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Government to Shut Down 22 Privately Operated Campsites in N.H. (federal land)
National Review ^
| 10/07/13
| Katherine Connell
Posted on 10/07/2013 1:18:05 PM PDT by Libloather
As Columbus Day weekend approaches and New England fall foliage reaches its peak, the U.S. Forest Service has decreed that 22 privately run campgrounds in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest will have to close because of the government shutdown.
According to the Union Leader, while the campsites are situated on federally owned land, they are entirely run by a private company, which has a contract to operate the sites and which pays the federal government a cut of the fees it collects. That means the closure will not only prevent thousands of campers from using the facilities, it will actually cost the federal government money it would have collected if it had simply done nothing.
Kent Tower, the president of the company that runs the campsites, told the Union Leader that the federal government does not contribute anything to running or staffing the sites. “We pay all the maintenance, all the upkeep, all the help, all the insurance,” he said. “All the trucks, all the equipment is ours. They have nothing to do with it.”
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: campsites; federal; govtshutdown; nationalparks; nh; obamapunishes; private
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What kind of land does Hussein reside on?
To: Libloather
Caliph Baraq's house in Chicago
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:19:38 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Frequently wrong but rarely in doubt....)
To: Libloather
It doesn't cost the feral government a dime to allow them to remain open.
It costs them money to force them to close, however.
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:20:26 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
To: All
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:24:11 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: Libloather
Why do i get the feeling that if i tried to camp there anyways that federally funded rangers would show up instantly to kick me out?
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:24:18 PM PDT
by
mowowie
To: Libloather
Too bad the feds don’t remember who it is the land belongs to.
6
posted on
10/07/2013 1:25:49 PM PDT
by
DonaldC
(A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
To: musicman
If there are deleterious efects of a shutdown, then government is too big. Public Parks should be run by private industry, andthen they would be open.
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:27:37 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Wow. We didn’t have the Internet during the last shut down.
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:28:02 PM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: Libloather
Hmmmm. I suppose ski runs are next. Aspen, Park City, Snowbird, Veil, Breckenridge...
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:29:30 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(Wasn't prohibition the "Law of the land?" Wasn't "the earth is flat" proven science? Charlatans!)
To: Libloather
This is dictatorship. He is proclaiming the rights of the royal forests like the Normans had in ancient England. This action converts Americans from citizens to subjects.
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:31:53 PM PDT
by
Piranha
(Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have - Saul Alinsky)
Imagine if your health care was on Federal land!
err... you know what I mean.
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:33:59 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Libloather
Barry Soetoro hatin’ on America.
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:35:19 PM PDT
by
Third Person
(Welcome to Gaymerica.)
To: Piranha
“This is dictatorship. He is proclaiming the rights of the royal forests like the Normans had in ancient England. This action converts Americans from citizens to subjects.”
Agreed.
To: Libloather
The Chief of the National Forest Service is Thomas Tidwell.
The Director of the National Park Service is Jonathan Jarvis.
These are two of the toadies of Obama willing to deny Americans access to American lands.
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:37:45 PM PDT
by
Paine in the Neck
(Is John's moustache long enough YET?)
To: nascarnation
wish one of our drones would take out this house.
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:40:39 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Piranha
See, in Barry’s mind, Blacks don’t camp. Only white Christian crackas camp.
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:42:07 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: 1Old Pro
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:45:01 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: Libloather
This is all being micromanaged by the big guy. He should be doing what he was sworn in to do.
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:45:44 PM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
NH gets what it votes for
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posted on
10/07/2013 1:54:34 PM PDT
by
personalaccts
(Is George W going to protect the border?)
To: I want the USA back
You don’t see him shutting down WIC offices, Snap programs,
Welfare payments....those are HIS voters.
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posted on
10/07/2013 3:17:40 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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