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Reader Participation Day: Which Presidential Nominee Would Be Better For The National Park System?

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By Kurt Repanshek - October 26th, 2016

Thankfully, there are just two weeks left to go in the 2016 general election. Which begs the question: Which nominee would be better for the National Park System and National Park Service?

While Democrat Hillary Clinton did put forth a statement outlining her intention to create a trust fund for the parks, not much has been heard from Republican Donald Trump on the parks specifically.

There have been reports that Mr. Trump would support the transfer of some federal lands in the West to states, a position the Republican Party adopted at its convention this past summer. And how would his proposal to build a wall along the U.S. - Mexico border impact border parks such as Big Bend National Park, Chamizal National Memorial, Coronado National Memorial, and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument?

Which candidate do you think would be best for the park system and Park Service?

Comments

Submitted by Lee Dalton on October 27, 2016 - 12:10pm.

Maybe what we really need is the option to vote for NONE OF THE ABOVE in all elections.  If None wins, incumbents remain in office and another election is scheduled within 90 days or so.  This is repeated until a decent candidate comes forward.


Submitted by Ottoman on October 27, 2016 - 12:25pm.

Gary, words like " teabagging consortium", to me, throws your entire statement into the toilet. We get that you don't care for them, (or whomever you don't care for) but name calling makes you look like... nevermind.


Submitted by Rick B. on October 27, 2016 - 12:36pm.

TA - start with Snopes and get back to me with any source material that doesn't involve a path from or through Breitbart.

 

Eric - you haven't gotten back to me about that long moonlit walk, so don't talk to me about running away.


Submitted by Gary Wilson on October 27, 2016 - 1:10pm.

Ohh well...life goes on. I don't like teabaggers.  Never will, and never shall.  They are the scourge of the american political system and need flushed out of the system.


Submitted by ecbuck on October 27, 2016 - 1:15pm.

you haven't gotten back to me about that long moonlit walk,

Didn't see a request or need to respond.  Didn't run from anything.  Unlike your challange to Trail who was accurate in every respect.


Submitted by trailadvocate on October 27, 2016 - 1:18pm.

Be specific, Rick, please.  What do you dispute?  Hillary as Secratary of State signing off to the sale of 20% of US Uranium reserves to Russian interests via a Canadian Company that donated millions to the Clinton Foundation?  Lots and lots of that sort of thing revolving around the central theme of corruption, serious corruption.  To think of her as a possible "Environmental"  President really stretches the mind but there is no end to the deceptive messaging out there after focus groups and data collecting to find a way to make a pile of merde smell like fillet.  Specifics, Rick, please.


Submitted by ecbuck on October 27, 2016 - 1:31pm.

From the NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-a...

 


Submitted by Rick B. on October 27, 2016 - 1:32pm.

Snopes has found your argument as unfounded, and sourced from a Breitbart propaganda article.


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