“When we start to close down businesses, to quarantine people, to mask people, there is a cost that comes with that. A financial cost, as we’ve seen in our economy, as well as a social cost.” He said it is…
"...the owners of street-legal OHVs comply with numerous laws and regulations to be given the privilege to drive on a wide range of state and county roads. They also contribute to the maintenance of the state highway system through gasoline…
The rest of Gehrke’s article is similarly feeble. San Juan County has had as its mission and its highest priority to mitigate the negative effects of federal disenfranchisement of our Native American citizens. The record on this effort is extensive.…
What we have seen in Utah, especially in southern Utah, is the steady encroachment and mismanagement of federal resources that are important to our economy. By Phil Lyman, Utah House of Representatives CORRUPTION IN THE BLM This article is about…
The debate over public lands is easily resolved by applying the 10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the States or to the people. Phil Lyman Republican Candidate for Utah House District 73 Three…
"Earlier this week, the county came out and graded this road, and the BLM said, 'well, I guess according to the Title V it's permitted.' And we said, we're not doing it under Title V, we're doing it under RS-2477…
Representative John Curtis sponsored HB 4532 titled “A bill to create the first Tribally managed national monument, and for other purposes.” The first paragraph of the bill, the first action, is to withdraw all of the original 1.35 million acres…
"Ralph Waldo Emerson said, 'God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.' We need fighters. There's a time and a place for peace and good feelings. And there's a time to fight, and this is a time to…
Despite historical documents submitted by Wells supporting the defendants' premise that Recapture road was illegally closed by BLM, the court refused to revisit its decision. Wells himself also performed a great deal of investigative reporting on the coordination between federal…
Recapture Canyon is not closed to motorized use. It sits next to San Juan County's largest town of Blanding, the population of which is more than 50 percent Native American. The road there is not illegal (I never organized an…