News in the Nation and the West
Recapture overflows: April 29, 2019 8:14:22 AM by Kelly Jeppesen -- San Juan Record
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Bears Ears Advisory Council Hosting Public Meeting June 5-6
"Written comments to address the BENM-MAC may be sent to the BLM Canyon Country District, 82 East Dogwood, Moab, Utah 84532, or via email with the subject line “BENM-MAC” to blm_ut_mt_mail@blm.gov. Written comments must be received by Friday, May 31, 2019 to be considered by BENM-MAC members in their first meeting." Canyon Echo
Five Years Ago: Recapture Canyon in Retrospect by Rep. Phil Lyman
--Free Range Report--
"Recapture had gone from being a symbol of conflict in the west to being a symbol of corruption in the BLM and the so-called Department of Justice."
"Now, five years after the May 10, 2014 protest in Recapture. The BLM admits, behind closed doors of course, that they do not have a Title V Road in Recapture Canyon. They admit that they had conflated their pipeline right of way for the county road, inappropriately asserting jurisdiction over the county road. They, and the U.S. Attorney’s office admit that those they convicted for trespass and conspiracy did not trespass or conspire. They were forced to drop their claim of damages to archeological sites, when respected archaeologists called their claims of damages not only ludicrous, but spurious and dishonest."
BYU Commencement Speaker Arthur Brooks:
"We don't need to disagree less. We need to disagree better."
Controversy over Non-Native Mt. Goats in La Sal Mts
Social Movement: Eco-Socialism or Death
Shuttles for Tourists Begin in Zions
A Variety of Concerns in Navajo Times: Letters to the Editor
~~ Bears Ears Advisory Council; a brief summary of board members
~~ Signatures for Studying Forms of County Government needed before June.
Those circulating petitions, please get them to to Mayor Lyman's office by June 1. If you haven't signed, go to his office in Cedar Mesa Pottery to sign, or to the Wilcox home, 112 S. 300 W.
~~ Applicants needed for County Administrator, closes May 17
"Serves as County Administrator to the San Juan County Board of Commissioners. Incumbent will perform a broad range of duties including advising the Commission, attending meetings on their behalf, and recommending management strategies. Incumbent will also perform duties as the Risk Manager for the County. Incumbent will also attend Commission meetings and receive work assignments from the Board of Commissioners. Requires an MBA, MPA, or Business / Accounting degree, or similar degree, with five (5) years progressive experience in managing organizations, or a combination of education and experience.
Position Location: San Juan County Administration Building, Monticello. Position closes: May 17. https://sanjuancounty.org/?s=jobs
~~Link for Filing Complaints to the Attorney General's Office
~~ Recording of May 7, 2019 SJC Commission Meeting (First part of meeting is missing because camera wasn't turned on.)
~~ Recording of May 7, 2019 County Commission Work Meeting
~~ County Web site
~~ Public Notices of Meetings (Thus avoiding secret combinations)
~~ Radical Gratitude for Recapture Reservoir By Merry Palmer
Watch: Twisted Arch Video: Recapture Reservoir Spring 2019 👍 Brett Saunders
Recapture Reservoir May 5 by David Homedew
~~ Congressional Western Caucus:
"Update on what Interior is doing with regards to wild horse population management, permitting reform, critical minerals, oil and gas drilling, and mining.
~~ San Juan and Ethics in County Government
Utah codes: Title 17 Chapter 16a County Officers and Employees Disclosure Act, Section 2 - Purposes
17-16a-2. Purposes.
The purposes of this chapter are to establish standards of conduct for county officers and employees and to require these persons to disclose conflicts of interest between their public duties and their personal interests.
The purposes of this chapter are to establish standards of conduct for county officers and employees and to require these persons to disclose conflicts of interest between their public duties and their personal interests.
and also Section 11
17-16a-11. County ethics commission -- Complaints charging violations -- Procedure.
(1) A county may establish by ordinance an ethics commission to review a complaint, except as provided in Subsection (3), against an officer or employee subject to this part for a violation of a provision of this part.
(2)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a person filing a complaint for a violation of this part shall file the complaint:
(i) with the county ethics commission, if the county has established a county ethics commission in accordance with Subsection (1); or
(ii) with the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission established in accordance with Title 63A, Chapter 15, Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission if the county has not established a county ethics commission.
(b) A county that receives a complaint described in Subsection (2)(a) may:
(i) accept the complaint if the county has established a county ethics commission in accordance with Subsection (1); or
(ii) forward the complaint to the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission established in Section 63A-15-201:
(A) regardless of whether the county has established a county ethics commission; or
(B) if the county has not established a county ethics commission.
(3) Any complaint against a person who is under the merit system, charging that person with a violation of this part, shall be filed and processed in accordance with the provisions of the merit system.
(1) A county may establish by ordinance an ethics commission to review a complaint, except as provided in Subsection (3), against an officer or employee subject to this part for a violation of a provision of this part.
(2)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a person filing a complaint for a violation of this part shall file the complaint:
(i) with the county ethics commission, if the county has established a county ethics commission in accordance with Subsection (1); or
(ii) with the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission established in accordance with Title 63A, Chapter 15, Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission if the county has not established a county ethics commission.
(b) A county that receives a complaint described in Subsection (2)(a) may:
(i) accept the complaint if the county has established a county ethics commission in accordance with Subsection (1); or
(ii) forward the complaint to the Political Subdivisions Ethics Review Commission established in Section 63A-15-201:
(A) regardless of whether the county has established a county ethics commission; or
(B) if the county has not established a county ethics commission.
(3) Any complaint against a person who is under the merit system, charging that person with a violation of this part, shall be filed and processed in accordance with the provisions of the merit system.
~~ Tribal Sovereignty Does not Generate Successful Businesses
“We’ve been in a socialist system for the past 100 years,” Begay charged. “We don’t even understand what it means to have a private sector. It does not mean establishingenterprises owned by the tribe and run by the tribe to compete with small businesses
owned by individual Navajos.”
~~ Interim County Administrator Hired in Defiance of Ut. Open Meeting Laws San Juan Record
~~ Utah's Open Meeting Law Violated by New Commissioners Deseret News
"During the work meeting, Adams said the job opening should have been filled in-house, or if there were no suitable candidates, advertised outside.""I wonder what the negotiation process was, and why I wasn't included," Adams said, referencing a meeting Everitt had with Grayeyes and Maryboy to discuss working for San Juan County.: Des. News
