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barbaraann

(9,282 posts)
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 12:56 PM Feb 2024

State Sen. Dennis Linthicum, who is now barred from seeking reelection, tried to stop the Klamath dam removals.

Dennis Linthicum of Oregon and Antonio Intiso of the Siskiyou County filed a Complaint for Injunctive Relief in Federal Court in Medford, Oregon on June 8, 2023
June 12, 2023 3:28 am by Jay A. Martin

Dennis Linthicum of Oregon and Antonio Intiso of the Siskiyou County Water Users Board and a resident of Yreka have filed a Complaint for Injunctive Relief in Federal Court in Medford, Oregon on June 8, 2023 naming as Defendants The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the State of Oregon and the State of California (CV-00834-AA). The suit which has been filed alleges that the named Defendants have specifically and willingly violated the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (PL 901-542 as amended P.L. 117-286 December 27, 2022. The action further requests the Court to recognize the waters behind the reservoirs as waters under Public Trust and necessary for the proper operation of the Klamath River flows. Mr. Dennis Linthicum is a State Senator in Oregon from the Klamath County area.

The filed lawsuit requests further that the Court order a remand of the FERC decision to remove the hydro facilities and directs that an order that the Defendants and their agents restore any and all damages to existing infrastructure including but not limited to the restoration of the dams, their hydroelectric capabilities, fisheries and habitats impacted by the work conducted by the States and their Contractors and Agents. Further that the States and their Contractors and Agents be restrained from all current and future physical activities related to and or connected with the Removal of the Hydroelectric facilities. It would further request that the States and their Contractors and Agents refrain from any further current or future funding or any expenditure of funds beyond those associated with a “shutdown” of this project.
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https://www.siskiyou.news/2023/06/12/dennis-linthicum-of-oregon-and-antonio-intiso-of-the-siskiyou-county-filed-a-complaint-for-injunctive-relief-in-federal-court-in-medford-oregon-on-june-8-2023/

Linthicum is a rancher/landowner and is also a supporter of the Greater Idaho scheme.

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State Sen. Dennis Linthicum, who is now barred from seeking reelection, tried to stop the Klamath dam removals. (Original Post) barbaraann Feb 2024 OP
Why do we have to suffer fools like him? calimary Feb 2024 #1
I just Googled Boquist and he might be worse. barbaraann Feb 2024 #2

calimary

(83,997 posts)
1. Why do we have to suffer fools like him?
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 12:59 PM
Feb 2024

Who the hell sees fit to vote for jackasses like him in the first place?

Oh, wait… Republican. That explains it.

barbaraann

(9,282 posts)
2. I just Googled Boquist and he might be worse.
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 01:20 PM
Feb 2024

...He's described his best-known business, International Charter Inc. of Oregon, as a humanitarian organization, ferrying relief supplies in war-torn countries from Liberia to Pakistan.

But journalistic accounts of ICI missions in West Africa in the late 1990s describe a paramilitary force of well-armed Russian and American veterans who serve as military proxies in areas deemed too dangerous for uniformed soldiers.

A federal lawsuit has raised new questions about how Boquist—a 53-year-old U.S. Army veteran—makes and spends his money.

In the complaint, first reported by wweek.com, a longtime Boquist business partner alleged Boquist and his wife, Peggy, misappropriated "thousands of dollars" from ICI Wyoming and funneled the money to Republican candidates and causes in Oregon.
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https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18791-senator-of-fortune.html

Also:
Oregon Senate lifts safety restrictions on senator who threatened state police in 2019
Sen. Brian Boquist’s federal lawsuit is ongoing, and he recently filed a new complaint with the Oregon Supreme Court
BY: JULIA SHUMWAY - NOVEMBER 28, 2022 4:52 PM
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https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/11/28/oregon-senate-lifts-safety-restrictions-on-senator-who-threatened-state-police-in-2019/

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