Bidder70.org | Tim DeChristopher | January 9, 2009 03:06 PM
The following is a statement from Tim DeChristopher, Bidder 70, who bid up prices at a Bureau of Land Management auction to keep them from being sold by the Bush Administration to oil and gas companies. DeChristopher solicited donations from the public to help him put down payments on the land he "won."
"I'm thankful to announce we have reached our initial goal of raising $45,000 for the first payment on the 22,500 acres I "won" at the BLM auction on December 19th. Most of our donations came in $10 or $20 increments from thousands who gave whatever they could during this hard economic time
I deeply appreciate the generosity of all those who have contributed to our goal. It is very encouraging for me to see how many others value the land, the climate and a participatory democracy as much as I do.
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