To: Governor Doug Ducey
Ban Open Pit Mines
We, the citizens of Arizona, demand that the power of eminent domain be cited in order to take back control of the public lands being despoiled by foreign corporations and their open pit mining operations. The public doesn't want to lose what little clean air and water we possess to the greed of corporate foreigners.
Why is this important?
The air and water quality, as well as their abundance, are being threathened by foreign corporations with multi-national funding who can willfully plunder our State Lands. The return for the public is minor compared to the damage to the environment. The archaic laws underwhich these foreign companies operate with impunity were written in the late 19th century for the purpose of attracting people to the West. The intention was to lure prospectors with pick and shovel, not mega-corporations with land-movers.