MikeN
12-10-2004, 01:08 PM
http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2004/11/24/opinion/peltesonltr.html <http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2004/11/24/opinion/peltesonltr.html>
DeMeo's 'de man'
In the summer of 2004, the BLM state director, Robert Abby, contacted
Sheriff Tony DeMeo and informed him that he was going to use his BLM
law-enforcement personnel to serve a citation on rancher Wayne Hage for
exercising his property rights.
DeMeo informed Abby that the BLM didn't have the law enforcement
authority. Abby then began to threaten some type of strong-arm raid
against Hage and some other ranchers.
DeMeo concluded the matter by informing Abby that the BLM was
interfering in the sheriff's jurisdiction. DeMeo then informed both the
BLM and the USFS that they had been told to stay off the Hage ranch and
that any complaints about BLM or USFS personnel on the Hage property
would result in a citation from the sheriff's department for trespass.
Finally, the agencies and their environmental friends were forced to
comply with the proper "force of law and justice."
The country's citizens and sheriffs should take heed: The day when
sheriffs who are truly sheriffs outnumber those who are willing to cave
in to federal intimidation is the day when a force of law and justice
will return to the American scene and the threat of anarchy and tyranny
will begin to vanish.
Sheriff DeMeo, you are one cool guy!
DeMeo's 'de man'
In the summer of 2004, the BLM state director, Robert Abby, contacted
Sheriff Tony DeMeo and informed him that he was going to use his BLM
law-enforcement personnel to serve a citation on rancher Wayne Hage for
exercising his property rights.
DeMeo informed Abby that the BLM didn't have the law enforcement
authority. Abby then began to threaten some type of strong-arm raid
against Hage and some other ranchers.
DeMeo concluded the matter by informing Abby that the BLM was
interfering in the sheriff's jurisdiction. DeMeo then informed both the
BLM and the USFS that they had been told to stay off the Hage ranch and
that any complaints about BLM or USFS personnel on the Hage property
would result in a citation from the sheriff's department for trespass.
Finally, the agencies and their environmental friends were forced to
comply with the proper "force of law and justice."
The country's citizens and sheriffs should take heed: The day when
sheriffs who are truly sheriffs outnumber those who are willing to cave
in to federal intimidation is the day when a force of law and justice
will return to the American scene and the threat of anarchy and tyranny
will begin to vanish.
Sheriff DeMeo, you are one cool guy!