It's federal land.

Feb 18, 2017
7:11:28am

Everyman All-American

It's federal land.

The state has no claim to it. Their "compromise" is nothing short of a land grab to acquire land that belongs to the whole country and not the state of Utah.

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Everyman

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Listened to Lt. Gov. Cox on the Doug Wright Show regarding the outdoor retailers

Caboom

2/17/17 10:08am

Sounded like political extortion based on agenda driven headlines from the beginning. No one seems really

soupie

2/17/17 10:11am

What exactly did they want the governor to do?

PharmD

2/17/17 10:33am

They want him to fully rescind the resolution to urge the president to remove

Caboom

2/17/17 10:43am

This has been brewing for several years.

Everyman

2/17/17 10:41am

Exactly right. Herbert misinterpreted the negotiations

zuxvon

2/17/17 11:04am

Or perhaps the OR thought he was bluffing.

Cachanilla83

2/17/17 11:22am

Are you saying OR did not want to leave?

zuxvon

2/17/17 11:43am

The OR Show has threatened to leave for years. Of course Herbert knew they

Cachanilla83

2/17/17 12:30pm

Your subject inferred that the OR thought Herbert was bluffing

zuxvon

2/17/17 1:11pm

I think we're getting to bogged down who is calling who's bluff. Let me try to

Cachanilla83

2/17/17 1:39pm

I hope he is right, but I don't see Utah getting

zuxvon

2/17/17 1:57pm

I actually agree, I don't think Utah will ever gain control of the land.

Cachanilla83

2/17/17 2:02pm

So now they've taken their ball and gone home....

ByuMba90

2/17/17 12:14pm

I guess I wonder why they should care what the locals think about public

Jay Rick

2/17/17 10:54am

Because the locals are the ones that are the most affected by it.

Caboom

2/17/17 11:16am

I can agree with that. But I disagree with the "backyard" analogy.

Jay Rick

2/17/17 12:28pm

Even though it is "public" land I think you will agree that the people most

Caboom

2/17/17 12:40pm

Polls show that Utahns do not support legislature's

Everyman

2/17/17 11:29am

But that same poll says that given the choice between the delegation's plan vs

Caboom

2/17/17 11:44am

The protection plan allows for oil & gas exploration,

Everyman

2/17/17 2:36pm

It protects certain areas from those things as well. It's a compromise.

Caboom

2/17/17 2:49pm

It's federal land.

Everyman

2/18/17 7:11am

Your comments make it clear that you don't actually know what the proposal is.

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