Comments for San Juan County Republican Party http://sjcrp.org Engaged, Informed and Vigilant Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Alert! We need you to speak up! by mloftus http://sjcrp.org/alert-we-need-you-to-speak-up/#comment-358 mloftus Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:58:15 +0000 http://sjcrp.org/?p=362#comment-358 How will we feel when The Sec of the Interior's Advisory Council made up of people within a "reasonable proximity to SJC" develop the NCA management plan? Will these be the people of Skagit County where Salazar and Cantwell held their last Town Hall Mtg? Grammer sources show two independent clauses are designated by a semicolon and a conjunction as in the protected species section of this bill. All species within NCA will be protected as written. If you share a creek with a species on NCA those folks in Skagit may decide you can't farm, garden or build near the part of the stream on your land. Our lands should not be trapped up in government control. How will we feel when The Sec of the Interior’s Advisory Council made up of people within a “reasonable proximity to SJC” develop the NCA management plan? Will these be the people of Skagit County where Salazar and Cantwell held their last Town Hall Mtg?
Grammer sources show two independent clauses are designated by a semicolon and a conjunction as in the protected species section of this bill. All species within NCA will be protected as written.
If you share a creek with a species on NCA those folks in Skagit may decide you can’t farm, garden or build near the part of the stream on your land. Our lands should not be trapped up in government control.

]]> Comment on Alert! We need you to speak up! by Tom Reeve http://sjcrp.org/alert-we-need-you-to-speak-up/#comment-356 Tom Reeve Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:28:14 +0000 http://sjcrp.org/?p=362#comment-356 Rather than buy the book, I read about the case online (e.g. in Wikipedia). In the Kelo case, the use of eminent domain was by a local government (not the feds) and for transfer to a private party for economic development (not the feds for conservation). I still feel safer with an NCA designation than without, since the legislation expressly prohibits BLM from using eminent. That protection is not there today. I'm baffled at why putting restrictions on what BLM can do with federal land, prohibiting their use of eminent domain, prohibiting their impact on neighboring properties and demanding a local voice in the management of the lands is something you would oppose. It seems like you should be a champion of such improvements over the current situation which has none of those protections for the community. Rather than buy the book, I read about the case online (e.g. in Wikipedia).

In the Kelo case, the use of eminent domain was by a local government (not the feds) and for transfer to a private party for economic development (not the feds for conservation).

I still feel safer with an NCA designation than without, since the legislation expressly prohibits BLM from using eminent. That protection is not there today.

I’m baffled at why putting restrictions on what BLM can do with federal land, prohibiting their use of eminent domain, prohibiting their impact on neighboring properties and demanding a local voice in the management of the lands is something you would oppose. It seems like you should be a champion of such improvements over the current situation which has none of those protections for the community.

]]> Comment on SJCRP In Session! by mloftus http://sjcrp.org/sjcrp-in-session/#comment-355 mloftus Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:17:50 +0000 http://sjcrp.org/?p=378#comment-355 Great work was done Saturday at Convention. We will be preparing elected delegates for State Convention. Our platform will be posted here soon. Thank you for all the efforts of our volunteers. Obama Must Go! Great work was done Saturday at Convention. We will be preparing elected delegates for State Convention. Our platform will be posted here soon. Thank you for all the efforts of our volunteers. Obama Must Go!

]]> Comment on Alert! We need you to speak up! by mloftus http://sjcrp.org/alert-we-need-you-to-speak-up/#comment-354 mloftus Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:14:49 +0000 http://sjcrp.org/?p=362#comment-354 Tom, Please read about Kelo vs City of New London in the book "The Little Pink House" by Jeff Benedict. Their Pfizer will be our Friends of the San Juan if your property is desired. Tom, Please read about Kelo vs City of New London in the book “The Little Pink House” by Jeff Benedict. Their Pfizer will be our Friends of the San Juan if your property is desired.

]]> Comment on Alert! We need you to speak up! by Tom Reeve http://sjcrp.org/alert-we-need-you-to-speak-up/#comment-345 Tom Reeve Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:31:14 +0000 http://sjcrp.org/?p=362#comment-345 I live next to the BLM land at Iceberg Point. I have no concern over eminent domain at all. Why? Because the legislation in question (available on www.SanJuanIslandsNCA.org) explicitly eliminates that option, requiring future land acquisitions, if any, come from a willing party. This absolutely DOES NOT increase BLM's power over its neighbors. It increases our power over BLM. This legislation improves my situation as a neighbor - permanently protecting the land, giving the community (including me) a voice in its management, and protecting me from any eminent domain, buffer zones, etc. I live next to the BLM land at Iceberg Point. I have no concern over eminent domain at all. Why? Because the legislation in question (available on http://www.SanJuanIslandsNCA.org) explicitly eliminates that option, requiring future land acquisitions, if any, come from a willing party.

This absolutely DOES NOT increase BLM’s power over its neighbors. It increases our power over BLM.

This legislation improves my situation as a neighbor – permanently protecting the land, giving the community (including me) a voice in its management, and protecting me from any eminent domain, buffer zones, etc.

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