Protecting Clallam County from Wild Olympics Campaign
The chairman of the Clallam County Republican Party has urged county commissioners to withdraw their support of the Wild Olympics Campaign. County commissioners signed a letter of support for the campaign in February 2010, with the condition that any additional land obtained by Olympic National Park had to be from a landowner who was willing to sell.
posted by Tom Harper at 4:36 PM
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And I bet Pilling blames "preservationists" for the fact that the real estate market is so bad. Pilling and the people like him are destroying Port Angeles's chances of recovery. Potential newcomers read the PDN on-line and learn how backward and hateful the locals are, and they choose to live somewhere else.
I'm not up on that so I don't know what to think one way or the other.
Potential newcomers read the PDN on-line and learn how backward and hateful the locals are, and they choose to live somewhere else.
The way the world is going it's better for us that they live somewhere else than here.
Just how many people do you think this area can support considering what they all want?
"Just how many people do you think this area can support considering what they all want?"
You're right. There ain't enough hookers and blow around these parts even without all those potential newcomers moving in.
This non-issue continues to amaze me. The people who are opposing the "Wild Olympics" proposals are the same people who are usually so rabid about "individual property rights". Yet, in this issue, they are attempting to stop WILLING PROPERTY OWNERS from selling their land, IF THEY WANT TO.
This just shows they will say anything to anybody to preserve what they see as their right to rape, pillage and destroy for their own personal gain.
Reading is fundamental: The phrase "Willing-Seller" describes the mechanism by which lands could be acquired by the Park. It does not necessarily indicate that current landowners are willing sellers at this time.
It does seem to imply that the feds would have to pay the 'going price' rather than claim eminent domain. Too bad though, they have to borrow the money from China to do that.
Also since its now pubic land rather than private on which the fed oinkers don't have to pay property taxes, such a transfer means less money for schools in the county.
"It does not necessarily indicate that current landowners are willing sellers at this time."
Hunh?
Well then, if they are not "Willing Sellers" at this time, and they don't want to sell their land, then they do not HAVE TO sell their land. Yes, "Reading is fundamental..", as is basic comprehension.
What this creates is a sort of "wish list" of specific properties that have been identified by studies of having a value to the bigger picture of the park system, so that IF, and WHEN the owners of these properties WANT to sell their properties, they will eventually be incoroporated into the bigger, longer term vision.
"Too bad though, they have to borrow the money from China to do that." We all, collectively, created the Great American Debt, like it or not. Now we have to face the consequences.
"... such a transfer means less money for schools in the county." A transfer of how many undeveloped parcels, maybe? As if this is a major concern, in this day and age. What about the loss of tax revenue because property values have declined by so much? What about the loss of tax revenue because businesses have moved away, employees laid off, etc? What about the loss of tax revenue because people are spending less?
What a non-issue. There are many more important things these folks COULD be concerning themselves with, if they really cared about their community.
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