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Pacific Legal Foundation: Controversy on the shores of Lake Tahoe

Posted by: Maven on February 5, 2010 at 7:44 am

From the Pacific Legal Foundation’s Liberty Blog:

“On January, 29, 2010, the Sierra Sun ran a story glorifying the State Lands Commission’s (SLC) decision to deny a Truckee landowner from the right to exclude the public from his land. The story declares the victory of public will over individual rights, with a dramatic picture of a man cutting down his fence, and the rugged snowy shores of Lake Tahoe as the backdrop. The headline triumphantly announces: “Public Wins Rights to Speedboat Beach.” This is hardly objective journalism.

The article proclaims that the removal of the fence marks “the final act of a play that has gone on for decades involving disputes about whether or not nearly a quarter-mile of beach front between Kings Beach and Crystal Bay, Nev., is private property.” I dare say that the Sierra Sun has prematurely declared victory in the public’s war on private property rights on Lake Tahoe. … “

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February 5, 2010 · Filed Under Lake Tahoe, the Sierras & foothills

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