eagle1462010
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- May 17, 2013
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1. The EPA, while it does have the right to enforce Environmental Laws, is overreaching it's authority on this matter...........I believe they have NO RIGHT to EVEN BE INVOLVED in this case...........this is a legal BACK DOOR way to CHALLENGE the LAND DISPUTE................
2. If they win in court, which is DOUBTFUL, as the 1905 law will more than likely TRUMP the TREATY, no one will be required to leave the town...............But then comes in the Catch 22 part of this equation...................If they win, BASICALLY NO ONE IN THAT TOWN HAS TO PAY STATE AND LOCAL TAXES ANYMORE..............Whether they are PALEFACE or INDIAN..............
So, the people of that town can now say WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY STATE TAXES ANYMORE OR LOCAL.................
Then the Indians can IMPOSE A TAX ON THE TOWN...............
This is a FREAKING LEGAL NIGHTMARE which WILL BE SETTLED IN THE COURTS..............What the EPA should have done was RESPOND that THIS IS A LEGAL MATTER to be DECIDED IN THE COURTS...............And if you have a LAND DISPUTE, GO TO COURT................
But the EPA, DECIDED TO MAKE A DECISION on the issue when they SHOULD HAVE sent it to the courts WITHOUT BUTTING INTO THE SITUATION.
To me it's a clear ABUSE OF POWER, which doesn't surprise me at all.
2. If they win in court, which is DOUBTFUL, as the 1905 law will more than likely TRUMP the TREATY, no one will be required to leave the town...............But then comes in the Catch 22 part of this equation...................If they win, BASICALLY NO ONE IN THAT TOWN HAS TO PAY STATE AND LOCAL TAXES ANYMORE..............Whether they are PALEFACE or INDIAN..............
So, the people of that town can now say WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY STATE TAXES ANYMORE OR LOCAL.................
Then the Indians can IMPOSE A TAX ON THE TOWN...............
This is a FREAKING LEGAL NIGHTMARE which WILL BE SETTLED IN THE COURTS..............What the EPA should have done was RESPOND that THIS IS A LEGAL MATTER to be DECIDED IN THE COURTS...............And if you have a LAND DISPUTE, GO TO COURT................
But the EPA, DECIDED TO MAKE A DECISION on the issue when they SHOULD HAVE sent it to the courts WITHOUT BUTTING INTO THE SITUATION.
To me it's a clear ABUSE OF POWER, which doesn't surprise me at all.