by Editor | Dec 4, 2014 | Property Rights, WA State DOE, WA State News, War on the West, Water Issues, Wildlands Project
Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 6:00 am | Updated: 8:55 am, Tue Dec 2, 2014. By Daniel DeMay | Skagit Valley Herald Richard and Marnie Fox have a right to use the well on their Sedro-Woolley property, regardless of an instream flow rule that limits water use in the...
by Editor | Nov 12, 2014 | War on the West, Water Issues
by Ron Arnold for Daily Sentinel Posted 11/12/2014 It seems incredible, but a single missing word could turn a water law into a government land grab so horrendous even a U.S. Supreme Court justice warned it would “put the property rights of every American entirely at...
by Editor | Oct 24, 2014 | 2nd Amendment, WA State News, War on the West
Editorial by Lynn Stuter Posted 10/24/2014 Back when I-594 first came out, I requested that the sponsors site me … • one instance when a background check has stopped a criminal from stealing a gun? • one instance when a background check has stopped a...
by Editor | Sep 18, 2014 | War on the West
by Thomas Mitchell 4th St8 Posted 9/18/2014 (Washington, Jan. 7, 2014) – Gannett’s Washington bureau is reporting that the new farm bill cobbled together today does in fact contain funding for PILT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes,) just as Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei and...
by Editor | Aug 13, 2014 | Environmental Lawsuits, Govt Agencies, War on the West
Freedom Foundation Posted 8/13/2014 This is Part 2 of a series about a new ESA micro-listing, and its impact on a rural community. Read Part 1 here. In Washington state’s Thurston County, bureaucrats won Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection for a tiny cluster of...
by Editor | Jul 3, 2014 | Property Rights, War on the West, Water Issues
The Hill Posted 7/2/2014 Lawmakers are up in arms over an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal that they fear could give federal officials expansive new powers over private property and farmland. The EPA is seeking to redefine what bodies of water fall under...