06/14/2011
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"In Secretary Salazar's October 19 letter to me, the Secretary states that even with a full withdrawal, development of up to 11 mines in the area over the next 20 years is reasonably foreseeable."
"Without programs like the PILT program, which provides a payment to local counties in lieu of the property taxes that cannot otherwise be assessed, local school districts and counties shoulder the ent..."
"But it is asking a requirement. The Federal Government is asking a requirement for these Federal lands that they do maintain these on a day-to-day basis yet not compensate it on a day-to-day basis. Is..."
"From the very beginning of our nation's history, we have recognized that states and localities are unable under the principles of federalism to tax federal land."