Showing posts with label dark skies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dark skies. Show all posts

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Gobblers on the Loose, Wanting More From Tax Payers




~~ The Case for Abolishing Federal Reservation System 

FEDERAL INDIAN POLICY IS DESTROYING AMERICA: OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT 

"ASSERTION: Since its origins in the 1830’s (judicial, legislative, administrative), all of federal Indian policy is: 1) entirely unconstitutional; 2) denies full American citizens enrolled in tribal governments their 14th Amendment protections and civil rights; 3) compels forced reparations in perpetuity upon American taxpayers to annually subsidize all basic needs and services of 573 tribal governments; and 4) permits tax-exempt casinos and other tribal enterprises to determine the marketplace of the tax-paying economy in thousands of communities across the nation."
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~~ Features and News in Dec/Jan issue of the The Canyon Zephyr

 ~~ The Slovenly Wilderness: Pavement + Parking = No Paradise, by Stacy Young

~~ The Politics of Payback by Bill Keshlear


KUED had a Great video about Moab in the '50's recently, with Ted Capener interviewing
locals who were there when the Uranium Boom started;  Sam Taylor and Adrian,  Bette Stanton --and many others who were eye witnesses to growth in SE Utah.   If it comes on again, be sure to watch it.      Here's the trailer:










~~ Jeff Burningham Running For Governor, Visits San Juan County

~~ Blanding City Council Remains Proactive in Developing Businesses

~~ Truth in Taxation Meeting Highlights County Concerns



Plan to Attend, Dec. 12  

Big Winter Storms Bring Blessings to the Land






~~ Will Economic "Perfect Storm" Lead to Depression in SJC ?

~~ Why Does San Juan County Have the Highest Tax Rate in the State?

~~Former Utah Diné Bikéyah staffer gets management spot at Bears Ears Monument

~~ Politics of Gerrymandering and Retribution

~~ Dark Skies more Important that Jobs in N. San Juan?

~~ Extraordinarily Wealthy Environmentalists Stoke the Racism Fire 

"“Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.” — Thomas Jefferson to Richard Price, 1789"    But....if they are stirred by the extreme winds of falsehoods and half truths, Citizens must be wary. 


Utah Public Notice


Documents Updated from last week's meetings 12/11/19


Agenda

Notice Date & Time: 12/3/19 9:00 AM

Description/Agenda:


        SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING - COMMISSION ROOM
AGENDA
December 3, 2019

  9:00 A.M. Work Meeting

1. Letter of Support for the American Indian Consortium for Election Access and the Protection and Advocacy for Voting Access (PAVA) Program - Mack McDonald, San Juan County Administrator
2. ORDINANCE GRANTING TO EMERY TELECOMMUNICATIONS & VIDEO, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE FOR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - Mack McDonald, San Juan County Administrator
3. Dolores County Inter-Governmental Agreement - Benny Musselman, San Juan County Public Works
4. Dishwasher Purchase for Public Safety Building - Monte Perkins, San Juan County Maintenance
5. Spanish Valley Updates - Jerry McNeely, San Juan County Liaison
6. Public lands updates - Nick Sandberg, San Juan County Planning

11:00 A.M. Commission Meeting

1. Approval of minutes - November 19, 2019
2. Citizens' comments to the Commission* (Please complete the request form - available at the door)
3. Dishwasher Purchase for Public Safety Building - Monte Perkins, San Juan County Maintenance
4. Approve Letter on the Draft Recovery Plan for Gunnison Sage-Grouse - Nick Sandberg, San Juan County Planning
5. ORDINANCE GRANTING TO EMERY TELECOMMUNICATIONS & VIDEO, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE FOR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - Mack McDonald, San Juan County Administrator
7. Approval of the Dolores County Inter-Governmental Agreement - Benny Musselman, San Juan County Public Works
6. Executive Session to Discuss Pending or Imminent Litigation
7. Determination of Referability of Citizen Petition for Referendum of Spanish Valley Zoning Ordinance - Kendall Laws, San Juan County Attorney
8. Commission Reports

Saturday, May 18, 2019

Unrest in the West, Bear Essentials May 18, 2019

News in San Juan County, Utah and the Rest of the West

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~~State Rep. Coleman Seeks to Bring Back Bill for Splitting Counties 

~~Spanish Valley: Potential Development  with Problems  Moab Sun Times

~~Comm. Maryboy Promotes Moratorium on Spanish Valley Development

~~ Gate Way Community Planned for East Side of Zions Park

~~Deaths in Zions Park and Other Sites in the West










~~ Bears Advisory Board Meeting June 5-6, First public meeting

~~Utah State Code Regarding County Government

~~SITLA's Involvement with Spanish Valley Development

~~Truck Stop Will Comply With Dark Skies Request in Spanish Valley 


4th grader in Syracuse Learns about San Juan County









~~Protest March May 18: Uranium Mill  Moab Sun Times

~~ Thieves Steal Artifacts from Danger Cave

~~ What's Behind the Anti-Animal Agriculture Movement

"The anti-animal agriculture narrative and plant-based diet agenda combines political ideology and commercial interests. This “movement” is insidious, unsavoury, and cannot be ignored by those who value liberty and consumer choice."  Free Range Report

~~Crowding in Nat'l Parks Brings Plan for Timed Entry for Visits to Arches

~~Another Version of Pehrson/ Everitt County Admin. story  Moab Sun Times

~~ Babylon Allotment: Co-management or Co-Negligence?

"Our purpose in publishing Part I of this revealing history of the Babylon Allotment is to bring scrutiny to what appears to be a pattern of mismanagement by a coalition of the Grand Canyon Trust (GCT), a well-moneyed left-wing environmentalist group funded primarily by Swiss billionaire, Hansjorg Wyss, and the Ute Mountain Tribal Council (UMTC). It appears that the nearby Gooseberry Allotment, along with grazing allotments within the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM), are also held by GTC.
Our research into the Babylon Allotment management file has been intensive, and we believe these records will serve to either prove or disprove the veracity of the “co-management” narrative that has repeatedly been used to justify Utah’s million-acre federal land grabs. What we have uncovered in the Babylon Allotment file paints an unflattering picture of a dysfunctional relationship between two entities who give lip service to the idea of co-managing these important lands and resources, but are doing more to harm the environment than good. Furthermore, these entities went to the trouble of formulating a contract with the federal government to co-management Forest Service grazing allotments, but there is strong evidence that they have failed repeatedly to fulfill the terms of the contract."  Free Range Report