As long as you insist on insulting me or my readers, I will continue to delete your comments.

Act civilly and with respect, and you’re welcome to comment here.

Act like a boor, and this is how you will be treated. The rules are pretty simple. Follow them, and you will have no issues. Disregard them, and you will find yourself unwelcome here.

And, by the way, since I pay for this website, I get to make the rules. I also make all decisions about enforcement of those rules. There are no arguments about my decisions, and there is no right of appeal. If you don’t like my rules, sorry about your luck, chief. Find somewhere else to post where the rules are more to your liking.

I trust that I have made myself abundantly clear.

I’d hazard a guess that virtually everyone here has done more for preservation, either through tangible (direct monetary contributions) or intangible (petitions, articles, blogs, etc.) means, than you have.

I also don’t think it’s a stretch to say that McKinney has acted more badly than the landowner. McKinney should re-read the mission statement of the group he is in charge of.

If this same thing happened at Gettysburg, imagine the outcry. This incident should not be diminished simply because Brandy Station is not a National Park.

He is one and the same. His supporting the desecration of battlefield land is not a big surprise.

That’s just it–Mr. McKinney refuses to answer substantive questions. As Todd points out, inquiries get only smug non-answers. Evidently, he feels he’s not accountable to anyone and doesn’t need to answer questions. Even when presented with the specific provisions of the by-laws of the organization that require him to make certain reports, he simply ignores that obligation and refuses to respond.

We are left with no alternative but to point out what a miserable failure he is as a preservationist.