Under the heading SUMMARY on the email from Don, it has A through E listings. Those have sub-listings. On my first Answer Blog I addressed E 1. I will now attempt to answer E 2 then on to E 3, ect. I may not get all the way through E and its sub-listings as not to make a book out of each blog but a short read.
Check your cinch and apply the spurs, bring the whole herd, leave nothing behind.
This is the email I recieved as I was headed back up to the ranch from my two days in the Valley. I was shocked, hurt, devistated. But confused was the thing I remember the most. At this time, This exact time I had put out an email the week before begging them to come help me, we had gates down, a bull was found almost all the way to Concho, another bull was at the big mill and I had him trapped without water. It was more than Tom and I could do ourselves. They couldn't come. They sent Greg Nicoll. And he was a blessing. Why couldn't they come? Because they had already taken Monday off work to follow through on kicking me off the ranch. I was still calling Cody for advice and help. This is more than months after the meeting and no mention of still needing invoices. When the invoices were finally asked for it was now after they had removed me. Not the two months between the meeting and the day they forcible removed me. We had worked together shipping cattle and nothing was said. Don keeps illuminating to meetings in November and/or December. I was not told of them, invited to them, nothing. I will not address this letter piece by piece because it is broke down in the main email and I will address it then.
Summary E 4 page 3 I don't have much of a response to the letter or the email. I was in Utah and didn't have anyway or desire to answer to them.Oh, heck I had not desire to do anything but wake up, take my dogs for a walk and go to the temple to receive the peace and guidance I needed at this time. All the paperwork that could help me answer if I had wanted to was in Arizona. At this time I felt no mercy from them, not mercy as forgive me I have sinned but the mercy that should be extended when a family or a family member is going through a hard time or trial. I will state that when I did say I would return to ranching I said "Like it used to be, you guys come when you want and when your needed". I did not say in management position and I did not say only when you are needed, I believe we all have the right to be there when our soul needs to just be there for our souls sake. Right after I did write that I got a reply from Steve and he had twisted to say what you just said in your summary. I explained, but just like me being put on the carpet for Cody's cattle purchase, it still remained the same. I couldn't do anything right. I lived under a filthy dirty magnifying glass. It is hard to see clearly when you are looking through the bad. By this time I had realized there was no use. Everything was to be turned against me. I would never have a mediator that would see how things got twisted and help straighten it out.
Summary E 5 page 3 This Summary E 5 gets broke down to into 12 points. I hope to get through them all in this blog post. This is really a lot more work than I supposed. I need a Pepsi.
Summary E 5 page 3 United 1 page 6 It is true I do not agree with everything Tom does. I don't agree with everything most people do. Heck I have been known to be disapointed in myself. But I will never try to control anyone. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in self control, with that said I am not the best babysitter for my self. I struggle with my own self control. Under this thinking if someone doesn't stop or control someone else from doing something they don't agree with then they are Untied? Then can I assume you agreed with the Federal Agency of BLM setting up free speech zones on the Bundy Ranch?
Summary E 5 page 3 United 2 page 6/7 This an email from Tom to Steve's Stake President. Once again I don't always agree but I will not stop a person from doing what they feel is right. Tom in a previous email had asked if he could call Steve and Tom in for a meeting. Tom explained that Steve is bullying me. Tom felt this was an option to get a face to face with Steve. You guys will not sit down with Tom. Tom is just trying, like me, to understand where you are coming from. Not answer your questions only but to answer all questions, both sides.
The discord was one sided. Steve has always had a problem with Tom. It is said if you have a problem with someone, it is your problem. I did not ask you to intervene. I asked you to protect me as in when we were in group emails to stop Steve from cutting everyone else off the email and berating me. That is all I asked. If Steve had the need to say something personal to me then he needed to keep it out in the open. I did not ask you to judge between us, or judge who was right. I just wanted wittnesses of how he treats me when he thinks no one is around.You could not do that simple task. That is all I asked. Tom never had a cross word with Steve, yet Steve verbally abuse Tom in our house when Steve come to see his mother who had moved in with us as she was passing. Karen sat there with shock and horror on her face. She did not stop him. Did she agree with what he was doing. In my book no, in your yes.
Summary E 5 page 3 United 5 page 7 So because others had discord with Tom and nothing happened between you, Cody and Tom, you both felt you needed to step away from him? Now that is solid thinking there. Have you personally talked to each person you named? If not, do you have the right to write something like that?
That's it for tonight. There are still miles to ride to find all the cattle. I think I will make camp here for the night. Just enough daylight to gather some wood for a fire for cooking and keeping the wolves at bay. There are plenty of wolves out on this range.
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