Enemy at the gates: New Mexico plots criminal charges against feds in land fight

Washington Times ^ | May 21, 2014 | Valerie Richardson

[george76]

Gov’t, locals want to fend off a new Bundy-type clash. New Mexico ranchers are plenty mad over the U.S. Forest Service’s refusal to open a gate blocking their cattle from reaching water ... still standing are the metal fences and locked gates along the banks of the Agua Chiquita, put up by the Forest Service to keep local cattle out.

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Ranchers point out that the fence has been opened for years every spring to allow the cattle access to the creek, which is also used by elk, deer and feral wild hogs.

[grobdriver]

A chain and a 4-wheel-drive would make short work of a gate.
And the fence.

[veracious]

The states _must_ take back their constitutional power: federeal income tax and land.

States are the _only_ entity which can actually turn USG around.

[Logical me]

The states _must_ take back their constitutional power: federeal income tax and land.

The States are about as useless in this endeavor as is the corrupt disgusting Federal Government. The people have been left out of the right to excise their constitutional right to control government in all levels no matter who they elect.

[skinkinthegrass]

turning the tables, is a fine tactic.

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

Amendment IX.

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

[servantboy777]

Folks are just plain Fed-up!

New Mexico, tear down this gate.

[leapfrog0202]

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Hope all’s well with you CedarDave!

[lowbridge]

Bump

[veracious]

There is some truth to what you say, _but_ states can be revived! We the (real) People _can_ influence the state because our input matters. Your input at the Federal level is 1 in many millions; at the state level it is 1 in some thousand. Your representatives care much more about your input. States have a monetary and power reason to increase their stature.

[CedarDave]

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[leapfrog0202]

Hope you had a great trip!