Hughes Creek gate update

[tjones]

thks for update, i am confused, hasnt this case been to court 2x , and deemed legal road

does every linear foot of a road , need to be proven a foot at a time?

Yep, twice the landowners have lost at the state supreme court.

 

[Goodfish]

Suing our elected officials to do their job...

 

[300stw]

well

 

[tjones]

It just keeps getting weirder.

Hughes Creek road landowner trades excavator for gate to block road

Despite the fact county crews cleared downed trees and removed a gate, public access to the remote Hughes Creek road remains blocked after the landowner placed a large excavator on

ravallirepublic.com

 

[Schaaf]

It just keeps getting weirder.

Hughes Creek road landowner trades excavator for gate to block road

Despite the fact county crews cleared downed trees and removed a gate, public access to the remote Hughes Creek road remains blocked after the landowner placed a large excavator on

ravallirepublic.com

 

[texwest44]

This dude pulled up a metal gate for fear of something happening to it, and left an entire functioning excavator behind in its place?

Not to go off on a tangent, but I fear for our futures when our system and leaders can't manage to out-maneuver this kind of a bozo.

Back in Texas, they'd tell this guy TS and start paving the road, and if he didn't pay those fines they'd start seizing his property and throw him in jail.

 

[Schaaf]

Back in Texas, they'd tell this guy TS and start paving the road, and if he didn't pay those fines they'd start seizing his property and throw him in jail.

I don’t know man, I think Ted Cruz would be so far up these landowners ass he’d be happier than that time he fled to Cancun.

 

[duckhunt]

He said the county needs to prove its public. What a bunch of crap. why doesnt the county tell him he needs to prove its private.

 

[texwest44]

I don’t know man, I think Ted Cruz would be so far up these landowners ass he’d be happier than that time he fled to Cancun.

Ted Cruz wouldn't be caught dead in the presence of these dirt plowing rock-pickers, much less advocate for them. He'd be in the pocket of the multinational corporation who bribed him to let them build the road through the landowner's pasture in the first place, I'd reckon. A lot of highways in TX are toll roads that are owned by foreign, private companies. Railways, too. A lot of land gets taken in the process of these messes. My family's pasture land had miles of electric line run through it - and it was not a request. If I recall correctly we had to provide a padlock and key for their access, too (this is many, many years ago we're talking).

https://grist.org/climate-energy/te...ranscanada-can-seize-land-from-a-family-farm/

That's just one instance. From recently. When Texas decides it's time for #*^@#* you, it's time for #*^@#* you.

 

[tjones]

We have a Senator that lives down that way. She advertises a 100% voting record with UPOM during her campaign.


I have tried to explain that’s not a good thing.

 

[RobG]

Thanks for keeping up the good fight. This one must be maddening.

 

[duckhunt]

Ted Cruz wouldn't be caught dead in the presence of these dirt plowing rock-pickers, much less advocate for them. He'd be in the pocket of the multinational corporation who bribed him to let them build the road through the landowner's pasture in the first place, I'd reckon. A lot of highways in TX are toll roads that are owned by foreign, private companies. Railways, too. A lot of land gets taken in the process of these messes. My family's pasture land had miles of electric line run through it - and it was not a request. If I recall correctly we had to provide a padlock and key for their access, too (this is many, many years ago we're talking).

https://grist.org/climate-energy/te...ranscanada-can-seize-land-from-a-family-farm/

That's just one instance. From recently. When Texas decides it's time for #*^@#* you, it's time for #*^@#* you.

A public road that is blocked by someone is completely different than what you're talking about. I understand what you are saying but this situation is no different than you or I blocking a highway. It's completely ridiculous.

 

[Schaaf]

State takes landowner to court over locked gate

An access dispute over Tenderfoot Road in the Little Belt Mountains escalated on Friday when a lawsuit against Howard Zehntner and Zehntner Brothers LLC was filed on Friday in Meagher

billingsgazette.com

Old enough to remember when we had an Attorney General that stood up for the public.

 

[tjones]

Thanks for keeping up the good fight. This one must be maddening.

The non action by the county commissioners for years is almost as bad as dealing with the land owners.

PLWA is doing the heavy lifting on this, if anyone is looking for a place to donate a bit of cash this is a great outfit.

 

[300stw]

if the guy digs a hole in the road and a person or horse or cow falls in it and gets hurt, i would imagine a serious lawsuit could be had,,,,

 

[RobG]

The non action by the county commissioners for years is almost as bad as dealing with the land owners.

PLWA is doing the heavy lifting on this, if anyone is looking for a place to donate a bit of cash this is a great outfit.

That's right about PLWA. Thank them for Montana's stream access laws and so much more. There are more problems than they can handle with their budget. Sign up for $10 or $20 per month and you won't miss it. https://www.plwa.org/

 

[RobG]

And of course Tony Jones's (aka tjones) group is no small player in getting this and other work done. https://rcfwa.org/

 

[tjones]

Latest obstacle removed from Hughes Creek Road

For the moment, the controversial Hughes Creek Road in the upper reaches of West Fork of the Bitterroot is finally open to the public.

ravallirepublic.com

 

[Carnage2011]

Strange folks there in the Root....I'll keep my distance.

 

[mtmuley]

Strange folks there in the Root....I'll keep my distance.

Wish more people felt that way. mtmuley