Dirtball Sarah Palin supporter busted for destroying Minnesota wildlife refuge to build ATV course

[Minnesota Raindog]

Grant Yonke's back yard borders pristine Sandhill Crane Natural Area in East Bethel, filled with hundred-year-old trees, nesting cranes, rare turtles and wildflowers. The 533 acres that make up this preserve have escaped any real drastic disturbance in 150 years. Until, authorities say, Yonke decided he wanted to build an ATV track the size of a football field near his property.

Yonke, 27, appeared in Anoka County court last week after being charged in March with felony first-degree property damage, an offense usually associated with smashed-in car windows or spray-painted graffiti on a building. He declined to comment after the brief hearing in the case, which dates to last summer.

A sign on Yonke's property clearly indicates the preserve's boundary line, said Anoka County Park Operations Manager Jeff Perry. He estimated it will cost $12,000 to repair the damage, which allegedly included cutting down nearly a dozen maple, basswood, ash and white oak trees, some 40 years old. Yonke also allegedly hauled large amounts of dirt with machinery to make banks and jumps for his ATV track, destroying vegetation and shrubbery.

"This is most severe park encroachment I've seen in the 20 years I've worked with parks," Perry said. "He told a sheriff deputy that he was surprised it wasn't an allowable activity."

At the state level, Dennis Simon, chief of the Department of Natural Resources' wildlife management section, said he can't remember anybody being charged with a felony for trespassing on DNR property in his 37 years with the agency. He estimated that the DNR, which manages about 1.3 million acres of recreational property, handles about two dozen minor encroachment reports a year, most of which are resolved through restitution.


More here:

http://tinyurl.com/33l8gbm

But then you check out this dirtball's Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/people/Grant-C-Yonke/1119405170

where he expresses his love for Sarah Palin, John McCain and a racist now-banned Facebook page called "You Came to Our Country, You Learn Our Language:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/YOU-came-to-OUR-country-YOU-learn-OUR-language/280294053340

Does this surprise anyone?

[tabasco]

1. A year in jail is justified. n/t

[eShirl]

2. What an ASS!!!

:grr: :nuke: :thumbsdown:

"A sign on Yonke's property clearly indicates the preserve's boundary line"

"He told a sheriff deputy that he was surprised it wasn't an allowable activity." That's the Republicans' M.O.: when you get caught, just play dumb.

[Catshrink]

5. Some of them aren't playing dumb

[Ron Green]

3. I hope all the fuel-burning, noisy, polluting, non-sustainable "recreation" will die soon.

People do lots of nasty shit because of "freedom."

[Arugula Latte]

6. I was on the Oregon dunes at the beach near Florence last summer

There was a massive ATV Fest -- people had come from all over the western USA -- hauling their giant toys in their giant trailers with their giant trucks and SUVs -- to rip up and down these amazing sand dunes at high speed and high velocity. To me, it was America at its worst.

This is how they dunes should be enjoyed:

[WorseBeforeBetter]

10. They certainly do.

Vandalism of Resource Protection Area Closure Signs South of Ramp 38 Results in Expansion of Buffers
http://www.nps.gov/caha/parknews/vandalism-of-resource-protection-area-closure-signs.htm

God forbid rednecks can't drive their 4x4s on North Carolina's beautiful beaches!

[pansypoo53219]

4. i hate people like this.

we are so outnumbered by despoilers.

[Scurrilous]

7. K & R

:thumbsup:

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[OhioChick]

11. I know of many "jobless republicans living off the government"

And...they're bitching because they aren't getting enough! :rofl:

Enjoy your ONE post stay....

[SoxFan]

12. "GO AHEAD, SKINNER, TOMBSTONE ME RIGHT FUCKING NOW!"

And the winner of the Walt Starr Award goes to...

[orleans]

13. is that why you signed up to post here?

so you make personal attacks?
didn't your mother ever teach you any manners?

[Swede]

14. Not an auspicious debut.

Relax and get the vibe of DU before you go off on a rant.

[GoneOffShore]

16. Enjoy your pizza.

[GoneOffShore]

17. You've stereotyped yourself

Selfish, inconsiderate and not at all a human.

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. I'm thinking you'll enjoy the pepperoni

with a thin crust, perhaps?

[GoneOffShore]

20. Smiting in 3.....2....

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. It's been an epidemic here lately

:)

[ismnotwasm]

19. You just describes a teabagger

Or a Polygamous Fundamentalist.

[girl gone mad]

22. "how is he a racist because he wants people to speak English?"

How about if he leads by example? You know.. like by being able to speak English well enough to understand the fucking sign in his back yard that says it's not his property?

What's hilarious is that this moran probably just destroyed his property value with this ignorant antic. 99.9999% of buyers would rather have the trees than some dumb atv course.

[flvegan]

23. Can someone serve this fuckwad her pizza already?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. *snort*

I fart in your general direction.

Also, your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries. Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time.

[myrna minx]

9. K&R n/t

:-(

[Contrary1]

15. If he was a real Palin fan...

He would have built a dog sled course instead.

[salguine]

25. Pity he didn't get the chance to use the track; he seem like one of those

people whose last words are "Hey, y'all! Watch this!"