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RE: [RC] National Forest Lands - Bob MorrisJim: To some extent you are correct. But, here in the west, Idaho in particular, these small parcels of land do not add to the tax base of the local counties. They do, in fact, detract form the tax base and are an expense to the local population. The Feds used to pay an "in lieu" fund to the counties based on the logging production on federal lands. That has all but ceased. The counties therefore get little or no "in lieu" tax funds and are going broke. Realize, the federal lands in some counties are up to 80% of the land in some cases. These rural counties were logging, mining and like industry areas. These counties are trying to boost tourism but that does not pay the same nor furnish the revenues to the county governments as in the past. Every one states Te public lands belong to all citizens of the country, then all of them should contribute to some form of support to those counties with a small tax base? Bob Morris Morris Endurance Enterprises Boise, ID -----Original Message----- From: Jim Holland [mailto:lanconn@xxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 8:20 AM To: 'Bob Morris'; 'Ridecamp' Subject: RE: [RC] National Forest Lands Bob, I have no problem with the FS selling off isolated, small, difficult-to-manage tracts. This is "business as usual", but the money received for those tracts is a National Forest asset and IMHO, should not be used for ANY other purpose other than for the purchase of more appropriate land for the National Forests. Misusing them to fund an education program which is itself probably not financially appropriate considering our current deficit is a travesty. Think about this. If our government had left the Social Security program alone and placed the money in trust instead of using the money for "other" purposes, it would not only be solvent today, but running a surplus and able to offer additional benefits. Bush, (when running for his first term) and Al Gore both promised a "lock box" for Social Security. Looking back at the fiscal irresponsibility of our country over the years, I doubt if either of them would have followed through, anyway. Tragically, our leaders learn nothing from previous mistakes. Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic Richard T. "Jim" Holland Three Creeks Farm 175 Hells Hollow Drive Blue Ridge, Ga 30513 (706) 258-2830 www.threecreeksarabians.com Callsign KI4BEN -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Morris Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 9:54 AM To: 'Mel Cochran'; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] National Forest Lands Mel: If you go to http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/spd.html you will see the size of the parcels range from 0.03 acres to 254.18 acres in size. That makes these isolated pieces of land very difficult to manage. There is no contiguity in the slightest and makes for boundary problems as well. Look closely as to exactly what the total 4522 acres consist of and who the adjacent owners are. Bob Bob Morris Morris Endurance Enterprises Boise, ID =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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