It now appears a lease with the federal government is only as good as the President occupying the White House.   From an 18th century living history farm in Virginia  to campgrounds in Arizona, the federal government is forcing private operators close down simply because their facilities are on land owned by the federal government. The inconvenienced customers are being told this is part of the government shutdown even though prior shutdowns never affected these facilities.  How stupid is this?  These operations cost the federal government nothing to maintain and most often pay a percentage of their gross fees back to the federal government in return for their concession to operate on federally owned land.  Who is doing is this?  The Park District employees outside the WWII Memorial said their instructions came from the OMB. The US Forest Service and Department of Agriculture officials who own the land the campgrounds are on told the owner ...(Read Full Post)