HUTCHINSON, Kan. — As part of their Dec. 21 meeting, the Reno County Republican Central Committee passed a resolution in opposition to the federal government's 30 by 30 land preservation goal.
The objection of the committee to the goal is its lack of protection of private property rights and they also assert that there is no constitutional authority for the federal government to make this policy goal.
The position of the county party is consistent with that of the Kansas Republican Party.
As the county party posted last month on social media,
"To date our state has not done anything to protect private land owners from this land grab. Regardless of what the state does, we need to protect the rights of the citizens of Reno County.
Additionally, tax revenue will have to be cut from the budget. As the tax base shrinks due to increasing ownership of land by the federal government, more and more tax burden will fall on the shoulders of the citizens of Reno County. The people should not pay taxes to the federal government and for the federal government. The revenue loss and increased burden on the people should be even more reason to not allow anymore land acquisitions by the federal government."
The resolution was passed unanimously by all 67 county central committee members in attendance Thursday.
Below are screenshots of the resolution.
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