Obama had to mobilize more federal employees to police their “shutdown” at parks and landmarks than are used for normal day-to-day operations.
Obama may have done that in the more prominent areas, but in backwater areas, he did no such thing.
Despite my status as an essential government employee, I was allowed to go on leave during the government shutdown (while all of the non-essential employees were not at work). We went on vacation to a resort near a national park. It was a small national park. The concessions and bathrooms were locked up, but we were able to walk through the park just fine.
The only reason Obama ordered the parks and museums closed was for the imagery: he wanted to use that to prove to people just how indispensable a bloated and growing government is. Those of us who are intelligent know that the parks and museums have plenty of revenue that comes from customers, not taxes, and that the bloating cannot continue. There are places to cut that don't impact people's ability to visit parks and museums.
Mobilizing federal employees to police their “shutdown” at parks and landmarks = community organizing Part 1.
Yes - I have volunteered for numerous Honor Flights and couldn’t care less if there are any park employees there in D.C.
If it’s barricaded needlessly, THEN it’s an issue.
Obama had his Federal goon squad shutting down businesses that were NEAR a national park and they even were so petty as to close public highway observation areas where you could see into a national park! It was absurd!