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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I am a Catholic cowgirl Hitech
I was politely cussing and Admin Moderator said he was sick of it
However, I see plenty of others doing it and I want the right to do it too. I don’t want his excellency to make the others stop, I want to do it with impunity.
You don’t have to be Catholic to pray it and it is very powerful. You relive all of Jesus life as you pray the mysteries.
"But man, proud man,
Dressed in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he's most assured,
His glassy essence, like an angry ape.
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As makes the angels weep."
Willie S.
Hillary is as power-hungry and as evil as Obama and his Marxist cohorts.
She is a radical, Constitution hating Marxist.
And since BIA is part of the shut down and they can no longer "manage" those lands then it would follow that the people living there would have to leave.
How long before federal highways and those roads going through federal property such as national forests and BLM land be closed?
CC
To those who think Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia could never happen here...
Leni
Excellent point. Our side is definitely becoming more determined. We must learn to fight “smarter” than we do.
Exactly, who lets a park ranger through you out of your home? Sit tight, and record it all on video
Hillary is too busy trying to wipe Benghazi blood off her hands, in my opinion.
IMO, the RATs will go down with Zero’s sinking ship starting in 2014. The campaigns have already begun.
Hell yeah!
Just sent this to Rush Limbaugh. Hope he uses it.
obama is pushing the country to civil war......his plan is succeeding.
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Yep and in his UN speech, the extremists resisting change—it was us. As soon as I heard him say that, I knew he meant us.
“The leg humping press is AWOL.”
No, no, not AWOL. They are playing their role in this cabal as designed, to all our detriment.
Criminy, Orwell’s 1984 only had, “two minutes of hate’ sessions.
We get 24/7/365 of hate from our media and political class.
Let there be no mistake, the powers that be are purposely leading the country toward internal conflict.
As a nation, we’ve been here before....
“Law suits should be filed ASAP”
Bulls#!+!!! My first call would be to my Sheriff’s office.
Were I Sheriff, I would provide an escort to the owner to their property and post a patrol there if necessary. I would arrest any agents who sought to remove any legal owner from their privately owned property, without just cause.
Due process would be maintained as would private property rights.
SOME of these people with federal badges are some real bastards and our elected representatives, state and federal, had best get them in check pretty quick.
I suppose it’s possible at least some of these had clauses in their land leases that allowed the fed’s behavior. Absent that I’d say it was an unconstitutional illegal taking with an added statutory twist. The 5th demands compensation for the taking, but not only was none provided, none could be provided due to the government shutdown status. Wouldn’t that violate the Antideficiency Act and wouldn’t that allow provide consequences for the individual federal agents illegally incurring federal debts.
Obama and Biden live on federal property too. Kick ‘em out!
And they don’t even own them.
Lady Macbeth: Out, damn'd spot! out, I say!
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