[PGR88]

When did States just hand-away their sovereignty to the Feds?

When the Feds started to offer money in exchange for control.

[Joe Boucher]

The federal govt is anything but your friend

[DesertRhino]

The city should simply start the work, and have plenty of law enforcement on hand to arrest any fed that attempts to interefere.
This was a Tombstone water source BEFORE there even was a national forest. Like any othet bullies, the feds count on their edicts being fearfully followed. And will shrink back when confronted by a well organized group with such a strong claim.
The last thing in the world they want is direct confrontation.

[Domangart]

This is going to be an interesting case. On the one hand the city has several wells that have had the buried pipe to the water supply washed out. The feds say that you must do the work by hand. Everyone knows that if you run a tracked vehicle over these areas you wikk get vast washouts. Patton ran his tanks over the Mohave and you can still see the tracks. That area of the Southwest has flash floods all the time. What a mess.

[Jabba the Nutt]

In British India they had a salt monopoly, which of course screwed consumers with high prices. What did Ghandi do? He organized the people to march to the sea to make their own salt. The salt monopoly was broken.

That's the idea for the people of Tombstone. Gather your tools and needed parts and march up to the damaged water lines and start making repairs. Make the Fed's use force to keep water from you.

[Petrosius]

Just get the necessary state and local permits and do it. Ignore any federal orders to stop. Back up your rights with the local sherif if you have to.

[vette6387]

So why isn’t the nut ball judge identified by name? The guy needs some heat!

[Idaho_Cowboy]

I'm thinking this is retribution against Arizona on the federal level due to Sheriff Joe. Chicago style politics at its best.

Reminds me of when Obama got potatoes pulled out of school lunches. I'm convinced it was a direct attack on Idaho.

[SandRat]

FEDs trying to kill the town to tough to die. They best be careful, they end up like the Daltons at the OK Corral.