Nail on the head.
Thanks to President Stompy Foot, elderly residents have been forced out of their private homes on Lake Mead because they happen to be located on federal land.
It’s shutdown theater gone wild.
http://twitter.com/#!/3Quarters2Day/status/386710123487301632 http://twitter.com/#!/reviewjournal/status/386693302495358976As the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports, some 60 families were given notice:
Bob Hitchcock is in his “least favorite place” these days — inside his landlocked Las Vegas home instead of at his cabin on the North Shore of Lake Mead, tooling around with old engines in his garage.
He’s one of an estimated 60 families with vacation homes along the lake who were given notice by the National Park Service earlier this week to gather their stuff and leave, according to Christie Vanover, a spokeswoman for the Lake Mead Recreational Area.
The homes — from Stewart’s Point on the north to Katherine’s Landing and Temple Bar on the south — sit on federal land.
As a result, the federal government shutdown left Hitchcock just 24 hours to evacuate his two-bedroom, two bath cabin in Stewart’s Point, about 70 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
…“I wouldn’t call it a government shutdown,” said Hitchcock, 71, a retired zone manager for 7-Eleven. “I’d call it a government meltdown. If my kids ever acted like these politicians are acting — it’s probably not politically correct to say this anymore — but I’d beat the crap out of them, then send them to their rooms.”
KNTV has the story of another elderly couple affected by Obama’s shutdown evacuation notices.
http://twitter.com/#!/kesgardner/status/386690028425863168The government shutdown is being felt close to home for some locals. They say they’re being forced out of private homes on Lake Mead because they sit on federal land.
Joyce Spencer is 77-years-old and her husband Ralph is 80. They’ve been spending most of their time in the family ice cream store since going home isn’t an option.
The Spencers never expected to be forced out of their Lake Mead home, which they’ve owned since the 70s, but on Thursday, a park ranger said they had 24 hours to get out.
“I had to go to town today and buy Ralph undershirts and jeans because I forgot his pants,” Joyce Spencer told Action News.
The Stewart’s Point home sits on federal land, so even though the Spencers own their cabin outright, they’re not allowed in until the government reopens.
http://twitter.com/#!/esqcapades/status/386701888151777280Attention, GOP.
http://twitter.com/#!/freddoso/status/386725110557581312Reminder:
http://twitter.com/#!/Tom_Francois/status/386715583456104448Turnabout is fair play.
http://twitter.com/#!/freddoso/status/386732137119887361 http://twitter.com/#!/ComradeArthur/status/386719315849797632Remember: You can’t fix craven fecklessness, but you can vote it out.
