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The Dung Beetle Award Goes To...

Posted on the 12 April 2014 by Hughvw
The Dung  Beetle Award goes to...The Academy of Dung Beetles' Award is being rolled toward Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins who said that supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy, who right now is facing off with the Bureau of Land Management over grazing rights, "better have funeral plans."
The comment made in a phone call was revealed by Darin Bushman, a Piute County, Utah, commissioner after he spoke with Collins to discuss Utah ranchers and his fellow county commissioners who were incensed over the tactics used by the BLM in seizing Bundy’s cattle in southern Nevada. On his Facebook page, Bushman wrote, "I was just told by commissioner Collins of Clark County NV that all of us folks from Utah are a bunch of 'inbred bastards' and if we are coming to Clark County NV to support Cliven Bundy we all 'better have funeral plans.' We should 'turn our asses around and mind our own f-ing business.' Now there’s some classy leadership for you."
Bushman also ripped the Clark County sheriff for being "too spineless to exercise his jurisdiction" by arresting BLM agents for trespassing and theft. Read more

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