Investigate the Bundy Ranch Incident
The following is 200 words, precisely at the limit for a letter to the editor of a newspaper. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO USE IT.
Dear Governor,
US Senators and Congressmen,
State Senators and Assemblymen,
Please launch a full investigation of the Bundy Ranch incident last week.
The spectacle provoked by the BLM was appalling and very dangerous. If the Bundy family owes money, and if there is a judgement against them, it is the job of the county sheriff to enforce it. If there is an issue with endangered species, or repurposing the land from grazing to oil exploration or solar farms, again it is not up to the BLM to act as the armed force of whoever claims authority to impose their will.
Kudos to the sheriff, but there are too many incomplete or conflicting stories and allegations being published, and they all raise serious questions which can be answered only by a full investigation. The executive, Congress and the Legislature all have the necessary oversight authority.
However, this incident is just the latest of many that reveal a long festering problem, that most Nevada land is controlled by federal agencies, not Nevada. The people have long suffered from federal abuse of power. The Constitution requires relinquishing federally controlled lands to the State. Please act accordingly, ASAP.
Thank you.
Peter Hennessey
Carson City