Arizona ballot measure contests ownership of the Grand Canyon

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Arizona ballot measure contests ownership of the Grand Canyon

By Tim Gaynor

PHOENIX | Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:12am EDT

(Reuters) - When voters in Arizona go to the polls next month, they will be asked to decide a landownership tug of war: Should the Grand Canyon belong to all Americans, or just the residents of Arizona?

A controversial ballot measure backed by Republicans in the state legislature is seeking sovereign control over millions of acres of federal land in the state, including the Grand Canyon.

Proposition 120 would amend the state's constitution to declare Arizona's sovereignty and jurisdiction over the "air, water, public lands, minerals, wildlife and other natural resources within the state's boundaries."

The measure is the latest salvo in the so-called "sagebrush revolt" by Republicans in the West aiming to take back control of major swaths of land owned by various federal agencies, much of it by the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management.

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[davidpdx]

1. Is Arizona trying to "secessed" like Texas

It certainly sounds like it.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. If it passes then Arizona should lose every single dime of Federal money for all reasons,

including defense.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

3. Eliminate federal air traffic from their air, close things like Sky Harbor, Davis-Monthan. Pour the

money into other states.

Same with Texas.

[struggle4progress]

4. "We'll just run the railroad right to the rim, Rusty, and dump New York's garbage in it"