Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Friday, September 12, 2014
Cliven Bundy Stumps For Statehood
Cliven Bundy has left the ranch. He will speak this afternoon
in Elko at an event hosted by the Nevada Committee for Full Statehood,
which is one stop on an informal speaking tour. The Washington Post characterized Bundy's
appearances as part of a campaign for third-party candidates such as
Russell Best, a member of the Independent American Party who is running
for Congressional District 4. But Bundy himself denies that he is stumping for any candidates. "I'm not really supporting a party," he said. "I support good candidates who believe in the Constitution." Bundy
switched his registration from Republican to Independent American
earlier this year. He said he was frustrated by the lack of support he
received from Republican lawmakers during the Bunkerville standoff in
April. The Independent American Party of Nevada
believes the federal government should relinquish control of federal
land to state of Nevada, that currency should revert to the gold
standard, and that most federal regulations are unconstitutional...more
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