tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post1884344640611153281..comments2024-03-29T06:26:14.502-06:00Comments on THE WESTERNER: Trump Obama’s Illegal, Contemptuous, Job-Killing MonumentsFrank DuBoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078935296275462544noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post-82213011778790401232017-02-01T10:15:30.646-07:002017-02-01T10:15:30.646-07:00I find the statement about the monument being a gi...I find the statement about the monument being a gift to Leonardo DiCaprio to be ironic, since he is currently going full steam ahead with an eco-development on a barrier island in Belize. Now despite what you think about the environmentally friendly design and restoration, the fact of the matter is given the fears of sea level rise and the increasing frequency and power of tropical storms, the best thing you can do to preserve the barrier island is to not develop it at all.<br /><br />http://www.businessinsider.com/leonardo-dicaprio-eco-resort-belize-2016-11Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748604.post-87084171472251162882017-02-01T09:52:07.842-07:002017-02-01T09:52:07.842-07:00Mr. Pendley is entirely correct in the need to rep...Mr. Pendley is entirely correct in the need to repeal the Antiquities Act and rescind the land scape scale monument designations. Please ask Mr. Pendley to include the two monuments that Senator Harry Reid demanded in Nevada. First the Basin and Range Monument area which honors some weird kind of artist who lives in Coal Valley and the second is justified on the basis of teaching the Cliven Bundy family a lesson. Both have the effect of the federal government denying private citizens access to their valid existing rights within lands controlled by the federal officials.Floydnoreply@blogger.com