Probing reports? They are being kicked out and shuttered, no question about it. But yes, let’s get all the correspondence from Washington so everyone sees the directive is from the Spite House and the Imperial President.
Just consider just the case of the Pisgah Inn. 3 cars and five rangers blocking paid guests from entering a private business, forcing this owner to lose thousands of dollars at his busiest time of the year, and deploying police resources which themselves will cost the government(read:us) a pretty penny.
Few things ring of government tyranny more than things like this.
Via Fox News:
Republican lawmakers plan to investigate mounting reports that federal officials are kicking families out of their homes and shuttering private businesses because they sit on federal parkland — describing the spectacle as an over-the-top response to the partial government shutdown.
“We are receiving a lot of reports” of businesses being shut down, said Mallory Micetich, spokeswoman for Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee.
She confirmed the committee is investigating these reports, as part of a widening probe into the National Park Service’s response to the partial government suspension.
Micetich cited as one example a privately run inn along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.
The innkeeper tried, unsuccessfully, to repel federal efforts to shut down his business, the Pisgah Inn, last week.
Owner Bruce O’Connell told FoxNews.com on Monday that rangers are still outside his business, blocking the entrance to the parking lot. As of late Monday morning, he said there were three cars and five rangers stationed outside.
“Their message is, ‘sorry, we’re following orders,'” he said, describing it as a “24/7 blockade.”