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Open letter to the Obama Administration regarding the Wildlife Refuge Siege
Jan 23, 2016
Getting Occupiers of the Historic Oregon Malheur Evicted - G.O.H.O.M.E.
Number of Days the Malheur NWR Occupied: 22
Amount Pledged Per Day: $3044.50
Total Amount Pledged: $70,129.00 Number of pledges: 1468
Jan 23, 2016
My name is Judy Calman, I'm an attorney for an conservation non-profit in New Mexico. I am extremely familiar with the Bundy/anti-federal/Public land takeover movement, and have been working against it for many years in the Southwest.
I am becoming increasingly angry that the Justice Department and Administration (I'm sending this email to the Justice Department too) has not taken ANY action regarding the illegal seizure of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
Trust me, I completely understand the desire to avoid a violent confrontation, and I agree with that goal. I also understand that it's a complicated issue, and that they should not be turned into martyrs for their "movement" in any way.
That being said, I am completely baffled as to why the Administration has done NOTHING while a community is terrorized, while active threats against the US Government are being made, while they're trying to recruit others to revolt, while federal employees are forced out of their jobs, and perhaps most importantly, why land that is supposedly publicly owned and publicly accessible to all Americans is now held at gunpoint by an insane militia group and not open to the public.
This whole thing has been exacerbated by the Government's so-far refusal to prosecute Cliven Bundy, and this anti-government/anarchy movement has Westerners really scared. And it's not going away. Allowing this to continue convinces these people that they can get away with things like this. Because clearly they can!
I am not necessarily suggesting anything drastic. But ....
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I am becoming increasingly angry that the Justice Department and Administration (I'm sending this email to the Justice Department too) has not taken ANY action regarding the illegal seizure of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
Trust me, I completely understand the desire to avoid a violent confrontation, and I agree with that goal. I also understand that it's a complicated issue, and that they should not be turned into martyrs for their "movement" in any way.
That being said, I am completely baffled as to why the Administration has done NOTHING while a community is terrorized, while active threats against the US Government are being made, while they're trying to recruit others to revolt, while federal employees are forced out of their jobs, and perhaps most importantly, why land that is supposedly publicly owned and publicly accessible to all Americans is now held at gunpoint by an insane militia group and not open to the public.
This whole thing has been exacerbated by the Government's so-far refusal to prosecute Cliven Bundy, and this anti-government/anarchy movement has Westerners really scared. And it's not going away. Allowing this to continue convinces these people that they can get away with things like this. Because clearly they can!
I am not necessarily suggesting anything drastic. But ....
Getting Occupiers of the Historic Oregon Malheur Evicted - G.O.H.O.M.E.
Number of Days the Malheur NWR Occupied: 22
Amount Pledged Per Day: $3044.50
Total Amount Pledged: $70,129.00 Number of pledges: 1468
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