Why The Feds Chickened Out On A Nevada Ranch

Townhall.com ^ | 4-12-2014 | Kevin McCullough

[Jet Jaguar]

Good post.

[dragnet2]

We owe the Bundy family a great deal of thanks for standing tall.

The ol' guy has lots of guts, totally backed by his family and friends. He made it real clear days ago, he was ready to go down shooting if necessary.

[FreeperCell]

There is a higher power, I hear.

[Ray76]

>> Evidently a plan had been hatched to use the Bundy property for a solar farm

Not exactly.

They want him off the Bunkerville range so that the area can become a preserve to compensate for destruction caused by projects at the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone.

"The Gold Butte ACEC [Area of Critical Environmental Concern] is preliminarily recommended as the best recipient location for regional mitigation from the Dry Lake SEZ [Solar Energy Zone]." (Regional Mitigation Strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone, Proposed Mitigation Actions and Locations, page 29)

I've combined maps showing the Gold Butte ACEC[1], Bunkerville[2], and a relief map. The maps overlay each other using I-15 and Lake Mead for alignment and scaling. Although not perfect it is close.

[1] See page 31 of the BLM Regional Mitigation Strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone,

[2] BLM Trespass Cattle Notice of Intent Map 3/24/2014

Let me know if any of these links no longer work.

[Ray76]

His handle was “FAA”

[Darksheare]

That’d be the one.

[rolling_stone]

Everything was “nice and legal”, but it was criminal.

Needs to be repeated again and again

[MarMema]

Most telling I think was the land broker from LV who said he had been sent with purchase offers for many years and was turned down.

[MarMema]

Most telling I think was the land broker from LV who said he had been sent with purchase offers for many years and was turned down.

[greeneyes]

Seemed to be backed by the town too, on the video I saw.

[Psalm 144]

Did you see the guy fishing for the handles of which FReepers were heading over?

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I did. Quite the agitator.

[jcon40]

Throughout this ordeal I have wondered what was going in the minds of the armed men from various government agencies who were directed to neutralize their country’s citizens. (OK and cows)

Did some of them possibly question the integrity of those who were giving them orders ?

[ponygirl]

That was hilarious.

[gunsequalfreedom]

Sinning as in touting the government propaganda? I thought there were some weird posts. What was their screen name?

[ponygirl]

Two of them were right here on FR, spinning for days..

Did you notice how they shut up once the news about Harry Reid's involvement came to light? I counted the posts of one of them... 47 posts on the Bundy situation on Friday. 2 today.

[Jet Jaguar]

Are you still able to post?

[matthew fuller]

Excellent article- Thank you Kevin McCullough and servo1969.
It’s time to shut this Kenyan and his crap down. Seems like the good ole USA is finally waking up.

[Darksheare]

Yes.
And he got real mad about being spotted out there.

[vette6387]

“Everything was “nice and legal”, but it was criminal.

NEVER DISARM.”

Best post on this thread!!!
Don’t know about a lot of places, but in rural Nevada there are no pussies! If this had gone “Waco,” I think the BLM would have lost.