Bear
Essentials January 30, 2017
Legislative
News was at the top of the Bear Cave this week.
It has been very reassuring to see our State Legislators representing us
so well. If you have not already done
so, please watch these two hearings
with Representative Greg Hughes, and Mike Noel. I feel like I know the issues
even better now as well as the caliber of men who represents us.
--This is the article I wrote regarding the passage of both resolutions on Friday: Utah leaders Issue Resolution to undo Decades of Federal Monuments Injustices
[Be sure to give Marjorie
Haun a shout out when you go to her Free Range site; you may even want to lend
support!]
Even though we
have support of our representatives and congressmen, the green-machine
opposition is still spending mega bucks lobbying against Utah’s right to have
any say in the matter of local land use. Take every opportunity you can to call
or write to correct inaccuracies or confront lies spread by web sites, news
articles, and fear mongers. How many of you commented on the Deseret News
Article? That is just one way to get involved.
Good News Bears
--Bears Ears Needs the Butterfly Effect:
We believe
Faith can move mountains. Now it’s time
to see if faith plus action can move Monuments.
Because Utah
State Legislators cannot rescind the Bears Ears Monument by themselves, we are
uniting with them and asking those in other states to join us in this cause. On
the National level, elected officials are more likely to listen their own
constituents. Please contact every
sympathetic patriot you know (on e-mail, Facebook and, address book), and ask
them to please contact their state senators and representatives and share the
concerns that western states have. Legislation
regarding land issues is going to be a big issue and we need your help and
theirs. (Following is a sample letter, and possible
ideas you could use if needed.)
Sample Letter I sent out last week: Use your own ideas, or borrow some of these. So far I’ve contacted 80 people, and plan to
do more. Please join me.
Dear Friends
and family,
I hate to admit
it, but I’ve seldom gotten involved in local politics—however, this year has
been an exception. I've been very active since July 2016, trying to prevent the
Bears Ears National Monument from being designated in San Juan County,
Utah. We have lived in this beautiful,
yet rugged, dry area for 45 years, but we love it. During my growing up
years in Idaho, National Park visits were always included; I even worked at
Yellowstone and Jackson Hole as a teenager, but fast forward to today and I see
a well-funded and relentless global movement to confiscate more American land
and take away state’s rights. This sham
in the name of environment has crossed my line of tolerance. Bears Ears was designated Dec. 28 and now we
are working to have the dastardly deed undone. Utah was not the only
victim in this socialistic movement. A total of 550 million acres were “locked
up” during Obama’s regime, with the prime intent of preventing the use of natural
resources. It was NOT about protection.
Currently the Federal government owns approximately 640 million acres of
land (about 28 percent) of the 2.27 billion acres of land in the United States.
However, 92 percent of these federally owned acres are in 12 Western states.
We do not have equality when it comes to state’s
rights and economic freedom. Only 8 % of the land in San Juan County
where we live is privately owned! As a result, we are the poorest county
in the state. Impoverished western counties
with public lands, are dominated by federal agencies and are exporting children
and importing poverty. National Monuments only make that worse. Even though
tourists come, they are not a stable tax base and neither are the service jobs
which ensue. We already have five other Nat'l Parks and Monuments in our
county, and we’re still the poorest!
We are
now using legislative means to have Bears Ears rescinded and the Antiquities
Act changed so that congressional approval is required. We need your
support in this matter. if you feel compassion for our plight, please write
your Congressmen: senators and representatives-- especially if you live outside of Utah. If you live in Utah,
please forward this letterl to family and friends in other states. Encourage
them to support Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee and Representative Jason
Chaffetz in their bills to rein in federal overreach, rescind Bears Ears NM,
and curtail the Antiquities Act.
This article includes more reasons why this is important: Utah Legislators Issue Resolution to Curtail Federal Injustices
If you need
additional information, visit this Blog. http://beyondthebears.blogspot.com/
I hope these concerns will be yours as well,
and that you will write or call your congressmen. Please let me know when
you do this, as we're tracking our efforts. If you don't agree with this,
thank you for at least reading through the two links above and considering my
point of view.
Thank you,
Janet
This map may give you an idea of what we’re dealing with.
Bad News Bears
--Listen: Anniversary
Tribute to LaVoy Finicum:
--Why the new version BLM 2.0 isn’t
better than previous land planning strategies (Be aware that non-elected Non-Governmental Organizations now have as much say in decisions as locals
who know and live by the land.)
