Fast-tracking The Homeless Shelter The Bullet Train To Disaster

Salt Lake County Mayor

Ben McAdams

&

Utah Representative

Steve Eliason

Try to railroad two Utah Cities into

adopting new Homeless Shelter expansion

It's a SHOCK to most Salt Lake County residents to find out that the Governor,Gary Herbert, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams and Representative Steve Eliason quietly drafted legislation to expand the Homeless Shelter Program into neighboring cities surrounding Salt Lake.  Mayor Ben McAdams put together a Steering Committee back in 2015 assembling "stakeholders" to get the wheels moving on this locomotive.  Several things I find interesting are the Salt Lake County Office of Regional Development, you just need to read some of my previous posts to understand what "Regional Development" is.  Another interesting fact is that the Mayor of Midvale City was asked to sit on the committee, no better way to keep the homeless shelter out of your town than to be on the steering committee, and it doesn't hurt that your city is a total buy-in to Agenda 21 Sustainable Development!  And if you're a bank, like GE Capital, you can bet you'll be benefiting through the financial workings of their plan.  The Pioneer Park Coalition?  I get that one, because they have been trying to get that mess cleaned up for decades!

 

This plan is being fast-tracked by the Utah Legislature with Steve Eliason acting as railroad engineer, Eliason also sits on the Board Of Trustees for the Road Home .  If you follow what goes on on Capital Hill you'll understand WHY these sketchy bills are fast-tracked at the end of the Legislative Session, because they think people are too tired to care, and no one's listening.  Mayor McAdams, Steve Eliason, and Wayne Niederhauser know there is great opposition to the expansion of the Homeless Shelter, that's why no one has been successful in their promise to move or expand the shelter since 2009.  And, what better way to ram your bill through the Utah Legislature, by having two legislators who don't live in Salt Lake County sponsor your bill.  Francis Gibson lives in Utah County and Ann Millner represents Davis, Morgan and Weber Counties.  That way these two representatives don't hear opposition to it, because, anyone who has tried to contact a legislator to let them know of opposing views or support knows that they ignore you unless you live in their district, even though the legislation they pass effects ALL OF US!  Mayor McAdams played this "last minute trick" on Salt Lake County residence with his "Community Preservation Act" holding last minute community meetings only giving his point of view and not letting the community, the residents, speak their minds about it.  Eliason and McAdams are up to these same tricks as West Valley City and South Salt Lake are the ONLY cities on their short list to accommodate their expansion plan.  Governor Herbert secured the funding/tax breaks, as usual.  There's something fishy about this funding deal.  Wonder what McAdams, a Democrat, did to get Herbert re-elected?  Maybe this $20 million deal is compensation in a close election?  And media outlets can't even agree on the price tag!  One report says $10 million and another reports $20 million, give or take a million, or 10 for that matter, who cares?  Steve Eliason, and McAdams with his "talk to the hand" backroom deals.  Now Mayors of West Valley City and South Salt Lake and their residents and business communities are reeling from the locomotive racing toward them.  Members of these communities say they have been "put under the gun", yet McAdams says, "they've been transparent and are listening to people's input", yet their only invitation was to Salt Lake County's Site Evaluation Committee — comprised of county leaders, homeless services providers and other stakeholders, who will stack the room and pitch their plan claiming that Communities who house these facilities, "are welcoming, safe for all who live, work, and recreate, receive services or do business there".  And, "neighborhoods with a high concentration of homeless services offer access to employment, job training and positive activities during the day".  May I just say a word?  BULL-CRAP!  This committee language should be no surprise since a handful of the entities on the steering committee have first hand experience with the Road Home Homeless Shelter downtown.  Anyone who knows anything about Pioneer Park knows what a problem the residents of the homeless shelter are!  I know!  I had a business downtown 50 yards from the Homeless Shelter and a block from Pioneer Park!  It was bad for business!  Our only saving grace at the time was Gateway Shopping center, and when that went belly-up because everyone jumped ship for City Creek, that was the end of my business.  I want people in West Valley and South Salt Lake to know this will be very detrimental to business owners despite the tripe Utah Government leaders tell them.  It's was a constant battle trying to make sure my surroundings were clean and appealing so customers felt safe.  Scouring the property for needles, liquor bottles and beer cans, condoms, and the trash they left behind, including cardboard beggar signs, (one sign blamed Obama for putting him out of work).  I got a kick out of that one as they weren't afraid to tell the truth.  Make no mistake, it will not produce the results in the flowery language above, that's only meant to make you feel better about it, or brow-beat you into it!  The truth is there are real numbers associated with the financial burdens to cities and the cost to the community.  It isn't an "unknown"!  Salt Lake City should have been asked for documentation to furnish to West Valley City and South Salt Lake so they could determine if it would be beneficial to their community or to determine if this is a risk they are willing to take.  There is no excuse for not furnishing them with this report, but maybe there is, because not one of these city governments were given the slightest clue this was coming!  And I suggest the residents of these "blue collar communities" vote ALL of these people out of office.  Ben McAdams is famous for saying, "I was elected to make hard choices", NO Mr. McAdams!  You were elected to represent the people, and your not communicating with them on the up and up and pushing your predetermined plans has got to stop!  This is just more of the same from Ben McAdams, he's set a track record for these types of shenanigans.  It's always the "cart before the horse" with him, and the taxpayer's in these communities are going to have to eat what he's feeding them.  Check the codes for a recall election! 

 

My sources tell me there were a thousand, or so, people at the meeting at the Cultural Center in West Valley last night, and this was a last minute meeting hoping the community wouldn't get wind of it and not show up.  Tonight's meeting is scheduled for the State Capital from 6-8 p.m.  Why not have another meeting at the Cultural Center in West Valley?  It boarders South Salt Lake and maybe even the folks that camp down in the river bottoms will come.  The business community has been lobbied by County leaders trying to sell this proposal to them, but as reported by the media it's a tough sell.  From experience, I can assure you, all their fears will be confirmed, and all the problems they currently have will be magnified.  And again, talking from experience, the government doesn't care about your small business!  They are only concerned about picking winners and losers, and putting money in their cronies pockets, and that doesn't include small businesses.  You will have to suffer the loses or foot the bill to risk a move.  Another thing you should know, especially if you are a West Valley City resident or business owner is that, West Valley City already has the highest volume of Emergency Medical Calls in the Salt Lake Valley, with the exception of Salt Lake City.  The increase in these types of calls will put a further burden on this public service paid for by the property owners within the city limits, and I guarantee you the call volume will increase!  Like I said, I was a business owner in downtown Salt Lake City and was a witness to the activity.  It goes without saying that the cities police force will also experience a higher volume of calls, South Salt Lake ditto.

 

I hope you'll all try to attend the meeting at the Capital tonight, if you can't attend contact your Utah Legislator and tell them you oppose the expansion of the Homeless Shelter they've renamed Homeless Resource Center.  Use the links for contact information and resources.  Help put a stop to this freight train that wants to unload it's cargo in your community.

The Office of Governor Gary R. Herbert
350 North State Street, Suite 200
PO Box 142220
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-2220
Phone: 801-538-1000
Toll Free: 800-705-2464

 

Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams

2001 South State Street, Suite N2-100, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84114 

email:  mayor@slco.org

 Phone:  385-468-7025

 

Wayne L. Niederhauser

President-Utah State Senate

email:  wniederhauser@le.utah.gov

Mobile Phone: 801-742-1606
Home Phone: 801-942-3398

Fax: 1-866-283-7751

Bill Sponsors-
Francis D. Gibson
email: fgibson@le.utah.gov
Phone: (801) 538-1029

Ann Millner 
email:  amillner@le.utah.gov

Mobile Phone: 801-900-3897

Bill Co-Sponsor

Steve Eliason

email:  seliason@le.utah.gov 

Mobile Phone:  801-673-4748

Update! 

Today Draper Mayor Troy Walker, along with Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, held a news conference to announce that Draper City would like to volunteer to house one of the new Homeless Shelters slated by the Utah State Legislature and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, renamed "Community Resource Center".  The proposal was welcomed by Utah House of Representatives Greg Hughes who also helped drive the legislation.  The press conference took place March 28, 2017 around 2:00 p.m. at the Salt Lake County Complex.  The video below contains the proceedings of the press conference.  Listen carefully and pass it along to your friends and neighbors.

Just a few thoughts regarding statements that were made during the press conference.

Draper City does not currently fund the Utah State Prison.  They will end up funding the Homeless Shelter expansion, as Governor Herbert has only allocated a $20 Million Dollar one time incentive, there is NO continued funding.

Operation Diversion, which violated the Fourth Amendment, has only been successful at obtaining TWO individuals in drug rehab therapy!  (I have personal knowledge of this).  They rounded up many, the media reported 90 individuals, but the results are shabby, and it just pushed the problem South to Utah County.  Just beware Mayor McAdams is touting, he and Sheriff Winder's entrapment "dragnet" as a success, it was not!

If you've read my other posts you will see that my prediction of bringing TRAX to the new Draper Redevelopment Project is true!  Transit Oriented Development is coming your way.

Some other good suggestions as to how to combat this problem are coming from the people themselves.  May of us believe that service to our fellow human beings should be facilitated by the compassionate service of religious organizations or the private sector not the government, as this new agency known as "Community Resource Center" will be.  A great suggestion was made on the County's website suggesting a smaller, more close to the community approach be implemented.  One person wrote:

"Mayor McAdams,

I am Robert Kaiser.  I have a unique perspective of what to do about homelessness in Utah.  The plan to build shelters is terrible, and will not work, and will be expensive and controversial.  I have experience in this matter and have a solution.  Instead of thinking shelter that cost money, think small and medium sized co-ops that cater to specific areas of need that provide short, mid, and even long term living space for those that need it.  Instead of just housing people, those in the co-op can help each other overcome what ever is causing the homelessness in the first place.  Although it should probably not be a money maker, it certainly would be self supporting with people paying small amounts and working in the co-op if not able to pay for themselves.  Various organizations could sponsor the type of co-op that suits their needs. mostly for space for single men and women, would be the greatest need, but also struggling families would greatly benefit from the synergy of a secure co-op.  Ones that cater to those with addiction and alcoholism, as well as gender issues, and juveniles.  This would mean that the only shelter that helped the homeless would remain where it is, downtown, acting as an intake and emergency shelter, in bad weather, assigning most of those needing assistance to co-ops within a day or two.  This plan actually solves your problems, instead of creating super expensive government warehouses that nobody wants.  You will have these beautiful self-supporting communities that are an asset to the area around them.  Creating affordable solutions is the best route out of homelessness, and I believe, that co-ops are the best solution." 

 

I am sure there are other solutions better suited for our communities.  Get the real "stakeholders" involved and you might just come up with a solution.  Remember, Draper is just added to the list of options.  If you listen to McAdams in the Press Conference Video he says this.  No one is off the hook.

 

Video of the Press Conference

 

The Open House in Draper will be tomorrow, March 29, 2017 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Draper City Council Chambers 1020 East Pioneer Road Draper Utah 84020 801-576-6500.  Public Forum for comments is only available for those with an account. 

 

Update:

The Meeting for March 29, 2017 has been moved to Draper Park Middle School 13133 South 1300 East Draper Utah 84020   

Update:

Although Draper and Bluffdale residents turned out en-mass, media reports 1000+, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams is taking the whole bag of marbles to his meeting with Utah Legislator for Homeless Shelter expansion despite Draper Mayor Troy Walker rescinding his offer to house the shelter.  Draper offered two sites and Mayor McAdams is going to run with it!  Like I said earlier, Draper's two sites are just being added to the list.  The decision is supposed to be made today, the committee has been given the dirty work to save McAdams' A$$!  This trouble with this whole debacle is that it's all codified into law, thanks to the Utah Legislature and Governor Herbert who signed the legislation.  Our only recourse now is to get this legislation rescinded.  Can we do it?  That is the question.

 

February 12, 2019

There have been reports circulating on YouTube that Homeless across the country are disappearing.  In some cases this is true.  My research has found that most of these reports are associated with U.S. "Natural" Disasters such as Hurricane Katrina (Louisiana) Hurricane Harvey (Texas), and the California Fires, The Camp Fire in Paradise California and can be substantiated by eyewitnesses on the ground.  What spurred me to update my story on the Homeless in Utah was continued accusations from a Utah based radio host in southern Utah saying he is getting lots of email from people across the country saying, "the homeless are disappearing, but I don't have any proof that it is happening".  My guess is that it's getting him hits and playtime, but he hasn't provided any proof yet.  This host has a popular YouTube Channel and website where he would be able to start some sort of database or poster wall, like the one started organically by those who lost loved ones on 9/11, but has not done so.  He keeps saying, "I can't substantiate these reports yet".  This is where his website might come in handy by giving people an outlet to report what they are seeing.  I decided to make a report on what's happening here in Utah, because people in Utah may be apt to say the same thing, "the homeless in Utah are disappearing", when the truth is  they scattered like rats with the deployment of Governor Herbert's brainchild Operation Diversion/Rio Grande (launched August 2017) meetings hidden from the public.  We are, to this date, into it over 1 year, where a reported 1700+ arrests were made (according to KSL5, but Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams told the Salt Lake Tribune it led to over 5000), and it's hard to see positive results in "the homeless problem" in Utah.  With a price tag of $67 Million many wonder if it has been a good use of taxpayer dollars (Utah acquired Millions from the Federal Government to add to its bottom line).  The Road Home in Salt Lake City is set to close by July 2019.  The plan to open three other sites to house the homeless resulted in two shelters in Salt Lake City, one to house women only the other a combination of women and men, and another in South Salt Lake will house only men.  As we all know most of the families are housed in Midvale.  The fact is, the controversy continues, and the initial article I wrote confirms most of what I reported came to pass as evidenced in my video Operation Diversion/Rio Grande One Year Later.  I hope you'll visit the links for more insight into what is being reported, and I hope it will put Utahan's at ease concerning claims about the homeless here disappearing.  This is our situation although there are legitimate reports across the nation their claims can be substantiated, problem is, we need facts, names and numbers would go a long way in solving this mystery.

 

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Idaho Homeless Problem -

 These problems look the same and begin the same way from state to state.

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Links:

http://www.slco.org/mayor/meet-mayors-staff/
http://www.slcdocs.com/hand/Homeless_SLCO_Outcomes.pdf

https://www.theroadhome.org/about/board-of-trustees/

http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=ELIASS

http://www.slco.org/mayor/blog/New-homelessness-plan/
http://agenda21truth.blogspot.com/search?q=mayor+ben+mcadams

http://www.standard.net/State/2017/03/17/Utah-governor-approves-funding-for-homeless-shelters

http://www.standard.net/State/2017/03/17/Utah-governor-approves-funding-for-homeless-shelters
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865675190/Legislature-poised-to-fund-new-homeless-shelters-pave-way-for-3rd-site-in-Salt-Lake-County.html
http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0441.html

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865664501/Challenger-grills-Salt-Lake-County-mayor-over-Mountain-Accord-transparency.html

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865675332/County-identifies-5-potential-sites-for-new-homeless-resource-center.html

http://fox13now.com/2017/03/21/hundreds-show-up-to-wvc-meeting-over-proposed-homeless-resource-center/

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/5081685-155/mike-winder-homeless-shelter-and-jordan

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865675332/County-identifies-5-potential-sites-for-new-homeless-resource-center.html

https://www.utah.gov/governor/contact/index.html

http://senate.utah.gov/senators/district9.html

http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0441.html

http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=GIBSOFD

http://senate.utah.gov/senators/district18.html
http://www.draper.ut.us/474/Mayor
http://www.draper.ut.us/1276/Homeless-Shelter-in-Draper
http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=HUGHEGH
http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/12110-Bob%20Bernick%20and%20Bryan%20Schott
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-iv
http://www.sltrib.com/home/4435469-155/many-homeless-campers-say-operation-diversion
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/more-homeless-move-to-utah-county-after-operation-diversion-raids/article_d1b15bdd-a47c-513c-a75a-61d55f3d1c9b.html
http://rideuta.com/Doing-Business/Transit-Oriented-Development
http://slco.org/mayor/blog/New-homelessness-plan/
http://www.draper.ut.us/
http://www.draper.ut.us/FormCenter/Public-Relations-43/Public-comments-Homeless-Shelter-in-Drap-139
http://www.draper.ut.us/AlertCenter.aspx?AID=Open-House-on-Homeless-Shelter-Location--45
http://www.sltrib.com/home/5120402-155/mcadams-committee-will-still-consider-draper
http://gephardtdaily.com/business/draper-mayor-withdrawals-offer-of-homeless-center-sites-after-residents-express-rage/
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/09/11/homeless-people-scatter-throughout-salt-lake-valley-in-wake-of-operation-rio-grande/ 
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/08/14/operation-rio-grande-crackdown-near-homeless-shelter-now-underway/
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2017/11/01/feds-approve-utah-medicaid-waiver-at-long-last/
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/08/12/operation-rio-grande-one/
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/05/07/construction-starts-on-utahs-first-new-homeless-shelter-a-resource-center-for-women-in-salt-lake-city/
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/05/03/south-salt-lake-could-miss-a-deadline-to-build-a-homeless-shelter-that-it-never-wanted-and-that-it-tried-to-avoid-by-paying-residents-1000/
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/07/11/developers-build-three/
https://youtu.be/wg85hotoG0Y
https://www.bitchute.com/video/lZSXtBDq40ri/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chuisup9AII

https://www.bitchute.com/video/QOmYZktsrlhn/
  

 

Cliven Bundy The Last Rancher Standing As A Result Of BLM "No Moo By 92' Cattle Free By 93'" Policy

 

In an effort to help educate the public as three tiers of defendants go to trial and jury selection begins today in Las Vegas Nevada for Tier 3 the following background information is provided.

 

The following article, in part, was published in the Moapa Valley Progress- 

 

A long-time dispute between local rancher Cliven Bundy and the federal government over grazing cattle on the southern Nevada deserts nearly came to a head last week. At the last minute on Wednesday April 11 2012, BLM officials in Washington D.C. pulled the plug on an operation that would have rounded up and impounded hundreds of Bundy’s cattle ranging over thousands of acres of northeastern Clark County. Bundy’s ranching operation is based out of his Riverside home just south of Bunkerville along the Virgin River.

The BLM gather had been in planning for months, according to Bundy. During recent conversations with Sheriff Doug Gillespie, Bundy had learned that the BLM planned to enforce an impound notice which had been issued in July 2011. The cattle were scheduled to be gathered and removed from the land on by contract cowboys Catoor Livestock Roundup, Inc., Bundy said.

On Monday afternoon, April 9, as the situation became more volatile, Bundy and his family sprang into action. They contacted family, friends and sympathetic organizations to notify them of the situation. They also contacted the local and regional press.

In addition, Bundy sent notice to the Catoors, the Sheriff, the Clark County Commissioners and other state elected officials; promising to hold them liable for any loss of his cattle or equipment in the raid. In the notice, he urged the Sheriff to “say NO to this unconstitutional power without limitation seizure”.

“Cliven Bundy will do whatever it takes to protect his property and rights and liberty and freedoms and those of We the People of Clark County, Nevada,” the notice stated.

In an interview with the Progress, Bundy said that he had been willing to defend his rights at all costs. When asked whether the matter might have come to violence he said, “Why not? I’ve got to protect my property. I have a right to life, liberty and property.”

But within 24 hours of Bundy’s notice, the BLM backed down. Bundy reported receiving another phone call from Sheriff Gillespie.

“He said he’d gotten a call from Washington that they were not going to do it,” Bundy said. “They were calling it off. He told me to go ahead and go back to ranching.”

BLM Southern Nevada District Manager Mary Jo Rugwell told the Progress Wednesday afternoon that the BLM had decided not to proceed with the impoundment operation and instead would move forward with legal action.

“We will work with our solicitor to put together a case that describes what the effects of the long-standing trespass have been,” Rugwell said.

Last year the BLM conducted a cattle count in the region to determine how many of Bundy’s cattle were in the area, Rugwell said.

“The first count in March of 2011 found over 900 cattle out in that area,” she said. “It was a lot more than we thought we’d get.”

Multiple letters were sent to Bundy over the past year requesting that he voluntarily remove the livestock from the area, Rugwell said.

“Our goal all along has been to get the cattle out of the area in a safe way,” she said.

Rugwell said that the cattle have been causing damage to vegetation and cultural resources in the area. Much of the range-land in question is under a special federal designation as habitat for the endangered desert tortoise.

“The problem is that the cattle adversely affect vegetation in the area,” Rugwell said. “Yes, tortoise burrows can also be crushed by the cattle. But mainly the vegetation is what the tortoise counts on to have a healthy population.”

Rugwell also claimed that the cattle pose a safety hazard to other people using the public lands.

“The cattle are wild and are not really managed,” Rugwell said. “So they get on roadways, get into other people’s private property and they can be dangerous to people. It’s not a good situation in terms of health of the land and safety of the public.”

Bundy dismisses the claim that the cattle are damaging tortoise habitat. He states that there has been absolutely no proof that the tortoise is affected by cattle on the range.

He also admits that his cattle have roamed beyond the lands that he claims as his grazing allotment. As the waters of Lake Mead have receded, Bundy’s cattle have been found to have roamed across the Muddy River and onto National Park Service lands at Lake Mead.

But Bundy says that Nevada is a ‘fence-out’ state in its laws.

“According to Nevada law you don’t have to fence your cattle in, you have to fence your neighbor’s cattle out,” Bundy said.

Years ago, when ranching in Clark County was common, this law worked well, Bundy said. Neighboring ranchers built fences to establish the boundaries of their allotments, he said.

“Now the ranchers are all gone but me,” Bundy said. “No one has been maintaining those fences.”

But Rugwell said that, aside from all of this, the heart of the matter for the BLM is one of fairness.

The BLM claims that Bundy is grazing his cattle on public lands wholly without authorization. Rugwell explained that Bundy fell out of compliance with grazing regulation as far back as the early 1990s when the desert tortoise was listed as endangered, (therefore the BLM slogan “No Moo By 92’, Cattle Free By 93’). Grazing permits, which were issued then in ten year increments were re-analyzed and adjusted at that time to reconcile the needs of the tortoise, Rugwell said.

“Mr. Bundy did not accept those adjustments,” Rugwell said. “He just said: ‘I’m not going to pay my grazing fees anymore’.”

Later, in 1997, Clark County, as part of its Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP), offered to purchase all the existing grazing permits from Clark County ranchers and then retired all the existing grazing permits. Bundy refused to sell his rights. But the entire allotment was still retired at that time, Rugwell said.  This is why Cliven Bundy bares the title “Last Rancher Standing”.

“The result is that there is no authorized grazing on any of the area,” Rugwell said, despite Cliven Bundy’s refusal to forfeit his property rights, the BLM just usurps them.

But Bundy insists that he has retained his rights to ranch on the land. He does not accept federal jurisdiction over his various ranching rights and maintains that the county and the state have policing power in the matter.

“I have pre-emptive rights through beneficial use,” Bundy said. “Those include rights for forage, water, access and range improvements. I believe in Nevada’s sovereignty over them as stated in the 10th amendment.”

Bundy’s water and range rights originate with his grandfather who began ranching the area in 1877. Since then, Bundy has either bought or inherited other rights which, he says, includes allotments over 120 square miles in the Virgin Mtn. range, the eastern side of the Mormon Mesa, the Toquop wash area, and some areas south of Bunkerville.

Bundy explained that, before the tortoise was listed as endangered, he paid grazing fees regularly to the BLM.

“Those grazing permits were a signed contract,” Bundy said. “They were a fee for service to manage and administer my rights to ranch on the land.”

But as the tortoise increasingly came into the picture, Bundy, who at the time served on the State Grazing Board, noticed that the arrangement seemed to be changing.

“I could see that the BLM was not managing the land for multiple use,” Bundy said. “Instead they were working to eliminate agriculture and other uses. When I figured out where the money was going I sent them a notice essentially firing them. I wasn’t going to pay them to manage my ranch out of existence.”

In response, 14 years ago, the federal government took Bundy to court and prevailed. The decision found Bundy in Trespass and it levied a heavy fine of $200 per day per cow on the land. Bundy expected an appeal to the Supreme Court by the state of Nevada who he said should have proclaimed its sovereignty in the matter. But nothing was ever done about it. Meanwhile, Bundy just kept ranching.

“This has gone on for 14 years,” Bundy said. “I’ve just kept going. They couldn’t collect and they never did collect.”

Bundy sees the issue as larger than just himself and his own grazing rights. It involves all of the public of Clark County, he says.

“I’m the last man standing,” he said. “I’m the only one left who is exercising pre-emptive and invective rights anymore. Right now Clark County has policing power over those rights. If they get rid of Cliven Bundy, the land is just federal land and they will exercise unlimited power on it. The public won’t have anything to say about road closures or access. This is as much the people’s battle as it is mine.”

For now, at least, the crisis seems to be over. Bundy is unsure of what the next steps will be. But whatever comes down the pike, he is determined to keep up the fight to the end.

“Despite all of the legal struggles of the past 14 years, I have still been successful in the livestock industry when everyone else was gone,” Bundy said, “And I was successful this morning, too!”

end article

A more detailed account of what went on at the "Last Man Standing" in Bunkerville, please visit these links.

"Driving The Rancher's Off The Land".

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6  

 

A former Eco-environmentalist Dan Dagget In this segment of "I Am Angus", discusses the important role people and livestock play in protecting and restoring health to the world's ecosystems. 

 

 

Armed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Officers Assault the Public

One of many events that transpired at the Bunkerville StandUp 

 

 

 

 

Interesting how events in the West escalated after the BLM Policy of "No Moo in 92', Cattle Free in 93'" was implemented.  This rancher can vouch that it all started "happening" in 1994. 

 

UPDATE ~

September 28, 2017

Via Angie Bundy FB ~ "Just a few of my observations from Cliven's hearing yesterday...he objected over and over that Prosecutor Myhre was in attendance with an assistant. They (prosecution team) were also in attendance for Ryan's hearing that he wasn't transported to. Why do they need to be involved with who represents our side legally? What happened to choosing our legal assistance? Cliven fired his attorney, but was told yesterday that he couldn't, by Magistrate Leen. It's my opinion that the Prosecutor is running this show, and these judges and magistrates need him present to make decisions. Also, Cliven has been an incredible Grandpa and Father. We love and miss him. He is capable of making decisions for himself. He is very aware of his rights, and that is really what this case is about. Our family knew our rights, and simply protested when they were being violated. But happy Thursday my friends...God is still in charge 😊" 

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Life On State Salt Lake County and Regional Planners Social Engineering Our Community

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The Life on State project establishes a shared vision for the future of our valley's central, historic corridor. The vision was built on broad involvement from residents and stakeholders along State Street, claims Wasatch Front Regional Council, a Metro Planning Organization social engineering every community along the Wasatch Front.  An un-elected board of state and local elected leaders under the direction of Andrew Gruber.  To uncover the was these organizations work and co-opt the community to accept THEIR PLAN as our own the following information is very enlightening.

The Raw Deceit of Envision Utah-

John Anthony - Sustainable Freedom Lab

 

Planners call Envision Utah a ‘national model’ for regional planning. The Brookings Institute cited Utah as a “leader in [voluntary] regional planning…”

Behind the inflated congratulations lies sophisticated deceit and manipulation fast becoming the standard for regional planning.

Envision Utah began over 15 years ago as a public-private partnership offering recommendations to cities and counties to preserve open space, increase transportation choices and more.

Envision Utah claims to have one of regional planning’s most successful outreach programs. Nearly 2,000 people attended 50 workshops and 17,500 responded to online and mail-in surveys. Yet, the turnout is no wonder.

In one of the longest-running marketing campaigns in planning history, Envision Utah proponents assured residents that joining the plan was voluntary. There would be no un-elected regional councils, no regional plan, and the community would design the planning scenarios. This ‘no-risk’ campaign effectively disarmed community members’ objections, leaving planners free to advance their programs beneath a mantel of “neutrality”.

But, Envision Utah’s promissory jargon belies the unscrupulous tactics they used to win residents’ approval for the same mixed-use-open space algorithm that has been rejected in Utah and communities across the country.

Marketing to values-

Early in the planning process, the Envision Utah steering committee hired nationally recognized polling firm, Wirthland Worldwide, to determine the ‘quality of life’ values held by community members.

Survey results revealed that most respondents saw their state as a “safe haven, where others shared their common sense of honesty, morality and ethics.” They placed these values in the context of children and their families.

Envision Utah proponents then used these values as the centerpiece of a targeted marketing strategy designed to impose the planner’s ideas community by community.

Renaming controversial ideas-

Since the survey indicated family interaction was a high priority, planners re-branded their efforts. Urban planning became the glue that held families together. “High-density living”, was recast as compact housing that allowed young families to locate near relatives. Grandparents were urged to buy condos near their children rather than worry about new zoning laws that could restrict single family homes. Planners rarely discussed their role in creating the “restrictions.”

Planners replaced the unpopular term “Smart Growth”, with the more benign, “Quality Growth Strategy.” In keeping with their targeted marketing, Quality Growth meant keeping the air and water clean for children and grandchildren.

The “chip game”-

In 1998 Envision Utah developed a unique “chip game” which allowed community participants to place chips, representing homes, on a map to decide the future layout of their community. In deciding where to place homes, people had to consider complex issues such sewage lines, utilities and other services. It was billed as people talking charge of their future. Yet, even this community activity was highly controlled.

Early on planners established basic understandings. More open spaces were needed, long work drives damaged the environment and urban sprawl was to be avoided. This left the players few planning options. It was no surprise when most participants decided in favor of the same mixed-use, transit oriented living the planners wanted all along.

Promoting the vague-

Envision Utah avoided creating a visible plan that could be analyzed. Instead planners talked about principles, and suggested, rather than advocated, transit-oriented living, mixed-use and open spaces. They then ‘nudged’ community members to “do the right thing” by barraging them with internet ads, newspaper articles and workshops educating Utahans to the dangers of not having these urban designs.

In one example, Utah Transit Authority’s “King of the Road” commercial showed a man driving his convertible top-down, humming to the 60’s tune. Meanwhile, the crawl says, “He doesn’t know the words…Also doesn’t know that UTA takes 81,000 cars a year off the road.”

In 30 seconds, the ad depicts young, carefree people who love freedom as clueless, while reinforcing the dubious assumption that driving less is undeniably beneficial. At best, it is undeniably controversial.

Winning through fear-

Often scare tactics employed half-truths as in this example from Envision Utah’s website:

“In urban areas, land close to existing job centers is rapidly disappearing, and if we’re not careful about how we grow, housing costs could skyrocket and force many of our good, hard-working neighbors elsewhere— excluding from our communities teachers, fire fighters, and our own children as they get their start in life. The further Utahans live from where they work, shop and play, the more they spend on car-related expenses.”

Notice the implied threat that if people do not live in a high density area, they could lose teachers, firefighters and even their own children (remember the values survey results) to rising costs. Little consideration was given to the exorbitant housing costs in other Smart Growth areas like, Seattle and Portland. The observation that car-costs rise if you move away from the urban center, overlooks the reality that, for many, this may be a worthwhile trade-off.

In spite of Envision Utah’s calculated posturing, there is little “neutral” about these statements.

The king of surveys-

Colorful, interactive online surveys still attract thousands and are promoted by Envision Utah and the state.

In this survey, targeting residents of Madison County, Utah, the planners explain that higher priced home costs are the result of larger lots and will require “individual families to sink wells and septic tanks.” Larger properties and self-contained services are positioned as burdens with no talk of the benefits.

Beneath the graph, planners note, “The more you spread out, the more expensive it is. This is not a judgment, just facts to think about. Road costs [are] paid by everybody.” The message is clear. Roads are costly, and if you want more, you are selfish since everyone else pays for them. There is no mention of the increased respiratory diseases, traffic congestion and exorbitant housing costs that accompany the high-density living planners are promoting.

As one seasoned planner observed, “Envision Utah uses the most biased surveys I have ever seen.”

Keys to success-

If Envision Utah has met success, it is mainly the result of distorted facts and a relentless, decade’s long marketing campaign creating the illusion that planners are neutral and participation is “voluntary.” One must wonder how many communities would volunteer if equal efforts were expended marketing the failures of compact living.

In spite of the deceptions, other regions, including Envision Missoula, Building the Wyoming We Want, Envision Central Texas, Louisiana Speaks, Superstition Vistas, Thrive 2055, and many more are adopting all or a portion of the Envision Utah model.

But plans that lure participants through deception can result in unwanted surprises.

Un-elected regional councils with the authority to mandate local zoning and regulations are the goal post of regional planning. Yet, Envision Utah created no new un-elected council. Urban designs are built upon pre-existing regional authorities like local Metropolitan Planning Organizations and the Utah Transit Authority. But once the smaller regional plans are completed, there is little to prevent a consortium of their leaders from formalizing a single larger region. Will this happen? It’s hard to say.

But history shows, all it takes is a little deceit and a good marketing campaign.

 

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Learn The Lingo, Vernacular, Buzz Words, Jargon here. 

Links:

https://www.lifeonstate.com/

http://www.freedomadvocates.org/whats-behind-qthe-visionq-in-your-town/

http://www.wfrc.org/publications/Life_On_State/Life_on_State_Final_Document.pdf

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5833888c1b631b0eb8a3b848/t/588149d39f7456d533068521/1484868052504/LOS_Feb+Workshop+Flyer_FINAL.pdf

http://wfrc.org/new_wfrc/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-gruber-88823324

http://sustainablefreedomlab.org/

http://www.envisionutah.org/images/reports-resources/Wirthlin_Worldwide_Values_Research_Summary.pdf

https://www.lifeonstate.com/get-involved?platform=hootsuite

http://www.envisionutah.org/community-engagement/item/168

https://youtu.be/HOGuPynMOs4

http://www.envisionutah.org/component/k2/item/139-housing-cost-of-living

http://www.envisionutah.org/images/reports-resources/Utah_Value_To_Growth_Harris.pdf

http://envisionutah.net/scenarios/seagull/transportation-and-communities

http://www.thespectrum.com/story/issuesofourtimes/2015/10/26/does-envision-utahs-plan-have-a-firm-foundation/74633616/

https://i4.rideuta.com/mc/?page=DoingBusiness-TransitOrientedDevelopment

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Ethical Violations and Misconduct by Bureau of Land Management Officials Implicate SLC Ut SAIC Dan Love

 

The Inspector General's Office initiated an investigation into Daniel P. Love in October 2015, after receiving two anonymous complaints concerning a Supervisory Agent, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Office of Law Enforcement and Security (OLES), Salt Lake City, UT.

 

Salvatore Lauro’s Knowledge of the Supervisory Agent’s Actions include this statement.

“in fact we probably could have written it

before it happened because he’s had like eight anonymous complaints in the last two years.”

The agent also is accused of bragging that he “owned” the national director of BLM’s Office of Law Enforcement and Security and that nothing would happen to him.

According to the report, Love told the woman she better do damage control after the investigation began in 2015. Once he was removed from his position, she said he told her: “You know, if you don’t side with me, grenades are going to go off and you’ll get hit.”

The Supervisory Agent's Misconduct Charges Include, Favor from Prohibited Source at Nevada's Burning Man Event, Agent Seeks Favor from BRC for Special Passes to (BME), Misuse of OLES Personnel and BLM-Procured, All-Terrain and Utility Type Vehicle, Agent’s Disregard for the Accommodations Directive and Allegations of Meals at BLM’s Expense, Agent’s Misuse of a Government-owned Vehicle, Lodging for the Supervisory Agent’s Family, including Agent’s Influence On the Hiring Process and Reference Checks for the Supervisory Agent’s Friend, and the Agent’s Attempts to Influence Employee Testimony and Employee Concerns of Retaliation.

A link to the report released to the public is included in the article below.

SALT LAKE CITY Deseret News Reports — The Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General investigated an unnamed Bureau of Land Management supervisory agent in Salt Lake City for more than a year on ethics complaints, with the independent panel concluding that breaches had occurred.

 

The agent, which the Deseret News has confirmed is Dan Love through a source familiar with the investigation, is accused of using his position to secure preferential treatment for his family during the 2015 Burning Man event in Nevada, including using federal law enforcement officers as personal escorts for their safety, using his BLM vehicle to transport his girlfriend and allowing her to share overnight BLM lodging with him.

 

The national office of the BLM released a statement on the investigation, saying it takes the allegations of misconduct seriously.

 

“These types of allegations do not align with our mission or the professionalism and dedication of our 10,000 employees doing essential work for America’s public lands each and every day. This is an internal personnel matter under review by the BLM, and we have no additional information to provide at this time,” said spokesman Michael Richardson.

 

Efforts to reach Love for comment were unsuccessful and BLM officials had no additional information on his current status of employment with the agency.

 

According to the Office of Inspector General report, Burning Man organizers said Love asked for, and was granted, special access for him and his family inside a restricted area to watch the “Man Burn event” in an area typically reserved for event organizers and the pyrotechnics crew.

 

Because of scrutiny surrounding the agent’s role in a request for a $1 million “luxury” compound to take care of BLM needs for the event, the report said the supervisory agent purchased tickets from the attorney representing the event’s for-profit subsidiary and at full price because he knew people “would be looking.”

 

Although unnamed in the inspector general’s report, Love — who was the top cop for Utah and Nevada before being promoted to a national position — was linked to many of the requests associated with the luxury compound, according to emails obtained in an investigative news story cited in the report.

 

The Office of Inspector General, which is tasked with independent oversight and accountability of the Interior Department, launched the investigation in September of 2015 based on a pair of anonymous complaints.

 

Love has been at the center of multiple complaints by rural sheriff offices in Utah about the deteriorating relationship between the BLM and their officers. 

They’ve cited Love in particular for an attitude they say is dismissive and uncooperative. At least one county sheriff and six county commissioners traveled to Washington, D.C., in 2014 to express their frustration and ask for his removal.

 

Love led a controversial artifacts trafficking raid in the Blanding area in 2009 and was involved in the armed standoff on the Utah-Nevada border with the Cliven Bundy family over unpaid grazing fees.

 

Dan Love talks to media following failed BLM raid on the Bundy Ranch in 2014

Aside from the Burning Man incidents, the agent investigated by the Office of Inspector General was found to have manipulated the hiring process so his friend got a job at the agency, even though the man was not as qualified as other applicants and received an unfavorable recommendation by another employer, the report states.

 

The investigative report was forwarded to the Interior Department’s assistant secretary over lands and minerals for any action deemed appropriate.

 

The report also noted several instances of threatened retaliation by Love — who has since been removed from his post — to the point where one colleague said she began locking the door to her office.

 

The agent also is accused of bragging that he “owned” the national director of BLM’s Office of Law Enforcement and Security and that nothing would happen to him.

 

According to the report, Love told the woman she better do damage control after the investigation began in 2015. Once he was removed from his position, she said he told her: “You know, if you don’t side with me, grenades are going to go off and you’ll get hit.”

 

 

Add theft to the long list of ethical violations!  Dan Love must be prosecuted and pay restitution for the damage he's done and theft committed in the governments name!  Love was reported to have given away pricey rocks as gifts to his favorites who did favors to the tune of $160,000.00 - $520,000.00. The OIG MUST release the redacted portions of documents included in their report.  Harry Reid is STILL pulling the strings!

Leaked Footage Bundy Ranch Stand Off April 2014.

 

 

UPDATE ~

House Committee On Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) submitted by letter a request for BLM Spokeswoman Megan Crandall to provide the Committee an UN-Redacted copy of the OIG-Office of Inspector General Report on Bureau Of Land Management Special Agent Daniel P. Love entitled "Investigative Report Of Misconduct By A Senior BLM Law Enforcement Manager".  The letter was dated August 23, 2016.  Krandall was given 24 hours to produce the report.  Bishop also stated "the previous administration turned a blind eye to corruption and promoted a culture of mismanagement at the Department of the Interior".

 

UPDATE ~

Dan Love Fired!

September 15, 2017

LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press Writes...
 

A federal agent who had been scrutinized for his handling of rare evidence as well as behavior at the counterculture Burning Man festival is no longer an employee of the Bureau of Land Management, authorities said Friday.

Daniel Love, who played a command role in federal agents’ 2014 standoff with Nevada rancher and states’ rights figure Cliven Bundy, no longer works for the agency, spokeswoman Megan Crandall told the Associated Press.

"Apparently, we don't pay Megan Crandall enough to answer the public's questions", She did not answer questions about the timing or circumstances of his departure, citing federal privacy laws.

A lawyer for Love, Lisa Kleine, did not immediately return messages seeking comment. There was no answer at a publicly listed phone number for him.

Love still worked for the agency on Aug. 24, 2017 when a federal investigative report was released saying he handed out valuable stones known as moqui marbles to colleagues and a contractor “like candy,” as one witness told investigators.

The rocks are unique geological formations of iron oxide that form in sedimentary rock and the agency was holding them as evidence in an investigation into whether they were illegally collected from an unnamed national park, according to a U.S. Department of Interior report.

It also found Love told an employee to delete some emails that contained bureau information requested by then-U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz in 2016.

The Bundy cattle roundup pitted weapon-toting Bundy supporters against heavily armed BLM agents who, in the end, gave up efforts to collect Bundy cattle for nonpayment of grazing fees.

Love also led agents in a 2009 southern Utah artifact-looting investigation that marked an early skirmish in the Western U.S. conflict over control of public lands.

He was sued over the artifacts raid by family of a doctor, James Redd, who killed himself after he was arrested. That case was later dismissed. 

 

UPDATE ~

September 25, 2017

 

Department Of The Interior David L. Bernhardt issued a memo addressing misconduct in its agencies including the Bureau Of Land Management and addressed the dismissal of Agent Daniel P. Love.  Bernhardt is quoted as saying “the Department must be free from any retaliation or reprisal for reports of misconduct”.

 

UPDATE ~

October 23, 2017

 

Dan Love attended a pre-trial hearing from Salt Lake City via Skype to Nevada Federal Court.  He dawned his Teflon suit, retaining his singular leadership role in the Bundy Ranch operation to confiscate Cliven Bundy's grazing land and rustle his cattle beginning in 2012 and by serving a court order at gunpoint on April 12, 2014.  Love, of coarse, continuously repeating his favorite "I do not recall" mantra throughout the proceedings.  As par for the course, Love lost government property like laptops and PCs, notebooks with government orders and contacts and claimed Las Vegas Metro/Clark County Sheriffs Department NEVER had control of the government troops on site April 12, 2014, although comm voice recordings on that day prove otherwise.  Former Agent In Charge Love complained during questioning that Federal Government "Higher Ups" were giving orders he did not agree with and admitted those above him were giving orders to employees on site in real time in which he was not privy to such as, shredding paperwork and confiscated notebooks and computers.  Love was asked several times about emails and those with whom he was communicating via email, and if he'd been asked to turn them over to those within the government and just like Clinton, he claimed he didn't know anything about any of it, although Congressman Rob Bishop Utah has been asking those emails be released to Congress and the investigation into misconduct be un-redacted and also released.  Looks like Dan Love took a look at what Loretta Lynch did before Congress in regards to James Comey.  I've provided a video of a synopsis as to what went on in court so far.

~ Sorry my friends for the delay in getting the video up, but as the "powers that be" do desire chaos, I had to produce a last minute video on another subject.  So without further a due, here is a record of the Court Hearing entitled "Teflon Dan".

 

Leaks Begin On Social Media Confirming Dan Love "Hit List".

 

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Links:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865672379/Report-BLM-agent-in-ethics-probe-threatened-retaliation-Grenades-will-go-off.html

https://www.doioig.gov/sites/doioig.gov/files/EthcialViolationsAndMisconductByBLMOfficials_Public.pdf 

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dan+love+blm&t=ffsb&iax=1&ia=images

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/dan-love-bureau-of-land-management-blm-agent-utah-nevada/moab-utah-84532/dan-love-bureau-of-land-management-blm-agent-utah-nevada-arrogant-cretan-from-blm-with-1178375 

http://thewashingtonstandard.com/investigators-bundy-ranch-lead-agent-daniel-p-love-stole-evidence/

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865687380/Bishop-seeks-full-investigative-report-on-BLM-agent.html 

https://youtu.be/GPT3kQ_-ZsQ

https://www.bitchute.com/video/VB193JtPMDS3/ 

https://itmattershowyoustand.com/2017/09/apnewsbreak-its-official-us-agent-dan-love-out-at-blm-after-burning-man-probe/ 

https://www.federalpay.org/employees/bureau-of-land-management/crandall-megan-m

https://www.ksl.com/?sid=45818361&nid=157 

https://naturalresources.house.gov/uploadedfiles/bishop_letter_to_kendall_8.23.17.pdf 

https://naturalresources.house.gov/newsroom/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=402845 

http://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2017/09/25/interior-boss-blasts-fired-utah-blm-law-enforcement-agent/ 

http://graphics.latimes.com/utah-sting/ 

https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-drive/2014/09/megan-crandall-spokesperson-bureau-of-land-management/

https://youtu.be/UCsysMVk7y8 

https://youtu.be/NGA_nkufb9A 

http://agenda21truth.blogspot.com/2017/12/doj-myhre-navarro-scramble-amid-dhs.html

http://agenda21truth.blogspot.com/2017/12/blm-whistleblower-larry-wooten-seeks.html

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/426/005/762/dissolve-the-blm-bureau-of-land-management./ 

https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2017/09/25/interior-boss-blasts-fired-utah-blm-law-enforcement-agent/ 

https://trib.com/outdoors/interior-dept-says-in-employees-report-being-harassed/article_a7dfb5c4-e7f8-5196-9207-1f0c6aa1e854.html 

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/bundy-blm/blm-agent-in-charge-during-2014-bundy-standoff-gets-new-security-job-with-agency/

https://www.bitchute.com/video/h5D5LVZp33TS/