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You will find some conflicting views from some of these authors. You will also find that all the authors are deeply concerned about the future of America. What they write is their own opinion, just as what I write is my own.


Sunday, October 4, 2015

Can A Citizens Led Mass Arrest Work?

Citizen's Mass Arrest of the Cabal - What You Need to Know | NOTICE – PUBLIC ORDER – April 3, 2015 issued by Judge Anna von Reitz

The Notice is for all to use. Anyone who is alive, understands the problem, and is willing to take action, can use this notice; (except for a Bar Association member). 


She has made the case for a Citizen’s arrest of the Cabal, which has breached the trust relationship of the people’s implied consent to be governed.

We recently discussed the concepts of why this can be effective in the post How the Cabal Maintains Their Power And What You Need To Do To Stop It – Un-Consent. That article was synchronistically published on the same day as the NOTICE – PUBLIC ORDER; April 3rd 2015. And on good friday, which due to the blood moon tetrad, indicates a year of change, some assert.

Editors Note:  This article is very important to your future and freedom. Read the whole article here:

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Putin calls America's Bluff over ISIS and the USG is caught in its own big lies.

By Preston James Ph.D

In one of the craftiest acts of diplomacy and statesmanship in history, Vladimir Putin has called America’s bluff over ISIS which is now being referred to as the Islamic State.
And in the process President Putin has created a complete checkmate against the secret mercenary army ISIS which is attacking Syria and the Kurds on behalf of secret Intel factions in America, Israel, the Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
And the result? The Establishment disguised as the USG and its secret terrorist CIA mercenary army called ISIS have been caught and are now trapped in their own big lies with no easy way out. And this amazing checkmate created by Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin is generating more and more exposure of these big USG lies by the day. Unless this CIA mercenary army is immediately evacuated it will be completely decimated in the coming days and weeks along with Israeli and Saudi mercenaries who are also part of ISIS.
This article by Preston James Ph.D is an absolute blockbuster.

Monday, September 28, 2015

Visits to the Anna von Reitz website way up this week

This is the weekly stats report for my website www.annavonreitz.com, and the number of visits per week is way up again.
Notice the people who visited this website for the very first time at 465 in one week. This is creating quite a stir out there.
Paul

Summary
Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Total Avg
Pageloads 91 60 115 114 168 87 150 785 112
Unique Visits 80 52 94 101 128 77 128 660 94
First Time Visits 54 29 65 73 97 54 93 465 66
Returning Visits 26 23 29 28 31 23 35 195 28

Kind regards,

Aodhan and the StatCounter Team

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Judge Steve Curry on Commercial salvage liens under common law



Published on Jul 21, 2015
EVERYBODY! GET YOUR REMEDIES WITHOUT GOING TO COURT!
The Freedom Talk Radio Network SETV​ with Andy Peacher​ host Wendy Ann Greene​ and Anon Repo: Judge Steve Curry on Commercial Obligation Salvage Liens - non-judicial remedies which balance the ledger under the current non-asset based monetary system - bringing down the Federal reserve & IMF under the Maritime, Admiralty and Commercial laws - using Natural common Law with an affidavit of Truth, a notice period of 10, 21 or 30 days, and the remedy if there is no rebuttal or protest. This applies to all remedies sought from breach of contract or for services provided outside consent, due to dishonour - including all monetary or public services. A discussion about how to obtain the oath of office of each public servant acting outside that oath - complaining about judges, denying authority to act outside their own oaths to serve and protect the public - laws relied upon are internationally applicable under natural law, people's laws, man woman or child. So if they took a child and you did not consent, you believe there is a possibility of future emotional harm within the criminal genocidal child trafficking foster care system (since they fail to remove satanic cult members of the Brotherhood in public service), you do not go to court before administrators impersonating public servants - you instead make an affidavit of truth and get your kids back...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI-q6...
www.freedomtalkradio.co.uk
Email Andy Peacher on freedomtalkradio2013@gmail.com to come as guest, host, volunteer

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

West Virginians file suit against the government corporation!

THREE WEST VIRGINIA GENTLEMEN SUED THE STATE FOR FRAUDULENTLY CALLING ITSELF A LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT!

 

In one of the most important legal (lawful) actions that has ever taken place in America, Thomas Deegan, Phil Hudok and Gene Stalnaker filed a complaint against the STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA for fraud. They did an excellent job of nailing down all of the facts as well as naming the guilty parties in their state. All 50 states have been set up with the same for-profit corporate structure.

Found here:  
http://anticorruptionsociety.com/2015/09/09/west-virginians-file-suit-against-the-government-corporation/


Monday, September 21, 2015

The M Word - Militia, What is it, really?



By Jason Van Tatenhove



The militia is defined  by Wikipedia as: an army or other fighting force that is composed of non-professional fighters; citizens of a nation or subjects of a state or government that can be called upon to enter a combat situation, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full time military personnel. It was common for militias to engage guerrilla warfare or defense instead of attacking.
Our founding fathers felt so strongly about our natural right to self defense and the necessity of an armed militia for the protection of that right, that they wrote it right into our founding documents.
The modern militia movement began to gain serious ground after the Waco incident, as we began to open our eyes, as Americans, to just how far our own government would go to set up a pretext to demonstrate the so called need for our alphabet soup agencies and their accompanying funding. After the Federal Building was bombed and the start of an intensive mis-information campaign, the movement went largely underground.
Today, unfortunately, due in large part to the mainstream media, SPLC, ADL and other so called watch groups, the mainstream perception of the militia is so very far from the truth. Today we are called extremists, domestic terrorists, and you can be sure to throw in a few back handed comments about us all being toothless, back-woods, hillbillies and rednecks. While a good majority of us may indeed come from a backwoods background, we need to really look at what is the truth behind the demonization. Instead of being called the derogatory, dismissive names that we are, we need to start calling the good-folks that serve in the Citizen Militia what they really are; first responders, former Military, current military, fire fighters, EMT’s, doctors, medical professionals, small business owners, husbands, wives, sons and daughters, preppers, true American Patriots, and heroes.
My first experience, personally, with what I would consider a real, trained, competent, and professional citizen’s militia of today, was at Bundy Ranch. Since then, I have had the honor and privilege to work, train, and deploy on patriotic operations such as Sugar Pine Mine and Lincoln County Montana with some of these incredible people. Whether it is standing guard over our own military recruiters that are not allowed by their own government to defend themselves after what any sane thinking human being would call an act of terrorism, or standing shoulder to shoulder with these fellow Americans as they took time away from their jobs and loved ones to go to Bundy Ranch and say we will not let another Waco happen on our watch.
I implore every American who is buying into the mainstream lies to reach out to your local militia, 3% group, or Oath Keeper chapter, and see for yourself, from your own experience, just who it is that makes up the fabric of our modern American Militia Movement.

Allen Lardier, West Virginia Son’s of the Second and the militias that are in that area of the Appalachian Redoubt seem to be cut from that very fabric I am talking about. This past weekend during an aerial training session they took the time to put together this short video talking about these very subjects. Please, take the time to watch this video and share it with your fellow patriots.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

After Action Report - Operation Big Sky - White Hope Mine in Lincoln Montana



I am back in Eureka after 1 month and 4 days in Lincoln Montana at Operation Big Sky, the security operation for the White Hope Mine, where George Kornec and his partner Phil Nappo, asked the Oathkeepers to come and make sure the US Forest Service didn't deny them their due process rights under the 4th and 5th Amendments to the US Constitution.

My role was to establish communications from a very remote mining location, far off the grid and without any telephone or cell service, and to make sure those comms stayed up and running 24/7 while we were in the area. The challenge was daunting. The only power available at the mine was solar, or by generator. The distance between the mine and Lincoln is about 20 miles, but the terrain is difficult to say the least. The mine sits in a big bowl with mountains in 3 directions around it, and only one narrow V pathway out, which was in the general direction of Lincoln but not a straight shot for signal.

I picked the Three Bears Motel in the west end of Lincoln because I saw there could be a signal pathway right down the highway through Lincoln which pointed in the general direction of the mine.  I rented the room closest to the highway, and went to the mine that night to set up a portable base station for the security crew already on station just 150 feet from the entrance to the mine's main shaft.

Sandy Hook - Proof it was a staged event



Found Here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxTafqejV6k#t=697

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Update on the White Hope Mine, and Operation Big Sky

Hey everyone,  I am still in Lincoln after arriving on August 4th. 
It's been a wild ride with something new almost every day.  Many people have come from around the country to help for a short time, and have gone again.

We have had people from Texas, South Carolina, Oregon, Washington,Colorado, many from Idaho and Montana, and probably more states that I don't know about.

We have accomplished many of the objectives we came here for. There is a pathway now in the corporate tribunal that calls itself the federal court system. There are attorneys involved and advisers with some very specialized knowledge of mining laws involved. If it were not for Oathkeepers leading this action there could have been some very ugly actions taken against these veterans and miners, and we feel we stopped that cold in it's tracks. We have had lots of help from the Idaho III% groups and the Josephine County Oathkeepers. 

It has truly been an honor to meet some great people and see again some of the people who were at the Bundy ranch and the Sugar Pine mine. 

Of course there are many incidents going on around the country; too many for us to be at all of them, but you can be sure we will always do whatever we can to stand for truth, and good order, where we can make sense out of some bad situations, and where we see we can do some real good for freedom.

We have had lots of local support in the last two weeks from people who at first were not at all sure of who we are and what we do to protect their rights.  That has all changed, except in the minds of the liberals in the area, who won't believe it even when their leftist good ole boy club is losing all it's power when the people get fully awake very soon.

More about all that in a future after action report once I get home.

In the meantime, we still need your support, as it looks like it could easily be almost two weeks yet before we come home to rest and get ready for the next one. Yes there are more hot spots popping up around the country where we will be needed. 

We got great support from some local hams. K7LMT Bill Kornec, the nephew of George Kornec, the principle miner, has been invaluable as an anchor station, and in many other ways helping smooth the path with the locals. He comes to our 1.914 net every so often, and so does K7WES Wes Rowe, who donated a five element 2 meter beam that really helped our communications effectiveness between here and the mine.

We also have a great working relationship with the people who own the Three Bears Motel where I have been since the beginning. Kevin and Louanne Minear have been the most gracious of hosts, and we even have been able to meet and visit at length with Louanne's parents who are here for about 30 days staying in their motorhome. 

I picked this Motel because I thought I could get a good signal into the mine from here, and that turns out to be the case. Of course the heavy smoke in the air from the fire between here and the mine sometimes partially disrupts the signal but we can still talk.  Hey, if it ain't broke don't fix it, right?

We still need some people to relieve the guys at the mine, so if you can do some security work, and are equipped and experienced with those operations please come and help us for a few days. If you can't do that, you can always throw a few bucks in the kitty to help us.

To contribute to the communications part of this:

To help reimburse the guys for gas and eats:
https://vegaswebsites.formstack.com/forms/donate

And finally we have the new donation button for the Miners legal defense fund that goes directly to their bank in Lincoln Montana.

Paul Stramer
SLC Distributing
Eureka Montana USA
800 889 2839
www.redoxmolecules.biz/splash.html

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

White Hope Mine - legal pathway in sight, Judge issues order.

Judge Charles C Lovell has issued and caused to be served by U.S. Marshals, an order that might be looking out for the interests of the Miners, and shows a pathway for them to have their day in court.

I am not a lawyer, and no legal expert by any stretch, but it appears that in making clear that the miners must answer the summons issued earlier, and that they need to be represented by "Licensed Council" before a pretrial conference on Sept. 4th, that at least within the rules of a federal court/ corporate tribunal, the miners might be on a path that will lead to a trial before the end of the year.

Oathkeepers has promised to be here until such a court date is actually set, so it looks like we might be here at least another 2 to 3 weeks, but I think the USFS has been sent a message by this Judge that yes these miners have a right to be heard BEFORE any taking of their property, and I think (all of this is just my opinion) that for any government agency to interject themselves into this while these orders are in effect they would not only be in trouble with the court, but they would lose all semblance of fairness and destroy their own credibility with not only the Judge, but most of all the public.

That last one is the most important, because really, this case is being tried RIGHT NOW as we speak in the COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION and we are winning that trial big time.

Monday, August 17, 2015

Colorado Judge Curry: “It appears we might be having some form of revolution within the ranks…” – US Marshals

On Aug 7, 2015, at 12:26 PM, Steve Curry wrote:
It appears we might be having some form of revolution within the ranks, as we are learning that our US Marshals, or at least 70% of them, have had it with the corruption & fraud at both the Federal & State levels, while 30% of them want to continue taking bribes to look the other way when it comes to arresting corrupt public officials. This is, definitely, the case in Denver, and other districts, as well.
According to several reliable sources, there are a good number of US Marshals asking for arrest warrants to reign in these true terrorists, yet, those warrants would come from the DOJ, the most corrupt corporate agency on the Continent.
With that in mind, perhaps these Marshals are asking for arrest warrants from the People, and from the Superior Courts of the Continental United States of America?
If this is the case, we would need additional judges to handle the work load, and we would happy to oblige them.
For your local region, the attached HTML link offers contact information for each district, should you wish to support their efforts in turning our country around.

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Donations needed for communications at Operation Big Sky - White Hope Mine

Please forward far and wide. 

See the latest video interview of a friend of the miners at this link: http://pacificpatriotsnetwork.com/
Look in the upper right corner of the page and click on the picture.

BREAKING ARMED PATRIOTS IN MONTANA FULL STORY! PEACEFUL!


We are in need here at Operation Big Sky of logistical support for the communications end of this operation.

If you can't come here and help there is a link to donate in this email.

I will be here as long as it takes to get these miners their day in court
or until I can't afford to stay.

So far we have set up and have in operation solid communications links with the mine and in town to run the whole operation including LED lights for the crew at the mine, which is entirely off grid, 
and both local and long range comm for the teams.

My cell number is 406 253 4257 if you have any questions before you decide how you want to help out. I will not reveal any operational information, but will give you a general idea of what we would like to do in the way of equipment.

These two miners have their ducks in a row and are absolutely right with
their paper work and the rights that are being violated. Their interests in this mine have been in place for many years, just as were Cliven Bundy's and the rights of the miners in Grants Pass.

This is for all of us. This is just another in a long fight to keep our
country free and in good order.

This donation link is for my equipment, motel, gas, and food and keeping the bills paid back in Eureka so I can continue to stay here in Lincoln.  Whatever you can do 
will help ease the burden on Oathkeepers, and will allow me to improve comm security and training. Just the continuous training and the trips back and forth from town to the mine are a challenge.

Click this link to donate through PayPal to the communications end of this operation.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=LWAWK5MHXCHQN


We need licensed hams to run comm out of the mine. We have a good basic system but not enough people who have ham licenses to have shifts. These guys are staying up for days to make sure we have comm 24/7 for security, and I haven't gotten a lot of sleep in the last several days either.

Call for more info.

406 253 4257



Paul Stramer
Operation Big Sky
Lincoln Montana

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

What is in a Name? You might be surprised.



07.19.2015 by James White NorthWest Liberty News
What is in a Name?
For the first time in my relatively short writing career, I am going to present an article and video that should pertain to 100% of the audience. How is that possible? Because everyone has a name, or has had a name at some point in their life. We are, of course, excluding any artists “formerly know as” and the respective symbol that replaced their name. But, I digress.
A person’s name is basically broken down into 2 parts. Your first name essentially represents you, while your last name essentially represents your family, or your family line. This point contains no revelation, but is merely used to establish a foundation. The real significance in a name is not necessarily who you are, or what family line you descended from. No, the real significant part of your name is how it is spelled; more specifically, is it in ALL CAPS signifying your bondage, or have you already, like the “Living Man” in the video below, unplugged from the system?
It may be difficult for the average reader of this article to believe that the whole capitol letter – small letter issue has any real significance. I feel you. I initially thought the same way. However, I am a person who, when presented with a theory, tries to follow it logically; while doing my best to shed opinion and hyperbole in the process.
Subsequently, I was introduced to The Mental Militia, and to a man named ernie; ter telgte (his spelling). Shortly thereafter, any misgivings about the spelling of our name, and the significance of its capitalization, quickly perished.
In the video below, ernie lays out the 3 ways in which our names are commonly represented, and what the significance is of each representation. Is the information here intended to be a “silver bullet” that cures all our woes? C’mon, we’re all smarter than that. No, it is presented to further educate you about who you really are, and to help you recognize the open fraud that we all voluntarily participate in every day. What is in a name? Quite a lot, it seems.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

UNITED STATES is a Corporation - There are Two Constitutions - Sovereignty



If you want the whole picture of this FRAUD there are two ways to get it.

1.   Click this link:  http://www.annavonreitz.com/   and read all the articles by this Judge in Big Lake Alaska

2. Buy the new book by Anna von Reitz and James Belcher at this link on Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=You+Know+Something+Is+Wrong+When

Thursday, July 16, 2015

The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

Brown ScapularA
magnificent assurance of salvation is Our Lady’s Brown Scapular. One of the great mysteries of our time is that the great majority of Catholics either ignore or have forgotten he Blessed Virgin Mary’s promise that “whoever dies wearing this (Scapular) shall not suffer eternal fire.” She further says: "Wear it devoutly and perseveringly. It is my garment. To be clothed in it means you are continually thinking of me, and I in turn, am always thinking of you and helping you to secure eternal life." 
Many Catholics may not know that it is the wish of our Holy Father, the Pope, that the Scapular Medal should not be worn in place of the Cloth Scapular without sufficient reason. Mary cannot be pleased with any one who substitutes the medal out of vanity, or fear to make open profession of religion. Such persons run the risk of not receiving the Promise. The medal has never been noted for any of the miraculous preservations attributed to the Brown Cloth Scapular. 
During the Scapular Anniversary celebration in Rome, Pope Pius XII told a very large audience to wear the brown Scapular as a sign of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Our Lady asked for this consecration in the last apparition at Fatima, when She appeared as Our Lady of Mount Carmel, holding the Brown Scapular out to the whole world. It was her last loving appeal to souls to wear her Scapular as a sign of Consecration to her Immaculate Heart. 
Blessed Claude de la Colombiere, the renowned Jesuit and spiritual director of St. Margaret Mary, gives a point which is enlightening. He said: “Because all the forms of our love for the Blessed Virgin, all its various modes of expression cannot be equally pleasing to Her, and therefore do not assist us in the same degree to Heaven, I say without a moment’s hesitation the BROWN SCAPULAR is the most favored of all!” He also adds: “No devotion has been confirmed by more numerous authentic miracles than the Brown Scapular.”

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Blockbuster book and new article from Anna Von Reitz

It's In The Box!  
An Announcement for All Americans and All Other People Affected
On the 239th Anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence




Echoing John Adams regarding the Declaration of Independence and the unanimous vote in favor of independence — “It’s done!”
         The culmination of over thirty years of correspondence, inquiries, researches, collaborations, meetings, document requests, etc., etc., etc., —- all strangely ending in the publication of a comic book— it is done.
         The Comic Book is now available from Amazon.com. The title is “You Know Something Is Wrong When…..An American Affidavit of Probable Cause” by Anna Maria Riezinger and James Clinton Belcher, illustrated by Paul Allen Snover.

         We feel oddly at peace.

         We have ferreted out the truth and boiled it down into a form that everyone everywhere can understand, and from here on it becomes the problem of the whole world to solve.
         It will be interesting to some to know that James Clinton Belcher is descended from the same family that founded Princeton University and whose family Coat of Arms became the basis of the Great Seal of the United States. I have royal blood considerably bluer than the Danube—which under the present circumstance is not bragging.
         We were predisposed to be concerned by poor governance in the same way that terriers are disposed to go after rats and mongooses do not need to think about attacking cobras.

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

How Greece was robbed by the bankers

This is what they are doing to the USA right NOW!

Every single mainstream media has the following narrative for the economic crisis in Greece: the government spent too much money and went broke; the generous banks gave them money, but Greece still can’t pay the bills because it mismanaged the money that was given. It sounds quite reasonable, right?
Except that it is a big fat lie … not only about Greece, but about other European countries such as Spain, Portugal, Italy and Ireland who are all experiencing various degrees of austerity.
It was also the same big, fat lie that was used by banks and corporations to exploit many Latin American, Asian and African countries for many decades.
Greece did not fail on its own. It was made to fail.
This blockbuster article was found here: 

Saturday, July 4, 2015

The Landmark 'Credit River Decision' that should have ended the Federal Reserve Fraud

The Federal Reserve Act is Unconstitutional

A Minnesota Trial Court's decision holding:
  • the Federal Reserve Act unconstitutional and VOID
  • holding the National Banking Act unconstitutional and VOID
  • declaring a mortgage acquired by the First National Bank of Montgomery, Minnesota in the regular course of its business, along with the foreclosure and
  • the sheriff's sale, to be VOID
This decision, which is legally sound, has the effect of declaring all private mortgages on real and personal property, and all U.S. and State bonds held by the Federal Reserve, National and State Banks to be null and VOID.

http://www.constitutionalconcepts.org/creditriver.htm

http://www.educationcenter2000.com/legal/credit_river_decision.htm

http://www.rense.com/general70/cash.htm

http://anticorruptionsociety.com/2012/04/12/the-credit-river-decision-should-have-been-a-game-changer/

http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/dollar-deception.php

http://www.paulstramer.net/2014/09/for-deeper-understanding-by-anna-von.html

This one decision alone should have ended the Federal Reserve for Fraud as the cause!

There is NO statute of limitations on FRAUD.

The reason it didn't is the corruption in the corporate court system in Amerika.

http://www.paulstramer.net/2015/05/corruption-in-courts-iv.html

For the detailed background and history of how all this was done to us:

http://www.annavonreitz.com

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

New field of science promises quantum leaps forward in your health and longevity

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What is Redox Signaling and what can it do for your health and well being?




Watch the video of this new catagory of health science, with millions of dollars in research behind it, and see how it can change your life for the better in many different ways.

Then see how this one of a kind patented product can help your finances and well being at the same time.







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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Lindsey Williams on the Global Currency Reset coming within 90 days



We have been saying this would happen for about 3 years now. It might not happen in the time frame he says, but then again it looks to us like it will.

Yes the Federal Reserve Note will take a huge hit, or be gone entirely, and we will probably see a gold standard.

What will the new reserve currency be?  It won't be dollars!

This is all TREASON.

GET OUT OF THE BANKS NOW and get into something real.

Here is what I am doing about this.

http://www.teapartysilver.com

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Are Redox Signaling Molecules the future of health science?

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If you could find a way to get your cells to repair themselves or get out of the way of better health, when would you want the information?



Watch the video of this new catagory of health science, with millions of dollars in research behind it, and see how it can change your life for the better in many different ways. Then see how this one of a kind patented product can help your finances and well being at the same time.

Monday, June 8, 2015

A Republic if you can keep it. by Ammon Bundy

What happened to AB408 in Nevada




The left does this in every state. Our Republic is almost gone.

Get ready for the worst tyranny ever in the history of the world.

Jade Helm 15 Update - Tell us what you think?



Please comment and tell us what you think about this video.

Thursday, June 4, 2015

American Lands Council head Ken Ivory accused of fraud?



American Lands Council
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You've likely seen the outrageous "fraud" allegation in the Salt Lake Tribune Headline yesterday. Now you can hear both sides from the Trib Talk interview today.
Learn the real story about the Dark Money DC political attack group that claims -- without ever talking to the counties -- that the counties were "defrauded" because the counties themselves formed, and support, an organization, the American Lands Council, to combine their strength and fight for better access, better health, and better productivity for their public lands.

Below is the official press release by the American Lands Council, followed by the Trib Talk interview given by Ken Ivory yesterday. Thank you for your continued support!

PRESS RELEASE

FOR RELEASE: JUNE 1, 2015

FROM: AMERICAN LANDS COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

RE: FALSE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST KEN IVORY
This week a slanderous attack was levied against American Lands Council (ALC) President Ken Ivory by a mysterious new group seeking to derail our mission of transferring federal public lands to willing states. In an orchestrated publicity stunt, the group filed consumer complaints alleging that ALC's efforts to discuss with and educate the public about state control of public land is somehow,"fraudulent." Ironically they allege this while simultaneously issuing a press release touting unfounded and inaccurate claims about Ken Ivory, ALC and our supporters.

"There are those who would like to silence our organization and deny the public the opportunity to discuss critical issues regarding ownership and management of public lands." said Kane County, UT Commissioner Doug Heaton who is a founding member of the American Lands Council. "The economic, legal, and environmental case for transferring public lands to the states is so strong that hundreds of elected officials have joined our efforts to improve access, health, and productivity on public lands through local control, and nearly every state in the west has introduced transfer of public lands related legislation. Some states have called for the transfer and others are studying it. Even eastern states are coming on board."

Recently, key members of Congress formed a "Federal Land Action Group" to map out a path for transferring federal land to willing states, noting, "The federal government has been a lousy landlord for western states and we simply think the states can do better."

The American Lands Council was established in 2012 by County Commissioners and State Legislators who share the goal of achieving more thoughtful, accountable, and locally driven stewardship to improve public access, environmental health, and economic productivity on public lands.

As for the personal attacks on Ivory, Heaton surmised, "That is the low road the opposition seems to prefer, but it's nothing more than another deceptive publicity stunt. Ken Ivory is a man of impeccable integrity, an unfailing advocate of liberty, and a brilliant legal mind. We are blessed to have him leading this effort because better management of our public lands truly will benefit our counties, states, and our nation as whole."

Ivory brushed it off as "desperate bullying."

"These types of organizations have just destroyed Western public lands  through this kind of  litigation and bullying tactics," he said. "They're so afraid of the success that the transfer of public lands movement is having that they're stooping to these kinds of bullying  tactics because they can't tolerate basic political debate."

Ivory successfully sponsored Utah's Transfer of Public Lands Act which passed into law in 2012. The policy has garnered endorsements from the National Association of Counties and a variety of state and local governments, as well as other organizations who have studied the issue.

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The Federal control of land goes beyond the ongoing “land grabs” in various forms.  While claiming “protection” in the public interest, increasing federal restrictions remove it from productive human use and enjoyment. Lands become a tax burden rather than an asset. Care and maintenance is neglected while federal funding is funneled into even more land acquisition.  The environment deteriorates with wildfires, mudslides, flooding etc. in combination with declining forest health and imbalance of wildlife on grazing lands.  Ken Ivory, a highly qualified attorney and state legislator, has worked for years to legally and constitutionally give the western states opportunity to provide proper land management which would benefit all involved and allow the federal lands to finance their own healthy recovery.      Clarice Ryan