I just checked HUD for any grants for home repair and it looks like the games over.
The site is shuttered.
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Now this
QuoteCross your fingers that the U.S. doesn't see any big outbreaks of food poisoning or measles and that flu season doesn't kick into gear early, at least during the government shutdown that has idled most work at the nation's public health agencies.
More than half of staff at agencies overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services – some 40,000 employees — were slated for furlough under contingency staffing plans outlined by HHS.
That includes about 8,700 of the nearly 13,000 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and about 6,600 of the nearly 15,000 employees at the Food and Drug Administration.
It means the government's daily work of tracking salmonella outbreaks, monitoring measles epidemics and inspecting worksites to ensure that food and drugs are safe has ground to a halt, the few officials still on the job told NBC News.
"The vast majority of CDC's activities will shut down completely," said Barbara Reynolds, a CDC spokeswoman. "Our public health response will be slowed."
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/no-food-poisoning-flu-surveillance-during-shutdown-federal-health-agencies-8C11308806
They're probably out infecting Us rigtht now so We fear no government all the more and BEG for Obamacare.
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I like that Amy.
It could be a night of the ZOMBIES for 28 days and nights we be seein.
Sheeple will beg the dot gov to clean this up at any price. Just save us so we can go back to our reality TV's, sports, and cocktails.
I think the dot gov has something else in store for this ZOMBIE nation.
Quote from: Gigas on October 02, 2013, 03:42:51 AM
I like that Amy.
Thanks. 100% Me.
QuoteI think the dot gov has something else in store for this ZOMBIE nation.
I think They THINK They do. But now We're scrutinizing & it may backfire. But yeah... "Bigger than 9/11."
So...
IF the government shuts down for an extended period...
...how long before the SHEEPLE come whining for help?
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Quote from: Amaterasu on October 02, 2013, 12:55:46 AM
They're probably out infecting Us rigtht now so We fear no government all the more and BEG for Obamacare.
So... what is WRONG with Obama Care?
Does anyone know what the plan actually is?
I have ZERO medical coverage right now... I cannot yet afford to go to a doctor beyond the $60.00 every two weeks to get my legs wrapped (that is a good deal actually as it includes the wrap)
So why is everyone against SOME health care, even if it isn't perfect?
Has anyone actually read the bill yet?
Just asking D
Give me Obamacare. I refuse to submit as a victim unless it is in a FEMA camp while under forced labour. I like to work for my care under the WHIP! :P
Obamacare aka hillarycare has provisions to search your home from what I read on the internutz. Also, it's mandatory you have there health insurance plan unless your illegal, religious and native american for exemptions from buying it. AND if you work in washington dc your exempt & not required to buy into it.
ITS A TAX if you refuse to go along with the plan. Rates are bigger than big from sources reporting on the plan.
Quote from: zorgon on October 02, 2013, 04:25:41 AM
So... what is WRONG with Obama Care?
Does anyone know what the plan actually is?
I have ZERO medical coverage right now... I cannot yet afford to go to a doctor beyond the $60.00 every two weeks to get my legs wrapped (that is a good deal actually as it includes the wrap)
So why is everyone against SOME health care, even if it isn't perfect?
Has anyone actually read the bill yet?
Just asking D
Because it's MANDATORY, THEY would control health care and records, and I calculated (twice) what someOne would have to pay that is not in a state with extended medicaid (like GA) who has zero income.
First calc gave Me nearly $6,000; second was only $2,800ish. But still... WHERE are They going to get those funds from someOne with NOTHING?
Quote from: zorgon on October 02, 2013, 04:25:41 AM
So... what is WRONG with Obama Care?
Send me your tax returns first, then I will tell you whats
in store for you! :P
Or, send your returns to a scammer....its your choice.
Or, make your check out to the Feds, penalty if you
dont buy a plan.
In any case, ignore all above if you have private insurance.
Quote from: Amaterasu on October 02, 2013, 05:00:11 AM
First calc gave Me nearly $6,000; second was only $2,800ish. But still... WHERE are They going to get those funds from someOne with NOTHING?
Right you are Amy. [insert thumbs up]
Let us say you earn 7k a year, well go ahead
and sign up to comply with the law...it will only
cost you 6k for a mid range plan.
No matter whether you choose to spend your entire years income
on a Fed regulated bogus health care plan...that it makes no sense
financially or even on a survival basis is not the issue...you need to
do it so that Obamacare can look viable for a few years until it breaks
the back of private practice. (this was the plan all along)
Be prepared to share all the private details of your intimate life with
your new Obamacare doctor too, he has to report it back to the NSA.
Just remember what that ZOMBIE Pelosi told you about obamacare
QuoteWe have to pass the bill to know whats in it
Thats like the used car sheister telling you don't bother with the small print, just sign on the dotted line. Worry bout the other stuff later when its to late to complain and do anything about it cause you fell for the oldest trick man has done on man since the beginning of time.
Sign over your freedumb of choice
Quote from: Amaterasu on October 02, 2013, 05:00:11 AM
THEY would control health care and records,
Don't THEY already " control health care and records"?
QuoteBut still... WHERE are They going to get those funds from someOne with NOTHING?
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Well I am going to wait for the dust to settle and actually read the entire bill before I hit the Red Button
Do You Qualify for Free Coverage Under ObamaCare? Find Out Here(http://bluestreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/obamacare.jpg)
QuoteUnder the Affordable Care Act, people who have income between 100-133% of the federal poverty level will either be exempt from the mandate, or will be automatically enrolled in their state's Medicaid program (free coverage paid for by the government). States are allowed to opt out of the Medicaid expansion, and some have already elected to do so (see the map below to find out where your state stands). This means that people with incomes at 133% of the federal poverty level or lower will be exempt from the ObamaCare mandate if their state has opted out (the first and second columns in the chart below). They are still free to purchase private health insurance through the exchanges, but they are not legally required to do so. Individuals and families with incomes between 133-400% of the federal poverty level will be eligible for premium and cost-sharing credits that will help pay for their health plans in order to avoid imposing an unfair financial burden on the person or family. These credits will be applied to your federal income tax return each year.
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http://bluestreetjournal.com/2013/07/16/do-you-qualify-for-free-coverage-under-obamacare-find-out-here/
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if your state doesnt have obamacare...... you might be a redneck.
ya know i think that having the facts would be helpful..but hey.. just an opinion
snoopes about home inspections ..can't copy
http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/homeinspections.asp
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/21/1232811/-Fox-Friends-unveil-the-next-Obamacare-lie
Fox & Friends are deeply concerned with poor and underprivileged at-risk children.
On the August 21 edition of Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy claimed "a brand new federal program" would spend $224 million to send "government home inspectors to your house" to help at-risk children, and asked if this was "Obamacare trumping your right to privacy and snooping on you and your family." Fox Business' Stuart Varney agreed that it was "an intrusion directly into your home and the way you raise your children," and the two proceeded to claim that "the Obama snooper" would visit families randomly and unannounced. On-screen text described the program as "Nanny state solutions: Forced home visits for 'at-risk' kids."
Oh, no they're not. They're making up another Obamacare lie. Here's the real program which isn't even "brand new," having been announced in 2011.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius [...] announced $224 million to help at-risk families voluntarily receive home visits from nurses and social workers to improve maternal and child health, child development, school readiness, economic self-sufficiency, and child abuse prevention. As part of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program, these grants are funded by the Affordable Care Act and are awarded to state agencies that applied for the grants in 49 states across the country.
V.O.L.U.N.T.A.R.Y. Which means, roughly, you the parent gets to decide if "government inspectors" (nurses and social workers) can "intrude" (be invited) into your home to "snoop" on your family (provide services like "educating parents about child development and supporting school readiness, linking low-income mothers to prenatal health care, ensuring children have access to health care and immunizations, helping families access supplemental food programs and financial aid, and encouraging healthy parent-child relationships to reduce incidents of child abuse").
None of which will stop Fox from lying about the program, no more than it will stop Republicans from picking it up as the next big Obamacare lie. Because they care so much about the children, too.
Originally posted to Joan McCarter on Wed Aug 21, 2013 at 09:57 AM PDT.
Also republished by Daily Kos.
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I still say it is a first step to chipping and having the ability to "check up on" Citizens. We have seen it before, People, where something is passed as benign and even "helpful," only to be added onto or hidden meaning emerges with ugly head.
Social Security was passed with absolute assurances it would never be used to track Us. See how well THAT worked? Now We are IDENTIFIED by that number. And oh, yes. We are tracked thereby.
I expect leg irons and chains will be next. The only chips I want are called potato and I like to dip them.
Sorry no Bamma chips for this Deuem. It is bad enough they have to feel you up and scan you to death at the airport.
Looking forward to the forced labor camps. Will I see the day where Chin ese have more freedom than Americans?
Maybe the way things are going. Hey my new condo has a lot of open flats for sale.
Deuem,
By my beard now what.
Conspiracy Theory Websites Crash At Same Time As Government Shutdown
QuoteDoes the fact that three of the top 'conspiracy theory' websites in the world crashed at the same time as the US government shutdown occurred prove that said websites are front organizations owned by the CIA or NSA as a data mining operation? Are the websites Godlilkeproductions.com, AboveTopSecret.com and LunaticOutpost.com owned by the US government? It's long been known that merely mentioning Tavistock or Stanford Research on GLP will get you banned; I've tested it several times in the past. If these websites aren't owned by the govt, then why did they all crash at the same time as the shutdown? We all know that governments love their deception of the masses as the video below shares. Conspiracy Reddit is having a blast with this one.
http://beforeitsnews.com/conspiracy-theories/2013/10/conspiracy-theory-websites-crash-at-same-time-as-government-shutdown-2454834.html
Who knew!
What's Affected by a Government Shutdown?
Below, find an overview of some of the government services and operations that will be impacted until Congress passes a budget to fund them again. For detailed information about specific activities at Federal agencies, please see federal government contingency plans.
Vital services that ensure seniors and young children have access to healthy food and meals may not have sufficient Federal funds to serve all beneficiaries in an extended lapse.
Call centers, hotlines and regional offices that help veterans understand their benefits will close to the public.
Veterans' compensation, pension, education, and other benefits could be cut off in the case of an extended shutdown.
Every one of America's national parks and monuments, from Yosemite to the Smithsonian to the Statue of Liberty, will be immediately closed.
New applications for small business loans and loan guarantees will be immediately halted.
Research into life-threatening diseases and other areas will stop, and new patients won't be accepted into clinical trials at the National Institutes of Health.
Work to protect consumers, ranging from child product safety to financial security to the safety of hazardous waste facilities, will cease. The EPA will halt non-essential inspections of chemical facilities and drinking water systems.
Permits and reviews for planned energy and transportations projects will stop, preventing companies from working on these projects. Loans to rural communities will be halted.
Hundreds of thousands of Federal employees including many charged with protecting us from terrorist threats, defending our borders, inspecting our food, and keeping our skies safe will work without pay until the shutdown ends.
Hundreds of thousands of additional federal workers will be immediately and indefinitely furloughed without pay.
http://www.usa.gov/
Ok, 1 good thing, Peggy did not shut down. So Z is not a goberment spy on the payroll like the others.
Yea..
They are going to milk this you know, I can feel 912 comming and therfore we will have to pay even more when it is over. If you are a good US person you will turn you bank book over the the gob. And then another 25% in re-construction fees to get everything up and running again. shutting down is easy. Turning it all on again will cost us more than they think they saved. They will make sure that the next raise includes lost wages from this time. These guys don't miss a trick.
Deuem
Looks like the all powerful dot gov is being diss'd by our governor here in Wisconsin. Scott Walker says no, the parks are staying open in Wisconsin. I like this guy. No foolin around here by dot gov and no rfid chips by law either.
QuoteWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is defying a directive from the National Park Service to close down several state parks that receive federal funding in the wake of the partial government shutdown.
The Republican governor has directed the state Natural Resources Department to keep open parks that receive a majority of their funding from the state, The Hill reported.
The department recently intervened after the Fish and Wildlife Service placed barricades near a Mississippi River boat launch because it was on federal land. The barricades were removed because of a decades-old agreement between Wisconsin and the federal government, state officials said.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/05/wisconsin-gov-walker-defies-order-to-close-federally-funded-parks/
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QuoteBreitbart is reporting that just before the weekend, the National Park Service informed charter boat captains in Florida that the Florida Bay was "closed" due to the shutdown. Until government funding is restored, the fishing boats are prohibited from taking anglers into 1,100 square-miles of open ocean. Fishing is also prohibited at Biscayne National Park during the shutdown.
The Park Service will also have rangers on duty to police the ban. Of access to an ocean. The government will probably use more personnel and spend more resources to attempt to close the ocean, than it would in its normal course of business.
http://gopthedailydose.com/2013/10/05/feds-try-close-ocean-shutdown/
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QuoteOn Friday, Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) told Breitbart News that President Obama was illegally furloughing approximately two thousand federal civilian defense contractors at Offutt Air Force Base, in direct contravention of the Pay Our Military Act, passed last week through Congress and signed by Obama himself. Those four thousand employees represent approximately two thirds of the civilian personnel at Offutt Air Force Base.
The Pay Our Military Act explicitly promises "such sums as are necessary to provide pay and allowances to the civilian personnel of the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) whom the Secretary concerned determines are providing support to members of the Armed Forces." According to Terry, Congress intent was to keep support personnel on the job, especially given that US Strategic Command is operated out of Offutt Air Force Base. STRATCOM "integrates and coordinates the necessary command and control capability to provide support with the most accurate and timely information for the President, the Secretary of Defense, other National Leadership and regional combatant commanders."
"I'm very upset with the White House decision to force furloughs, which I think are illegal furloughs because the law he signed last Saturday," Terry told Breitbart News exclusively. "This is a political game that they're playing, endangering this country. They've had to lay off over 60 percent of their civilian employees, who are all basically retired military who just keep the same jobs and become civilians. These are integral people to protecting our nuclear arsenal and to our military readiness. This is a dangerous game this president is playing."
"Airplane mechanics are being furloughed," a representative from Terry's office stated. "How is that not critical to getting an airplane off the ground if we need to? This is an illegal furlough. The President is completely breaking the law. Congress passed it unanimously, he signed it into law, and now he's breaking that very law."
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/10/04/Obama-illegally-furloughing-defense-civilians
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QuoteAccording to a tweet last night from KLAS Las Vegas 8 News Now investigative reporter George Knapp, the government shutdown has even affected the workers at Area 51, the top secret Air Force base in Nevada that is rumored to house crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft.
Last night Knapp tweeted: "Govt. shutdown hits Area 51. Flights from LV to Groom Lake are suspended. Top-secret Employees furloughed."
http://www.openminds.tv/area-51-flights-suspended-due-to-government-shutdown-1160/
QuoteUPDATE 10/4/2013 2:45 pm PST:
We just received an email from George Knapp. He says that they had observed the regularly scheduled daily flights appear to have stopped. He also says he checked with sources that notified them "current employees were sent home until further notice." However, no one would go on the record. He also notes, "I'm sure there are some contractors still there at Groom–especially security— but the bulk of whatever they are working on is suspended for now."
Knapp says that KLAS 8 News Now is planning on airing more details tonight, so those of you in the Las Vegas area be sure to tune in, the rest of us will need to keep an eye on their website for more.
Obama Closes the Grand Canyon... AFTER Arizona Offers to PAY For ItQuoteObama has ordered the Grand Canyon to stay closed, even after the state of Arizona and local businesses have offered to cover the costs necessary to keep it open. In other words, the shutdown isn't about the money — it's about hurting the American people just because he can.
Remember, Obama walled off the WWII memorial, threatened elderly veterans with arrest, and has shut down hundreds of privately funded parks. The man isn't trying to fix anything — it's all going according to plan.
Remember, politicians are motivated by power. Obama is no exception. Everything he does has a simple agenda: maximize control of citizens, increase spending, and consolidate power.
http://www.capitalisminstitute.org/obama-grand-canyon/
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QuoteBY: Washington Free Beacon Staff
October 4, 2013 2:27 pm
National Park Service rangers are being ordered to "make life difficult" during the government shutdown, according to the Washington Times.
After the shutdown began, park police have been barring tourists from a number of popular attractions nationwide, including the WWII memorial. Even privately-owned landmarks, such as Mount Vernon, are being told by the National Park Service to close their doors.
The Times reported:
The Park Service appears to be closing streets on mere whim and caprice. The rangers even closed the parking lot at Mount Vernon, where the plantation home of George Washington is a favorite tourist destination. That was after they barred the new World War II Memorial on the Mall to veterans of World War II. But the government does not own Mount Vernon; it is privately owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. The ladies bought it years ago to preserve it as a national memorial. The feds closed access to the parking lots this week, even though the lots are jointly owned with the Mount Vernon ladies. The rangers are from the government, and they're only here to help.
"It's a cheap way to deal with the situation," an angry Park Service ranger in Washington says of the harassment. "We've been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It's disgusting."
http://freebeacon.com/park-rangers-ordered-to-make-life-difficult-during-shutdown/
QuoteObama has ordered the Grand Canyon to stay closed, even after the state of Arizona and local businesses have offered to cover the costs necessary to keep it open. In other words, the shutdown isn't about the money — it's about hurting the American people just because he can.
Remember, Obama walled off the WWII memorial, threatened elderly veterans with arrest, and has shut down hundreds of privately funded parks. The man isn't trying to fix anything — it's all going according to plan.
OK so they are saying that Obama is trying to hurt the American people, right?
QuoteRemember, politicians are motivated by power. Obama is no exception. Everything he does has a simple agenda: maximize control of citizens, increase spending, and consolidate power.
So how does making people mad with him maximise control of citizens and consolidate power in a democracy?
I don't understand American politics at all. Someone from the States help me out here. :-\
Quote from: Pimander on October 05, 2013, 11:22:42 PM
I don't understand American politics at all. Someone from the States help me out here. :-\
Ask him :D I offered him a job spying for us :D
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Also talked to the Post Office carrier a few minutes ago. He says shutdown doesn't effect the Post Office as they are funded by "We the People..." directly Whew... I NEED the Post Office to make money :D
Quote from: sky otter on October 02, 2013, 03:43:21 PM
ya know i think that having the facts would be helpful..but hey.. just an opinion
yeah it would... there is a website... somewhere... that has the list of facts.
Haven't found it yet, likely it's CLOSED :P
Well with Blow Hards like THIS GUY... it's a GOOD thing the Government is shut down...
His job? Chair of the Energy Conference Committee.
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i live here in tx and i dont hear of him.whats the dirt?not saying he aint dirty just dont know.
Don't know either but a lot of Texans are apologizing for him on FarceBook 8)
thanks for heads up
Quote from: zorgon on October 06, 2013, 02:17:06 AM
Well with Blow Hards like THIS GUY... it's a GOOD thing the Government is shut down...
His job? Chair of the Energy Conference Committee.
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Just another ZOMBIE like Pelosi who said of the obamacare plan, We have to pass the bill to know whats in the bill. Government has a ZOMBIE foothold over reality
NBC: Police Remove Vietnam War Veterans at Memorial WallThe really SCARY part is that the Cops are blindly obeying a Government that just shut down and put people on Furlough
How DUMB is that?
QuoteVia William Jacobson, NBC's affiliate in Washington, D.C. reports that police ordered tourists and Vietnam war veterans who were visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall to leave the memorial at one point on Friday.
After one group of veterans went around the barricade, "the park ranger told them the wall was closed," NBC's Mark Seagraves reported. "Later another group of vets showed up and moved the barricades. At that point, the memorial filled with vets and tourists. That's when police came and moved everyone out."
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall is a black granite outdoor wall on which the names of the 58,272 service members who died or were unaccounted for during the Vietnam war are inscribed.
It takes more manpower and costs the government more money to close down an outdoor wall than to let people walk past it and pay their respects.
The Obama administration has been very selective in devoting resources to shutting down memorials.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/nbc-police-remove-vietnam-war-veterans-memorial-wall_759267.html
QuoteJust another ZOMBIE like Pelosi who said of the obamacare plan, We have to pass the bill to know whats in the bill. Government has a ZOMBIE foothold over reality
Gigas, this statement I can understand. Like most bills now adays they make them very complicated. Thousands of pages to read and most are so hard to read you need a laws lawyer to translate. Most of the time they have no time to read it and are forced to blind sign it. If I gave you a telephone book and 2 hours what can one do? You are stuck with reading it latter. The PTB have this mastered now. In reality it would be better if all bills were just one line and very clear to read. They should be given enough time and assistance to understand it and not forced to sign it saying your not a good American if you don't. So I can see both sides of this and we the people are letting this happen. Lots of pork in DC these days. 2 legged pork. lol
t also appears to be causing issues with the GPS system; but I want to know how many peeps are getting mad about all this crap and planning protests?
Seems they can protest everything else...
And it appears to me that dude from Texas is a total idiot; harnessing wind power reduces the amount of wind???? And it is a finite resource??? Really? :o
Beam me up, Scotty...
seeker
Now here's Rep Hank Johnson a genius ZOMBIE telling the world Guam will tip over from to many people as he rambles round and round making next to no sense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7m6aewquco
Wake up people, ZOMBIES have a foothold
U.S. Air Force to shut down 'Space Fence' surveillance systemTHIS one is interesting....
QuoteWASHINGTON | Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:11pm EDT
(Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force will shut down its space surveillance system that tracks satellites and other orbiting objects by October 1 due to budget constraints caused by automatic federal budget cuts known as the sequestration, it announced Monday.
Deactivating the system by October 1 would save the Air Force Space Command $14 million annually starting in fiscal year 2014.
The surveillance system got the nickname "Space Fence" because it transmits a "fence" of radar energy vertically into space that can detect any object or debris that crosses it without being cued to do so.
Commander of the Air Force Space Command, General William Shelton, said the system - which has been in operation since 1961 - was outmoded and that newer technology will provide more accurate observations.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/13/us-airforce-space-surveillance-idUSBRE97C00A20130813
So now that it is shut down we can have that Alien Invasion :D
Obviously the drip fed fluorides in the water of Washington DC has been switched full on.
Zorgon, were gonna get that alien invasion force attack on L.A. one way or another
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Lake Mead property owners forced out until shutdown endsQuoteLas Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- The 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.
Park officials said property owners can visit only to retrieve belongings; they sent Action News a statement which reads in part, "Unfortunately overnight stays are not permitted until a budget is passed and the park can reopen."
Joyce Spencer said she's alright in the meantime, staying with nearby family, but the move was a lot to handle as a senior citizen.
"I had to be sure and get his walker and his scooter that he has to go in," Spencer said. "We're not hurt in any way except it might cost me if I have to go buy more pants."
The Lake Mead properties are considered vacation homes; one of the lease requirements to own a plot is people must have an alternative residence.
Regardless, the Spencers said it's their property and they should be allowed in, shutdown or not.
The parks are shut down due to lack of funds but why in the frig are people being paid to enforce the lack of funds to keep parks closed???
That irks me >:(
Quote from: Somamech on October 06, 2013, 08:10:03 PM
The parks are shut down due to lack of funds but why in the frig are people being paid to enforce the lack of funds to keep parks closed???
That irks me >:(
In the dream factory reality nothing will make sense, since its all dream like.
So if you work in security you have nothing to worry about. I would think the gates would be wide open with a sign saying have a nice day and there is nothing we can do to stop that this time.
Locals in training in case the shut down affect us.
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