Nevada ranchers cite Gandhi in protest ride
RENO, Nev. — Unlike the militiamen who came with weapons to support southern Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy in his stand against federal land managers, ranchers in northern Nevada are taking a page out of Gandhi's book in their protest of livestock grazing reductions on U.S. lands.
Elko County Commissioner Grant Gerber is the chief organizer of a 70-mile horseback trek beginning on Memorial Day that he calls the "Grass March."
He said the multiday ride from Elko to Battle Mountain is modeled after Gandhi's "Salt March" from Sabarmati to Dandi, India, that protested the British colonial monopoly on salt in 1930.
Gerber said the Salt March was the opening salvo in a series of non-violent acts of civil disobedience that garnered international sympathy and ultimately helped lead to India's independence.
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I am sure he will have fun on his horse ride.
Just for some perspective.
http://www.silverstateelection.com/county-results/elko.shtml
75% went for Mittens.