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Public lands chief hangs on despite nomination getting nixed
10:51 AM ET, 08/19/2020
BILLINGS, Mont. — A former oil industry attorney will continue calling the shots for a government agency that oversees nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the U.S. West, despite the White House saying over the weekend that President Donald Trump would withdraw the nomination of William Perry Pendley.
Pendley’s continued reign at the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management comes under an unusual arrangement that Pendley himself set up months ago, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press.
In May, as a temporary authorization for him to lead the agency was about to expire, Pendley signed an order that made his own position, deputy director of policy and programs, the bureau’s default leadership post while the director’s slot is vacant, the document shows.
Details of the succession plan prompted Democrats on Tuesday to renew their calls for Pendley's removal.
Anyone with half a brain is asking themselves why a former oil industry attorney is calling the shots for a government agency that oversees nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the U.S. West.
The answer is clear. Trumpery. The all encompassing term for corruption, incompetence, graft, and the prostitution of public lands for the profit of legacy energy companies.
10:51 AM ET, 08/19/2020
BILLINGS, Mont. — A former oil industry attorney will continue calling the shots for a government agency that oversees nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the U.S. West, despite the White House saying over the weekend that President Donald Trump would withdraw the nomination of William Perry Pendley.
Pendley’s continued reign at the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management comes under an unusual arrangement that Pendley himself set up months ago, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press.
In May, as a temporary authorization for him to lead the agency was about to expire, Pendley signed an order that made his own position, deputy director of policy and programs, the bureau’s default leadership post while the director’s slot is vacant, the document shows.
Details of the succession plan prompted Democrats on Tuesday to renew their calls for Pendley's removal.
Anyone with half a brain is asking themselves why a former oil industry attorney is calling the shots for a government agency that oversees nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the U.S. West.
The answer is clear. Trumpery. The all encompassing term for corruption, incompetence, graft, and the prostitution of public lands for the profit of legacy energy companies.
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