands were surveyed according to the PLLS system and were opened to homesteading. Territories were organized then subdivided into states that requested entry into the union.
Any lands never homesteaded were retained by the federal government.
This notion of giving lands back to the states is really a very ignorant position. Giving it back to the Indians makes sense, giving it back to the French or Spanish makes sense (a poor idea though), but giving it back to the Feds is just plane dumb. This applies only to lands either bought or seized by the feds before such lands were states.
BTW, I agree with the idea that all lands within a states border should belong to the state, with exception of military bases and a few government offices. Even federal parks and refuges would be better managed by states.
His beef is (according to a statement at his web site) that there is no restrictions on the state after the sale. The state doesn’t have to keep the land public.
Mental illness