Shut Up and We'll Let You Pay the Cost

Oregon's governor blasted the federal government's response to the occupation of a wildlife refuge by a group of armed men, saying the situation was "absolutely intolerable" and costing the state about $100,000 a week.

Governor Kate Brown, a Democrat, said she had been asked by federal officials to limit her public comments about the protest which began on Jan. 2 at the remote Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

  Al Jazeera

Come on, people. It's federal property. Federal responsibility.

Brown called the situation a "spectacle of lawlessness" which must end and said she had conveyed her very grave concerns to the U.S. Department of Justice and the White House.

"Federal authorities must move quickly to end the occupation and hold all of the wrongdoers accountable," the governor said. "And until Harney County is free of it, I will not stop insisting that federal officials enforce the law."

The chair of the local Native American tribe has also called on the federal government to remove the occupiers.

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Brown said the standoff was costing Oregon about $100,000 per week, mostly in additional law enforcement costs, and that she has asked her finance officials to "scour the budget" so they could subsidize the expense to Harney County.

"We will be asking federal officials to reimburse the state for these costs," she said.

You may have to sue. Be sure and ask for punitives.

Standing outside the municipal airport in Burns, Oregon, [occuping leader Ammon] Bundy spoke by phone Thursday to an unnamed FBI negotiator. The federal agency has used the airport, about 30 miles from the refuge, as a staging ground during the occupation.

The FBI did not comment on the conversation, though it was streamed live online by someone from his group.

Bundy said he went to the airport to meet with FBI officials face to face, but they declined to meet him.

What's it costing the airport?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.