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On tonight’s Judge Jeanine, Texas Rancher Layne Chapman lays out the details of another federal land grab. This time, the details are much worse than in the case of Cliven Bundy, as the land is not leased, and no money is owed. According to Chapman, the land is privately owned, and has been for generations. He also asserts that all taxes have been paid every year of ownership.
originally posted by: solongandgoodnight
a reply to: buster2010
That's interesting. I obviously grew up with this man along the red river, and the land here has been held by the same families for many years.
A fed land grab here is just unthinkable to us.
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: solongandgoodnight
a reply to: buster2010
That's interesting. I obviously grew up with this man along the red river, and the land here has been held by the same families for many years.
A fed land grab here is just unthinkable to us.
People have a bad habit of assuming something belongs to them when it really doesn't. More than likely his family owns the land up to a certain point then it becomes government land.
land owned by the Northwest Texas Council of the Boy Scouts of America is also reportedly being targeted by the BLM land management study.
BLM said it is merely in the “initial stages of developing options for management of public lands,” as part of a “transparent process with several opportunities for public input.”
BLM Field Manager Stephen Tryon, in a March 17 letter to Thornberry, said officials would eventually look to “ascertain the boundary” between federal and private land and acknowledged residents’ concerns that new surveys could “create cloud to their private property title.”
But he said no new surveys are currently planned, and reiterated that there are no federal claims to Texas land “as defined by multiple rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court.”
An escalating land management spat between Texas landowners and the federal government has spilled over into the state political arena, as one lawmaker criticized statewide elected officials for what he said was their johnny-come-lately interest in the issue for the benefit of getting good press.
The issue centers around a multi-year review the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is planning to undertake along a 116-mile stretch of the Red River, which marks the natural boundary between Texas and Oklahoma. The BLM states up to 90,000 acres area around the river is and has always been in the public domain. Local landowners – and an increasing numbers of local politicians – call the review a land grab, with Attorney General Greg Abbott even warning the federal agency to “Come and take it!”
A BLM spokesman insisted the agency is not looking to take any private land, saying the tracts in question belong the federal government, as laid down in a 1923 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that defined the border between Texas and Oklahoma.
"The BLM is not, I can say categorically, not seeking to seize any privately held land along the Red River," BLM Public Affairs Specialist Paul McGuire said. "What we are trying to do is to determine how and whether these lands can be managed for the benefit of the American people."
According to the BLM, land between the middle of the river and its south gradient bank always has been in the public domain and was never private, even if citizens bought, sold or cared for it.
A 1988 court case by Red River landowner Tommy Henderson, who lost his claim over a fairly large tract of land, gives the agency solid precedent, Texas Farm Bureau spokesman Gene Hall said.
The BLM's draft plan for the land will not be ready for 18 to 24 months yet, the agency said, and a final plan will not be released until 2018 at the earliest. This means Abbott can rack up a political win by criticizing the BLM's moves in the last few months of his tenure without having to take any direct action.
... or perhaps sometimes "good people" can be confused about what is going on, and over react? ... and maybe, just maybe, there are politicians in Texas too who want to jump on a bandwagon in an election year?
originally posted by: buster2010
If you look at a map of the Louisiana purchase the part that is in question in Texas belongs to America.
Article IV, Section 3, Item 2: 2: The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.