12-21-2014, 01:46 PM
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Originally posted by terracore
It's just politics. IRS got their budget cut and is releasing misleading press releases hoping to scare up enough drama to restore their budget.
There's even a (long-established) name for it: the Washington Monument Strategy. Has been applied repeatedly here as well: interior budget gets cut, "gotta shut down the Washington Monument/National Parks, can't possibly provide the staff, etc. etc.".
Basically the same game that Chief Ranger, Cindy Orlando played in an effort to keep from opening CoC road: "can't possible provide the needed staff to manage the traffic or protect the resources in the lower park....". Federal agencies have their own agenda - and we, the community, don't rank very high on their list of priorities...