Darkwind
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Wow..What the Moonie Times left out:
Bruce O'Connell, described in the article as the "owner" of the Inn, isn't the owner after all. He leases the place from the National Park Service.
How did they leave that out when they said the inn was on federal land?
"Left out" as in "misled and then failed to clarify". Here's the wording in the article:
>> Inn owner Bruce O'Connell confirmed to The Washington Times that rangers were parked at the entrance to his inn... <<
Except it ain't his inn; it's the gummint's. What Bruce owns is the business of running the inn, for the term of his lease.
As to whether the gummint's in violation of that lease, I don't have a copy of it so I don't know what provision might be in there for gumint shutdowns, but what I read did mention that they told O'Connell he was in violation.
Without "HIS" service, its just an empty building. This makes it HIS inn...Just like a business the leases a building for manufacturing, it is THEIR business and the lease of the building is incidental.