While the Obama Administration allows Mexican smuggling violence to shut down thousands of acres of public parklands in Arizona, it’s giving the state more than a million bucks to save an “endangered” rodent. The feds have given Arizona $1.25 million to build bridges for endangered squirrels to cross over a mountain road. The new structures will keep the squirrels from becoming road kill and will therefore allow officials to monitor their health. Taxpayer dollars will be used to build rope bridges over the road that runs through the squirrels’ habitat. Incredibly, the federal government refuses to allocate the resources necessary to battle the Mexican smuggling violence that has overrun the state. The problem is so severe that 3,500 acres of taxpayer-funded parklands in Arizona have been shut to U.S. citizens out of safety concerns created by Mexican drug and human smugglers. Read more
$1.25 Mil To Save Rodents In Crime-Infested Border State
Posted by
Michael Swickard
on Monday, June 21, 2010
Labels:
Border,
National News
1 comments:
What a peculiar set of priorities. I guess we know where people stand. Just behind the squirrels.
Post a Comment