Utah and Arizona Demand Federal Land
By Rocky Thompson on May 8th, 2012
The legislators in Utah and Arizona are demanding that the federal government turn over control of all federally designated land in their state, except for national parks and military bases. About 42% of Arizona is federal land and 60% of Utah. The states have introduced legislation to begin taxing the land if it’s not turned over, but it’s an empty gesture. The feds don’t have to pay any money, nor will they turn over the land. And, allgov.com points out, how can the state demand the land back from the federal government, and then ignore Native American claims? Awkward.
Tags: arizona, National Parks, utah
I wonder what causes Utahns to elect such foolish legislators.
They are called Federal Lands for a reason and were designated as such for a reason. What reason you may ask, because leaders of past new enough to set aside lands for everyone to enjoy and for everyone to have an equitable voice in its use and management. This was to prevent the few powerful greedy capitalists from taking said land and destroying it through their own senseless short sided greed. I.E. The Mining companies, oil companies, gas companies, and developers; all of which are in my opinion satin’s helpers.