Thursday, October 31, 2024

Vince Leach believes that treaties, like promises, are made to be broken

Hey, at least he's a traditionalist.  

He wants to continue a craven tradition, but that's just a conservative value.


Historically, Native tribes and nations, by treaty, were herded onto lands called "reservations" that were usually the most barren, desolate, and worthless lands in a given area.

Until somebody wanted those lands and/or could profit from them.  Or it was simply convenient.

Then treaties were broken.

From KJZZ, written by Gabriel Pietrorazio -

Vince Leach floats making tribal land, water 'available' to Arizona amid bid for state Senate seat

Former President Donald Trump — and to some degree, Vice President Kamala Harris — have been on the campaign trail talking about federal land in Western states, including Arizona. The vast open tracts are seen as prime real estate that could help reduce a national housing shortage.

But one Republican candidate for state office has taken it a step further, promoting policy positions on land and water that would undercut tribal sovereignty.

At a candidate forum in the Picture Rocks community just south of Marana is where former state Sen. Vince Leach laid out his plan to address the affordable housing problem in Arizona, some 24 hours after he acknowledged Columbus Day.

“We got to work with the feds to get our land back. Give me my land,” Leach said during an event sponsored by the Citizens for Picture Rocks in Pima County. “We’ve got to open up more land.”

At least Leach has shown why the majority party in both the Arizona legislature and the US House should be changed.

And Election Day is next week.


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