All the Udall family members are die hard Leftist Democrat’s who have spread themselves outside Ariz (where they started in Tucson) only in order to propagate their perceived democrat control as they try to build their dynasty.

@Archie Mendez: Bless you for sharing your information with us!

@Anonymous – and your point is?

Laura, VOC @ Your post is so correct. Please keep keeping that level of intelligent levity.

and finally – to J Rick – YOU need to keep spilling the beans.

Thank you Archie. There’s nothing that will be convincing to our locals than a first-hand report. Keep your comments coming.

JRN

Hello. I am from Victorville, CA but my family lives in Pomona. We often go to the San Gabriel NM. I’ve been going to the same picnic and campground since we was kids – since at least 2003. The place became a National Monument last year, but nothing has changed. It’s still the litter and graffiti filled place it always was. We were there on Father’s Day and we had to sweep up all the broken glass before we could set up for the day. A ranger came round and said that there’s no money for Park Service maintenance and it will be a while before they get the funding to hire maintenance people. When asked about that 3 million dollars the National Monument was supposed to be getting, he said that that money was raised by volunteers before the monument was created – the money didn’t come from the feds and fund raising efforts are continuing. Later we went to go for a hike but we kept coming upon fences and signs that said “No Access.” I guess that’s what they spent the 3 million dollars on – fences and No Access signs. We’ve been hiking that same trail since we was kids.
Sedona – don’t do it. Don’t get the National Monument status. It won’t help you.

Sedona’s water rights are in the cross-hairs of the federal government. Senior water rights will become junior water rights under the NM designation. Anyone with a private well or creekside home or irrigation rights will lose those rights to the NM. The Salt River Project has claimed Oak Creek water and for the past 20 years area residents have been fighting to keep their water rights.

Problem – Reaction – Solution = National Monument designation. The NM in Nevada signed by Obama is nothing more than a land and water grab. (See also the stand-off at the Bundy Ranch last year when snipers were placed in position, armed and ready to shoot upon the protesters!)

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/05/21/new-national-monument-nm/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_River_Project

http://www.columbia-institute.org/pdf/FedReservedWaterRights.pdf