Why I am participating
There’s a number of things that get together to make this a big issue for me, though I think any one of them would do.
Top of the list has to be my concerns about public-private partnerships. When an organization enters into a deal with the government I think it’s easy for them to forget who their customer really is. It’s not whoever happens to be the politician in charge that day, it’s the citizenry whose land they’re using and money they’re spending. When a group like Peterson gets the use of some prime land for one dollar a year I feel pretty cheated when they try to limit my rights on that property. Someone who pays so little to use the public’s property is for all intents and purposes a guest, and they should treat us with the same respect we would expect from any guest in our home.