The call by the environmentalists to REVOKE the permits to develop Vigneto near Benson is a Nazi tactic of stealing property. The Audubon Society and other groups who want the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to be the fall guy like Pontius Pilot seize 12,3000 acres of private land is an evil plot. This economic shakedown is killing normal reasonable property ownership rights. I remember the good old days in the 1950’s and 1960’s when the U.S. Army was a respected builder of dams on the Columbia River for navigation and electric power. As a child in the mid-1930’s I saw the newsreels of the ultimate solution of destroying private property ownership. To me, the tactics of the Audubon Society, the Center for Biological Diversity and other anti-private property objectives are no different than the wickedness we overcame in World War II.
If these self-proclaimed protectors of the environment were to pursue the American Way, they would be advocating solutions. As in days gone by, now, with all the available engineering technology, the Corps of Engineers could be capturing the annual flood waters of the San Hopefully, the Corps will not be duped by the anti-American small cliques of noisy shadow elitists. Hopefully, the Corps will not be duped by the anti-American small cliques of noisy shadow elitists. The Corps needs to be the shining light of progress for Cochise County and with its vast engineering talent design-and-build systems to capture the annual flood waters for the good of the community. I know full well that I have stated a harsh indictment of those people who, in the name of the environment, destroy the value of private property and investment capital. Today’s world has unlimited technology to improve our real estate. Saying NO does nothing for Cochise County. We need to push back and make it clear that the self-appointed “do good”ers are not welcome and ask them to stay out of the affairs of Cochise County. In all reality, they have created far greater problems in their own home counties. They need to save the mines and not destroy the development of our natural resources.
David MacCollum
Sierra Vista, AZ