Mike Lee gives free land to Ski Town

[SAJ-99]

Was it this one, or the getting rid of certain NPS parcels one? Or were those the same one?

SOB has so many, it’s hard to keep them straight. By design, I’m sure.

My bad. Correction made. Too many Mike Lee bad idea threads.

 

[Wildabeest]

He added a reversionary clause to appease the Dems, and it unanimously passed out of committee. Next stop - full Senate vote.

Brian Head land deal advances in Senate, raising questions about public land conveyance - TownLift, Park City News

WASHINGTON — A bill that would transfer roughly 24 acres of federally managed land to the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head is moving through Congress,

townlift.com

 

[Robert N]

Absolutely nothing is ever “free”. There is always a price. Always.

Just because the price is not visible or known today does not mean there wasn’t one.

we just don’t know what it was.

 

[Hunting Wife]

I have a bad feeling it’s just the beginning.

 

[R.K.]

Absolutely nothing is ever “free”. There is always a price. Always.

Just because the price is not visible or known today does not mean there wasn’t one.

we just don’t know what it was.

It was a back room deal with Mike Lee. He got paid, he gives this up through a terrible precedent. Needs to be fought, tooth and nail.

 

[Wildabeest]

I have a bad feeling it’s just the beginning.

Yeah, in and of itself, this transaction wouldn’t bother me. But given it’s Mike Lee behind it, I feel it’s just an easy test case to bigger things.

 

[17remhunter]

Hopefully I have your attention.

Senator Mike Lee is looking to give away 24 acres of Dixie National Forest land, free of charge, to the town of Brian Head so they can expand infrastructure to handle planned growth of the ski hill.

I understand balanced use. I understand towns need infrastructure. But giving away what is essentially some of the most valuable real estate in the nation, free of charge, with no restrictions? I have a major problem with that. Especially the precedent it sets.

I firmly believe there need to be restrictions on the land, and at a minimum it be bought at fair market price. I would strongly prefer a long-term lease, with planned and bonded remediation of the site.

But considering who it is, I can’t help but see this as a political favor at the expense of the American people. Basically, theft. He has used up the balance of his public trust, and I feel it’s time he felt that.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1860

Im sure he is getting a huge kickback. Politicians don't do favors unless there is something in it for themselves. They give Public Lands away and receive huge monetary kickbacks. Harry Reid did the same thing in Nevada

 

[17remhunter]

We all need to remember, Government is not our Friends, they are our Enemies