Norm:

Everything you said to Jack Venrick below, is the very reason I formed the National Association
of Rural Landowners.  It is what I have been saying for over 30
years.  But mostly none of what you say will happen without
establishing a continuing source of growing revenue.  The task is onerous,
if not almost impossible, for the very reasons you mention.  There is
plenty of money to fund enslavement, but not so much to defend freedom.

Nevertheless, you are a shining
example of what can be done when just one American with a common-sense mind, jumps
into the fray and gets their hands dirty in the process.  Had you not done
what you did in alerting other citizens, DOE would have had their way in WRIA
17 and freedom, liberty and property rights would have been the loser.  They may still have their way, but at least you
were instrumental in shining a penetrating light upon them and they had to back
up.  You put them on the defensive and with fairly little effort.  If
we can expand on that effort, which NARLO fully intends to do, we can put them
all on the defense and maybe even get them to live up to their oaths and
duties.  It's a long shot, but worth pursuing.

The level of awareness is rising
across the country.  We need to build on that growing awareness.

My hat is off to you for what you
have done and are doing.

Take care,

Ron

Jack —

If enough of us become involved in the process of government, we
can.

Our great disadvantage is also our greatest asset.
It’s called independence.

We have been raised to be independent, and we don’t band
together well.  When rural folks understand they are under threat, and the
source of that threat, we can be brought together.  United, rural
landowners are a much more formidable force than the full weight of the Big
Green Machine.

We have to outnumber them in legislative public hearing
testimony at the municipal, county, and state level.  We have to ensure
that we are actively involved with every regulatory process that comes our way
from government agencies.  We have to have large enough legal funds to
hire the best land use and water attorneys in the world who will work with
litigation classes of landowners who will pursue their cases all the way to the
U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.  We have to outnumber Gang Green, and we
have to speak with more reason and stronger empirical science than they do.

We have to get all of us actively involved and we have to meet
recalcitrant government agencies and elected bodies wherever they meet, and we
need to support those elected and appointed officials who will work honestly
with us.

Rocket science it’s not.  Overcoming the malaise and
beaten-down feelings our hard-pressed landowners are suffering is the hard
part.  We need a few victories to show that even a few of us can make a
difference.  If we get that, then we can help them understand that a
united front can win more.

Norm