He said any excesses on his behalf were due to provocations sometimes ethic and involving his Portuguese heritage. I don't like that. When I first moved here, it was nice. But then people started stealing from me and vandalizing and, hey, I'm not a saint. Morais insists the levee is his, and that he is only protecting his property.
People think it's a beautiful place and it is.
But I'm not about to let people come in with their dogs and their trash. He claims that an irrigation has been stolen and vandalized. Not people from New York or Chicago, it was people from Blue Lake. The rancher pledged to continue to ward off interlopers. If I need to, I can go over there and guard it.