California has passed a law that allows the state to override the sale of federal lands, and the Trump administration is suing. In this day and age, not exactly news.
The law does seem like a bit of over-reach, though – even for California. But according to the California Attorney General Xavier Beccera:
“Our public lands should not be on the auction block to the highest bidder”
Really, Xavier? I disagree. I expect that they would always be sold to the highest bidder; it’s the best way to assure that public property is sold for its true value. If California wants to control the land, they are free to bid with everyone else.
Of course, Lt, Governor Gavin Newsom (who is coincidentally running for Governor) had to put in his two cents with some nonsensical gibberish sure to fire up his Trump-hating base:
“Yet again, Donald Trump and his administration are attacking our state and our very way of life,” Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a member of the State Lands Commission and a Democrat running for governor, said in a statement.
Attacked your state and way of life? Are you kidding me, Gavin? How? By assuring that the taxpayer-funded government gets the best price for properties that it no longer needs? I can’t imagine anyone listening to this drivel with a straight face. I think that Gavin has truly drank the Kool-Aid, and he actually believes that Californians agree with him and his uber-left views. Given a true competitor – a centrist democrat who will work with the federal government rather than fight it – I don’t think Gavin wouldn’t stand a chance. However, as we all know, the Democratic party will never let that happen (think Bernie and Hillary).
Oh, well; another day in paradise.