Utah- what the hell?

[Hnthrdr]

It’s willful at this point. It’s literally in the press release about the lawsuit that they want property taxes and the only way to get property taxes is to privatize the ground.

Yeah always cracked me up that arguably the reason the west gets so many tourists is our massive public land holdings & tourists = revenue and jobs and taxes. Then you have people in Utah, who claim to be ultra conservatives bummed out they can’t have more taxes… I’m looking at you Mike Lee.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Utards being Utards.

 

[TurkeyReaper69]

That’s the elephant in the room that it seems like everyone ignores, willfully or ignorantly : at least all the folks who are anti federal land

The counties receive PILT from the feds every year, which is a payment on federal land within the county in lieu of property taxes.

I was talking to an elected official in Oregon over the summer (I can't recall if it was in Grant or Harney county either way both counties have a lot of resentment for the Fed land managers). The forest service was acquiring a parcel of land, the county official told me the PILT payment would be higher than the current property tax was on the land due to some sort of agricultural tax exemption or discount. The official said they have to speak negatively on the acquisition to "keep their base happy" or whatever.

So in summary, that elected official rather than being a proponent for the acquisition and explaining the benefits of the acquisition to their constituency, would rather be ignorant and hate on the feds to rile up voters in the county.

 

[WRO]

Yeah always cracked me up that arguably the reason the west gets so many tourists is our massive public land holdings & tourists = revenue and jobs and taxes. Then you have people in Utah, who claim to be ultra conservatives bummed out they can’t have more taxes… I’m looking at you Mike Lee.

Not supporting Mike Lee, but the vast majority of it never sees a tourist or even many hunters.


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[realunlucky]

Not supporting Mike Lee, but the vast majority of it never sees a tourist or even many hunters.


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First that's not where they are wanting to sell off the federal land.
Second vast wide open space is what makes public land an incredible experience. Pulling up to one of Utahs many lookouts and looking out over thousands of untouched acres is something everyone should experience. It's important to preserve that vast "nothingness".

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[HighUintas]

Not supporting Mike Lee, but the vast majority of it never sees a tourist or even many hunters.


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Not true. Southern Utah is crawling with desert rats, ruin hunters, river runners, and canyoneers in as many months of the year as possible.

 

[WRO]

Not true. Southern Utah is crawling with desert rats, ruin hunters, river runners, and canyoneers in as many months of the year as possible.

There’s other states that have public land fyi..


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[HighUintas]

There’s other states that have public land fyi..


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This thread is about Utah sueing the feds and you didn't specify

 

[HighVoltageHunter]

IdahoBeav,

I’m a tradesman and since you are so worried about equitable housing how about I move into your place and you can take my place down here in affordable housing land.