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A judge whose granddaughter pleaded Monday night for a return to the peace and quiet of normal life in the small community of Burns, Ore., said he plans to bill militia leader Ammon Bundy and others leading the occupation of a nearby wildlife refuge for the costs of the 10-day standoff.
Harney County Judge Steve Grasty spoke at a community meeting and said the occupation has cost taxpayers between $60,000 to $70,000 per day.
“We’re going to send Mr. Bundy the bill,” said Grasty, who urged the community not to provide food to the protesters who took over the refuge on Jan. 2.
“No matter how you feel, do not bring food and supplies up to the refuge,” Grasty said.
Grasty called the militants at the refuge “armed thugs.” But, he also said “there’s no way to deny” Bundy’s occupation started a long-overdue dialogue about federal land management policies.
issued a statement Monday vowing he and other law enforcement officials “will not be intimidated,” and urged out-of-state militants to leave.
“There’s an hourglass, and it’s running out,” Ward said Monday night. “Go home.”
From the other side, there was talk of peace and concerns of violence.
“We know if we continue to go down the road we have been continuing to go down, we will ultimately create a war among the people,” Bundy said Monday at a media briefing. “This is an effort right now, a peaceful effort to make sure that war never comes, to make sure that there is not a war between government and the people.”
Jon Ritzheimer, an Arizona veteran inside the refuge, said the action is necessary for the protection of freedom. He asked fellow “patriots” to join them in Oregon for “history in the making.”
“Please look at this as a deployment, only this time I’m actually serving my country rather than being sent over seas to line the pockets of corrupt politicians,” he said. “It is our sacrifice as a family that will make this country great again, not some election.”
Monday marked the first day schools had reopened since the occupation began. At Monday night’s town meeting, Ashlie Presley, the 15-year-old granddaughter of Judge Grasty, voiced her concerns.
“It was a lot of pressure knowing how tense it could have been today,” Presley said. “And I just want them (Bundy and the militants) to go home so I can feel safe and I can feel like it is home again.”
“I shouldn’t have to be scared in my own hometown,” she said openly weeping as the adults at the meeting applauded her.
Oregon Judge Just Dropped An Atomic Bombshell On Bundy Regarding Standoff Situation
A judge whose granddaughter pleaded Monday night for a return to the peace and quiet of normal life in the small community of Burns, Ore., said he plans to bill militia leader Ammon Bundy and others leading the occupation of a nearby wildlife refuge for the costs of the 10-day standoff.
Harney County Judge Steve Grasty spoke at a community meeting and said the occupation has cost taxpayers between $60,000 to $70,000 per day.
“We’re going to send Mr. Bundy the bill,” said Grasty, who urged the community not to provide food to the protesters who took over the refuge on Jan. 2.
“No matter how you feel, do not bring food and supplies up to the refuge,” Grasty said.
Grasty called the militants at the refuge “armed thugs.” But, he also said “there’s no way to deny” Bundy’s occupation started a long-overdue dialogue about federal land management policies.
issued a statement Monday vowing he and other law enforcement officials “will not be intimidated,” and urged out-of-state militants to leave.
“There’s an hourglass, and it’s running out,” Ward said Monday night. “Go home.”
From the other side, there was talk of peace and concerns of violence.
“We know if we continue to go down the road we have been continuing to go down, we will ultimately create a war among the people,” Bundy said Monday at a media briefing. “This is an effort right now, a peaceful effort to make sure that war never comes, to make sure that there is not a war between government and the people.”
Jon Ritzheimer, an Arizona veteran inside the refuge, said the action is necessary for the protection of freedom. He asked fellow “patriots” to join them in Oregon for “history in the making.”
“Please look at this as a deployment, only this time I’m actually serving my country rather than being sent over seas to line the pockets of corrupt politicians,” he said. “It is our sacrifice as a family that will make this country great again, not some election.”
Monday marked the first day schools had reopened since the occupation began. At Monday night’s town meeting, Ashlie Presley, the 15-year-old granddaughter of Judge Grasty, voiced her concerns.
“It was a lot of pressure knowing how tense it could have been today,” Presley said. “And I just want them (Bundy and the militants) to go home so I can feel safe and I can feel like it is home again.”
“I shouldn’t have to be scared in my own hometown,” she said openly weeping as the adults at the meeting applauded her.
Oregon Judge Just Dropped An Atomic Bombshell On Bundy Regarding Standoff Situation
