Mar/28
2010
2010
It's stupid and it's going to waste a whole fucking lot of taxpayer money. But that won't stop Gary Hebert.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Fed up with federal ownership of more than half the land in Utah, Republican Gov. Gary Herbert on Saturday authorized the use of eminent domain to take some of the U.S. government's most valuable parcels.[...]
The goal is to spark a U.S. Supreme Court battle that legislators' own attorneys acknowledge has little chance of success.
It's retarded. In a time when states have no money to spare it's illogical to throw away tons of dollars to lawyers on a doomed strategy. Oh it's a fair ploy and good political material but the point is that this tactic doesn't benefit ANY citizen of Utah, other than Hebert himself. So what's the angle? It's to open up federal lands to energy exploration in the name of "helping finance schools?" Hilarious. Utah spends the very least per student and yet somehow they care enough to take this gamble to help schools. Oh and this was after they cut an additional $10 million from education funding.
Seems like Utah lawmakers need to go back to school themselves and learn some basic cause and effect. You can't be draining money from your school system and then try and illegally steal government lands to finance it back. Simply put "it just doesn't add up."
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Comment from: odessa [Member] 
Government officials don't look at the "cost" when doing stuff like this. They will likely use "in-house" attorneys - attorneys who are already on salary and will be paid anyway. Rather, it is raping the state's residents of resources, namely attorneys that could be working for them rather than following some bureaucrat's folly.
03/28/10 @ 21:41
Comment from: Roulette [Member]
a state can't eminent domain the federal government. They can, however, try to PURCHASE the land, if it's not used. Most of the federally owned land out west is either a national park, or empty land.
They lost health care, and their next big thing is that the government owns too much land. I'm sure they'll feel better if the state of Utah purchases a few hundred thousand acres. They might even give you a good price.
They lost health care, and their next big thing is that the government owns too much land. I'm sure they'll feel better if the state of Utah purchases a few hundred thousand acres. They might even give you a good price.
03/29/10 @ 06:24
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