Land auction monkeywrencher has a new plan
Univ. of Utah Student Tim DeChristopher could receive enough money to pay holding fees on leases he won in bid-
DeChristopher hopes to run out the clock
By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune

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Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
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I see the Tribune story now has live links to DeChristoper’s web sites.
I think almost everyone (except maybe the grumpy Deseret News) likes someone who was brave and stood up to the oil speculators and the corrupt Bush Department of Interior folks.
I am glad it’s turning out in his favor.
It seems hypocritical and illogical that criminal charges would be brought against this individual because he does not have the money. If a drilling company goes out of business and defaults on a lease are they subject to jail and fines? I doubt it. This is just another example of how little power we have as individuals in our system of government, especially under the Republicans who supposedly are “for less bureacracy”!
“…especially under the Republicans who supposedly are ‘for less bureaocracy’!”
That’s because they have been successful in transforming this into a “corporatocracy” instead, right before our very eyes.
“Corporate personhood” has to end, now.