Posted on 04/24/2014 9:23:18 AM PDT by thackney
‘It’s Not a Dare, It’s a Promise’: Gov. Rick Perry Warns Feds Over Concerns of New Land Grab in Texas
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry warned the federal Bureau of Land Management to stay away from Texas amid new concerns that it may be looking to claim thousands of acres of land in the northern part of the state.
Not only does the federal government already own “too much land,” Perry told Fox News, the feds are “out of control.”
“At issue are thousands of acres of land on the Texas side of the Red River, along the border between Texas and Oklahoma. Officials recently have raised concern that the BLM might be looking at claiming 90,000 acres of land as part of the public domain,” the Fox News report states.
However, any potential action would reportedly be years away as the federal government is only in the preliminary review phase. Further, the BLM claims it is “not expanding Federal holdings along the Red River.”
The statement refers to a 1986 federal court case in which Texas landowner Tommy Henderson lost 140 acres to the BLM. Now he claims the agency is using that court decision as precedent to claim more land.
“It’s not a dare, it’s a promise that we’re going to stand up for private property rights in the state of Texas,” Perry said.
Texas Attorney Greg Abbott, who is hoping to replace Perry as governor, sent a letter to the BLM on Tuesday urging the feds to “stay out of Texas.” Perry said he stands with his attorney general when it comes to Texans’ property rights.
According to Fox News, BLM said it is merely in the ‘initial stages of developing options for management of public lands,’ as part of a ‘transparent process with several opportunities for public input.’”
Exactly! They already think they own it, now they are just going to decide how they are going to control it. They’ll have theri public hearings, and then proceed to attempt to do what they darn well please.
theri = their
ditto that...I own land in dispute there
no he did not get it back and get this....he had to keep makin payments to the bank for the land stolen...his last payment was 8 months ago
I seem to recall you posting about Decatur once.
My ex-wife’s people are there.
It has been and is reported the Bureau of Land Management is not a government agency, it is a privately owned concern.
If true it changes things.
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got land there too...but my land as per the river is near Wichita Falls
Why doesn’t Perry do something about this. BYW, looks like it happened under Reagan?
The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is most assuredly a government agency.
dig deeper...it was addressed for a 100 years
reported where? BLM is a division of the Department of the Interior. It is 100% a federal government agency.
http://www.interior.gov/whoweare/index.cfm
The U.S. Department of the Interior is a Cabinet-level agency that manages America's vast natural and cultural resources. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell heads our department, which employs 70,000 people, including expert scientists and resource-management professionals, in nine technical bureaus:
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
National Park Service
Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey
Not really, considering. Control the water, you control the land. One has no utility without the other.
Sorry for passing on incorrect information. Thank you for the correction.
My bad.
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