Kalkin (01-18-2018),MisterVeritis (01-18-2018)
Yes, I see your point but don't you think meeting with them or speaking with them via t-con would have been the proper thing to do. Hold a meeting and let them know you don't view their services as valuable and that you will not be working with them. To ignore them is the highest form of disrespect, imo. I would also just remind people that even though some may not view our park services as special, other citizens do think it's important and the board represented their views. This is another example of how this administration only seems to care about their base and not all Americans.
"An army, great in space, may offer opposition in a brief span of time.
One man, brief in space, must spread his opposition
across a period of many years if he is
to have a chance of succeeding"
~RZ67~
Nope. Article 1 Section 8 clause 17 identifies what lands the Feds may own with approval by the State. Parks is not a category.
"and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings"
So what should we do with the parks? Give them to the states? Sell them to the highest bidder?
Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.
Actually, they are designated as SGEs (special government employees).
https://www.nps.gov/policy/NPSAB_2015_Charter.pdf
Last edited by Kalkin; 01-18-2018 at 10:35 PM.
"An army, great in space, may offer opposition in a brief span of time.
One man, brief in space, must spread his opposition
across a period of many years if he is
to have a chance of succeeding"
~RZ67~
"An army, great in space, may offer opposition in a brief span of time.
One man, brief in space, must spread his opposition
across a period of many years if he is
to have a chance of succeeding"
~RZ67~
Advisors may be eligible to receive reimbursement at the approved government per diem as you noted but they are not paid. Those are two different distinctions. Some are brought in under the designation SGE in order to put them in the system during their tenure.
More importantly these men and women volunteered to be on this board. The very least Mr. Zinke could have done was thank them for their service and sent them on their way. Imo, he seems to lack character.