Dan,
The Supremes recently ruled on a similar case, see
http://www.pacificlegal.org/releases/PLF-statement-on-Koontz-property-rights-victory-at-the-Supreme-Court
You might take a copy of the decision to USWFS and also contact PLF for
assistance.
btw PLF is worth supporting IMHO.
Grant KZ1W
On 8/31/2013 4:09 AM, Dan Schaaf wrote:
I am presently in discussion ( argument ) with US Fish and Wildlife
over property that I own that I want to build a retirement home on.
They dispute an Environmental Survey that I paid to have done. The
survey says that there are no FL Scrub Jays within 850 ft around my
property. These birds are declining in population. The USFWS claims
that there were sightings as recently as 2007 near the edge of my 850
buffer circle. The birds live on average 12 years. Sightings are
generally adult birds which if you do the math, by now, 2013 , they
likely dead or re-nested elsewhere. And these are just sightings, not
nests. The birds fly from the nest and back to it. They are very
territorial.
Nevertheless, USFWS refuses to even consider new updated data from
surveys. Seems to me that new data should have more value to them than
old data. They agree until you try to then pin them down on releasing
your property. Then they come up with some other excuses such as " we
really do not want any surveys done in that particular neighborhood".
Or, "we welcome new data but we do not necessarily use it".
Now, that statement smacks of government control on where you buy or
sell property or where you choose to live. And certainly impacts the
livelihood of those who do environmental surveys. And of course old
data means they do not have to lift a finger to do any work, just stay
employed until retirement doing nothing. They do not even suggest
doing a second survey to validate the first survey and they will not
come to the parcel and check for themselves.
But, there is a solution. It is called Mitigation Fee. You pay them
$18,000 per 1/4 acre to free up your land. They then are supposed to
use that money to develop other areas for the birds to flourish. But,
they do not move the nests from your land !!! They let the bulldozers
kill off the birds that you just paid to save !
I have 3/4 acre parcel and that equates to $54K mitigation fee which I
refuse to pay nor do I have in my bank. Nice chunk of land for towers
and verticals.
Can my congressman help? They have indicated that they would work on
it if I ask them to do so. But I worry that if they fail, then my name
becomes Mudd at the FWS and I end up stuck with a piece of land that I
pay taxes on and cannot use and likely cannot sell.
Anyone here have friends in high places ? HiHi This is legal extortion.
Best Regards
Dan Schaaf
=================================
K3ZXL www.k3zxl.com
60 Meters www.60metersonline.net
=================================
-----Original Message----- From: Roger (K8RI) on TT
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 6:36 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Towable towers available from the government
On 8/31/2013 6:22 AM, Dan Schaaf wrote:
Substantive BS !
Sure beats the form letters I get from my senator (At least he's not
going to run again..he says.) that could be applied to anything that
says only, I'll keep your views in mind without referring to any thing.
Some one apparently wrote this one.
73
Roger (K8RI)
Best Regards
Dan Schaaf
=================================
K3ZXL www.k3zxl.com
60 Meters www.60metersonline.net
=================================
-----Original Message----- From: Pete Smith N4ZR Sent: Saturday,
August 31, 2013 5:57 AM To: towertalk@contesting.com Subject: Re:
[TowerTalk] Towable towers available from the government
Heck, that's a lot more substantive than the sort of BS I get when I
write my Congressperson.
73, Pete N4ZR
Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at
http://reversebeacon.net,
blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com.
For spots, please go to your favorite
ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node.
On 8/30/2013 6:29 PM, Jon Pearl - W4ABC wrote:
...and here's the *answer* that I received, today:
August 30, 2013
Thank you for letting me know of your concerns regarding the way in
which the Department of Defense (DOD) disposes of certain surplus
assets by auctioning them to the public. As the Chairman of the
Appropriations Subcommittee on National Defense, you can be sure
that I share your interest in this regard and appreciate knowing
your thoughts.
The Defense Logistics Agency(DLA)Dispositions Services is charged
with disposing ofthe U.S. military'sexcess property. According to
the DOD, the excess property "is first offered for reutilization
within the Department of Defense , transfer to other federal
agencies, or donation to state and local governments andother
qualified organizations." In 2008, $2.2 billion worth of property
was reutilized.DLA Disposition Services maintains a Law Enforcement
Support Office (LESO)to coordinate transfers to state, local, and
federal; more than 11,500 agencies in all 50 states participate in
this program. In 2011, over $500 million worth of equipment was
transferred to law enforcement agencies. Property that has not been
transferred or donated can be made available for purchase by the
public. Of course, assets with military characteristics must be
demilitarized prior to being made available to the public.
In an effort to be of all possible assistance to you, I have taken
the liberty of contacting Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, to share
with him your thoughts. The Secretary has assured me that your views
will be given serious consideration. This is a matter under careful
scrutiny by the Congress and you can be sure that I will continue to
monitor any new developments that occur.
Again, thank you for taking the time to contact me regarding this
matter of mutual concern. It is my hope that you will continue to
keep me apprised of your interest in legislative issues important to
you.
With best wishes and personal regards, I am
Bill Young
Member of Congress
On 8/14/2013 7:24 PM, Jon Pearl - W4ABC wrote:
I saw this ad, earlier this month.
I sent a letter to my Congressman asking how it was this didn't
somehow qualify as waste, fraud or abuse of our wallets?
73,
Jon Pearl - W4ABC
www.w4abc.com
On 8/14/2013 6:50 PM, Mickey Baker wrote:
Careful - this appears to be 198,000 pounds of scrap, now selling
at $45
per pound, about $9M dollars, probably close to what the
government paid
for it.
It looks like a better deal... but that's the way I read it.
73,
Mickey N4MB
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
|