Saturday, October 5, 2013

Forest Service/Park Rangers The New Gestapo?

From the Sacramento Bee: The U.S. Forest Service has told 115 Sacramento sixth-graders who were excited about spending next week at the Sly Park Environmental Education Center, tucked into the Eldorado National Forest outside Pollock Pines, to stay home instead.
“The federal government told us yesterday we have to shut down Sly Park,” said Sacramento County Office of Education Superintendent Dave Gordon. “The staff is all ours. There’s no federal presence on the site. But because of the shutdown, we can’t have the student program.”
The forest can’t be barricaded from the public, but the meandering access roads to school programs in the forest can be. http://www.sacbee.com/2013/10/04/5795346/california-campgrounds-preserves.html

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/10/04/5795346/california-campgrounds-preserves.html#storylink=cpy
So, now the Forest Service won't let kids go to a property that is not even owned by the Forest Service.
It seems the Forest Service is now the Gestapo of the Obama administration.
Then you have this in Las Vegas: 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." http://www.ktnv.com/news/local/Lake-Mead-Property-Owners-Forced-Out-Until-Gov-Shutdown-Ends-226557661.html
This is the work of the Lake Mead Park Gestapo, Obama and Reid, who thinks this is good public policy.

1 comment:

  1. You really need to heed the advice of Professor Esenberg.

    http://sharkandshepherd.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-lights-are-not-out.html

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