NEVADA LIVE STOCK
ASSOCIATION
9732 State Route
445 #305
APRIL 29, 2003 at 1:00 p.m.
ROTUNDA
NEVADA STATE
LEGISLATURE
OF HEAD BRAND INSPECTOR
The Nevada Live Stock Association
(NLSA) demands the resignation of Jim Connelley as director of the Division of Livestock
Identification of the Nevada Department of Agriculture, citing numerous violations of
Nevada statutes.
Mr. Connelley repeatedly aided and abetted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in
their illegal seizures of livestock from Nevada ranchers, in direct violation of Nevada
law and its Constitution. Specifically, Mr.
Connelley violated numerous brand laws in order to transfer ownership of the livestock in
question to the BLM.
David Holmgren, NLSA Vice Chairman and
Chairman of its Brand Committee noted, “Sadly, Mr. Connelley has lost the trust of
stockman to remain impartial in determining the ownership of livestock in Nevada.”
“If the laws of Nevada are not
going to be enforced by those appointed or elected to enforce them, then they are not
worth the paper on which they are written,” commented Ramona Morrison, NLSA
Secretary/Treasurer.
Ben Colvin, a NLSA Board member and
one of the cattlemen whose cattle were illegally confiscated stated, “I can’t
sign a piece of paper transferring ownership of Mr. Connelley’s house without proper
court procedures. He shouldn’t be able
to do the same thing to me with my cattle.” The
state of Nevada may be facing legal actions from Mr. Colvin and other ranchers with
similar circumstances for its part, under Mr. Connelley’s direction, in the illegal
seizures of cattle. Mr. Colvin and the NLSA
simply want Nevada laws enforced.
Contacts: Ramona
Morrison, 775.424.0570
David Holmgren, 775.530.5313