![]() ![]() I don’t remember if he said anything about when they stopped doing that.īut I can imagine that when Maughan (a Quarterhorse breeder-raiser) bought the ranch, he had absolutely no interest in grazing cattle, and thus no reason in doing what it took to keep the manzanita out and the grass in. So, obviously, at some point in time, “they” were no longer doing those burns, and then the manzanita etc started re-invading and taking over. I got the sense from it that, for the MOST part, they WERE grazing cattle in the Peeples Valley VALLEY area and on the Congress side of the Weavers.īut it was also clear, from the interview, that “they” (and remember “they” essentially sold the ranch in 2000) WERE winter-grazing “in the Weavers” (because the valley area water-table rose too much in the winter and that made it less than ideal for cattle), and that that was why he was all jazzed about how he learned from the 1960s fire how much it “cleaned out the area” and made the grasses grow so much better, and that was why he learned how to “prescribe burn” (as it is called now) the bowls, especially after they put all those firelines in to protect Yarnell. Which is why Hays’ interview surprised and interested me. What you are saying is what I was thinking all along. Gamesmanship is fine… and it’s what these lawyers get PAID to do.īut it CAN all get ABSURD and then the adults have to get involved. Time to have a trial and let a Jury decide the issues. It’s not fair to all involved to NOT do this in a timely way.Īnd it doesn’t take a YEAR to find out that there are just some parts of the case where neither side is willing to “give in” and reach a compromise.Įxample: If Arizona Foresty is trying to settle all of this WITHOUT having to admit any kind of responsibility… but the plaintiffs in the ‘wrongful death’ suits aren’t buying that and are sticking to their guns in their ‘accountability’ demands… On one level, yes, it can get really complex.īut at the BASE level… ‘mediation’ is actually very simple.Įither the parties are going to be able to reach SOME kind of compromise on ALL of the issues laying on the table… or they are not.Īnd all it takes is one impasse and the mediation should revert back to an active court case. ![]() …but my point up above is that even all of this kind of legal wrangling can reach the point of being absurd. I am the one who has actually been pointing out all along how complicated and how nuanced these kind of ‘legal negotiations’ can get… and how it all becomes a big poker game with ( sometimes ) there being even more than 52 cards in the deck and both sides wanted to keep adding even MORE cards… ![]() They have had plenty of time to discover if they are going to be at an ‘impasse’ on any of the issues on the table… and neither side is willing to compromise.Īnd all it takes is just one known ‘impasse’ that will prevent a successful settlement and the report back to the Judge should be… I understand that when ‘negotiations’ are taking place… a lot of back and forth has to happen… but if Arizona Forestry really is willing to ‘settle’ theses lawsuits rather than risk going to court ( as they are obviously doing )… then there’s no excuse for the required ‘back and forth’ to arrive at agreements to be taking this long. Is this really ALL about the elusive Brendan McDonough… and WHEN these lawyers are finally going to pick up the phone and talk to each other and get a deposition done… You just have to wonder what the real PROBLEM is here. Personally… I think this is absurd and I don’t know why the Judge keeps going along with all this.
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