Posted on 09/19/2007 2:24:50 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
A conservative group said Tuesday it is suing the Bureau of Land Management for records about any role Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Nevada politicians had in a real estate development project in the state.
The group, Judicial Watch, said the BLM had not responded to a Freedom of Information Act request March 8 seeking correspondence with Reid, D-Nev., Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada and the state's Republican governor, former Rep. Jim Gibbons, about the Coyote Springs development.
The Los Angeles Times reported in a story last year that Reid and other Nevada politicians intervened with federal officials on behalf of Nevada lobbyist Harvey Whittemore and his 43,000-acre development of homes and golf courses northeast of Las Vegas.
Specifically, the Times reported that Reid and Ensign met with the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to relay developers' concerns about permits being delayed because of potential environmental impacts. One of Reid's sons, Leif, has represented Whittemore as an attorney.
Reid and others in the Nevada congressional delegation have said the development represents economic benefits for the state.
"This is clearly a politically motivated move by a right-wing group attempting to get headlines," Jon Summers, a spokesman for Reid, said in a statement after the suit was announced.
Summers said that because 87 percent of land in Nevada is managed by the federal government, members of Congress work closely with federal agencies on land use issues.
"Every member of Nevada's delegation strongly supports this project, which would create more than half a million jobs and provide more than 150,000 homes when complete," said Summers.
Judicial Watch filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Washington on Sept. 5. The Bureau of Land Management did not respond immediately to a message left after hours with its press office.
Just wondering how many AP stories begin with: "A liberal group said Tuesday it is suing....." since liberal groups do more of that sort of thing there must be thousands of references throughout their archives.
“rovide more than 150,000 homes when complete,” said Summers.”
Just where in the he!! do they get all their water from? It was my understanding that the water table was dropping. Is it?
Behold the culture of Liberal corruption. Someone inform Pelosi to clean up her own backyard.
Nevada politician goin’ down ping.
The name of the place is Coyote Springs. 150,000 acres comes with some water rights (aquifers). They will also take water from the Muddy River drainage before it runs into Lake Mead.
The lake has fallen 100 feet in the last 10 years. New pipes are going deeper into the lake at the cost of billions. S NV doesn't need another 150,000 houses.
But what does Kangaroo Rat Reid care if the price is right?
yitbos
Is this the same land for which Reid and his sons negotiated a trade with the BLM for worthless land further from Las Vegas? And is this parcel served by the bridge Reid added to a spending bill?
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Funny you say that because just a few years ago, the Drive Bys dropped “conservative” in front of Judcial Watch when they were going after the Vice President and the Energy Task force in a case the joined with the Sierra Club.
Click the Clinton News Network link to see.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/27/scotus.cheney/index.html
go after the appraisal AND
the appraisal review
find the engagement letter for the assignment
Any time Judicial Watch becomes involved, a whole lot of nothing ensues.
I’d like to know how a town gets $12 an acre blm land when an acre sells for $600,000 plus in the Valley.
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