Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Arizona
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 05-12-2019, 04:54 AM
 
700 posts, read 921,070 times
Reputation: 1130

Advertisements

Followup to the original article discussed in this post: https://www.city-data.com/forum/55150415-post22.html

Ex-federal official: 'I got rolled' by Trump administration to ease way for Vigneto housing development
By Tony Davis Arizona Daily Star Apr 29, 2019 Updated May 10, 2019

https://tucson.com/news/local/ex-fed...84d87a4bd.html

Quote:
By Tony Davis
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
https://tucson.com/news/local/rep-ra...6aa6e9fb6.html

U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva says he'll investigate a longtime federal official's allegations that he was pressured politically to reverse a key decision on a 28,000-home Benson subdivision to smooth the way for its permitting.

Steve Spangle said he was pressured in 2017, when he was a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official, to reverse his earlier biological decision that broad study was needed of the proposed Villages at Vigneto development's impacts on endangered species and the San Pedro River. Spangle, now retired, made the claims in an Arizona Daily Star interview published April 28.

As chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, Grijalva, a Tucson Democrat, has the power to call witnesses in an investigation.

Meanwhile, an attorney for Vigneto's developer, El Dorado Holdings Inc., confirmed Friday that the company's CEO called then-Deputy Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in 2017 to raise concerns after Spangle made his initial decision. Bernhardt, a former lobbyist for oil and mining interests, including the Rosemont Mine near Tucson, now heads Interior, by appointment of President Trump this year. (Continued...)



Steve Spangle, a retired field supervisor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, says he bowed to political pressure to reverse a decision regarding the Villages at Vigneto that would have meant more environmental scrutiny.
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE SPANGLE
Copyright © 2019 Arizona Daily Star
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 05-18-2019, 08:01 PM
 
Location: SE Arizona - FINALLY! :D
20,460 posts, read 26,358,479 times
Reputation: 7627
Sounds appropriate to look into it.

Ken
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2022 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram

Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Arizona
View detailed profiles of:

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top