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Show San Juan County Commissioner Bill Redd Speaks At Kanab Meet KANAB Some 300 people, among them a number from Garfield County that included Commissioner Clare Ramsay, heard San Juan County Commissioner Bill Redd outline his county's battle to save its RS2477 roads at Kanab High School on Aug. 11. Redd was joined by James Marble, Nye County, Nev., Director of Natural Resources who described his county's longstanding, long-standing, on-going and highly organized resistance to federal agency excesses. The meet was sponsored by the Kanab chapter of People for the , USA. The crowd responded enthusiastically enthusias-tically to Redd's powerful and colorful presentation and his claim that the current status of his county's battle is a "hiatus of hostilities." ; (See KANAB MEET on Page 6A) KANAB MEET From Front Page On Monday San Juan County's attorney Steven Urquhart of Thompson and Urquhart, St. George, addressing RS2477 roads and a trespass suit against the federal government filed in behalf of the county, said, "This is a very important issue of states rights. Just because the feds get a whim and decide to change the political agenda and violate law that has been in place for over a century doesn't mean the counties should tuck tail and acquiesce to that lawlessness. Thank heaven we have a few counties that are willing to stick up for the rule of law." Redd showed a map developed from a sophisticated system of satellite surveying that virtually covered every square foot of his 8,000-square-foot southeastern Utah rural county. He said they spent $264,000, or $34.29 a mile on the 2,471 miles of road, taking a total of 16,540 photographs to document conditions of use and "imprint of man." Marble cited the critical need for counties to have a general plan in place. "If you have no general plan, the feds will make one for you," he said. He warned county officials to be wary of "jurisdictional creep" by federal agencies, particularly "agency . people with a specific pet project." "Personnel at large agencies tend be unattuned to local problems because they don't stay long enough to develop ties to the community," he said. Marple said his job is to assess and attempt to ' control local impacts by agencies at the "scoping" level. "Cooperating agency status comes down to personalities of individuals in agencies, and there is a great disparity in the way they are handled," Marble said. |