Madeleine A. Pickens
{{short description|Iraqi American businesswoman and philanthropist}}
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| image = US Navy 081003-N-2688M-095 Guests cut the ribbon at Naval Medical Center San Diego for the grand opening of the second Fisher House.jpg
| caption = Pickens (4th from left) at a ribbon-cutting for a 2008 grand opening at the Naval Medical Center San Diego
| birth_name = Madeleine Baker
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|3|5}}
| birth_place = Kirkuk, Kingdom of Iraq
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| occupation = Business Owner, philanthropist
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| spouse = include Allen E. Paulson (1988-2000) and T. Boone Pickens (2005-2012)
| children = Dominique Richter
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| other_names=Madeleine Farris, Madeleine Richter, Madeleine Paulson
| honors = {{plainlist|
- Equine Advocates Award (2007)
- ABC News Person of the Week (21 November 2008)
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Madeleine Anne Pickens is a businesswoman and philanthropist who has lived in the United States since 1969. She is a developer of and stockholder in the Del Mar Country Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California, and the owner of the Mustang Monument: Wild Horse Eco-Resort near Wells, Nevada and the founder of Saving America's Mustangs. She is also a thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. She is the widow of American businessman Allen E. Paulson and former wife of multi-millionaire T. Boone Pickens.
Background
Madeleine Pickens was born Madeleine Baker on March 5, 1947{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Madeleine-Pickens/6000000016066210079|title=Madeleine A. Pickens|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} in Kirkuk, Kingdom of Iraq{{cite web|url=http://www.cfr.org/united-states/conversation-t-boone-pickens/p18621|title=A Conversation with T. Boone Pickens|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319020102/http://www.cfr.org/united-states/conversation-t-boone-pickens/p18621|archive-date=19 March 2014|url-status=dead}} where her father, Bill Baker, was a British oil executive.{{cite web|url=http://www.soundhorseconference.com/conference/madeleine.php|title=Sound Horse Conference - Conference Proceedings|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} He was also a golf course designer, who built a golf course in Kirkuk and cut down his golf clubs to teach the five-year old Madeleine to play.{{cite web|url=http://www.hireveterans.com/company/87458/Del-Mar-Country-Club/|title=Hire Veterans - Jobs for Veterans - Job Board Hiring U.S. Military Veterans Employment Careers: Del Mar Country Club|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} After her family left Iraq, Pickens grew up in France and England, where Baker designed several courses.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldgolf.com/golf-architects/bill-baker.html|title=Bill Baker - golf course architect - golf courses built, articles, related information|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} Pickens and her twin sister Christine, both British citizens, moved from England to the Bahamas in 1965.{{cite book |last=Pickens |first= T. Boone|title=The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MNn9qzwZD-UC |date=2008|publisher=Crown Publishing Group |isbn=9780307449818 |pages=185–6}} At some point she started using the name Madeleine Farris.{{cite book | first=Jay| last=Hovdey|title=Cigar: America's Horse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pMLWWJcSjPkC|year=1999|publisher=Eclipse Press|page=38| isbn=9781581500394}}
Pickens modeled and worked as a flight attendant for Pan American Airlines in her twenties. She moved to Marina Del Rey, California in 1969 and went into business for herself, providing cabin service crews for corporate jets and special charter flights.{{cite web|last=Finley |first = Tom |url=http://www.rangemagazine.com/features/winter-11/wi11-range-mustang.pdf|title=Special Report: MUSTANG Legends and Myths. Faith, Hope and Charity|website=Range Magazine Winter, 2011}} In 1976, she was featured in an article in Black Belt magazine.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KdQDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Madeleine+Farris%22&pg=PA45 |title=November 1976 feature article on Madeleine Farris in Black Belt magazine |date= November 1976|accessdate=2017-09-11}} She was married to Robert Richter, with whom she had a daughter, Dominique, in 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.delmartimes.net/sddmt-golf-and-gala-fundraiser-for-navy-seals-set-for-2014mar14-story.html|title=Golf and gala fundraiser for Navy SEALs set for March 22 at Del Mar Country Club|last=Staff|date=14 March 2014|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rangemagazine.com/features/winter-13/range-wi13-mustang_maddy.pdf|website=Range Magazine|title=Mustang Maddy}}
She met Allen Paulson, the founder of Gulfstream Aerospace in 1983, and married him in 1988. In 1993 they bought the Del Mar Country Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California, where she drew upon her background to design and build the golf course.{{cite web|url=https://www.delmarcountryclub.com/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?NS=PUBLIC&DN=HISTORY|title=Del Mar Country Club View Library Document: History|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} Upon Paulson's death in 2000, she and his children from his previous marriages disputed over the estate until 2003, at which time she was awarded in the settlement, among other assets, stock in the Country Club. In September 2015, the IRS filed suit against beneficiaries of Paulson's estate, including Pickens, for unpaid estate taxes.{{cite web|url=http://www.wealthmanagement.com/estate-planning/who-s-liable-unpaid-estate-taxes|title=Who's Liable for Unpaid Estate Taxes?|date=15 September 2016|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} On September 10, 2018, a judge ruled Pickens was not liable for the taxes.{{cite web|url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1081117/calif-court-oks-lien-on-assets-in-gulfstream-founder-s-trust|title = Calif. Court OKs Lien on Assets in Gulfstream Founder's Trust - Law360}}
In 2005, she married Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens. Not long after their marriage, the couple traveled to New Orleans to rescue pets stranded during the evacuation from Hurricane Katrina and flew them to California and Colorado on a chartered cargo jet. They divorced early in 2013.Sonia Smith, [http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/t-boone-and-madeleine-pickens’-super-sad-true-divorce-story "T. Boone and Madeleine Pickens’ Super Sad True Divorce Story"], Texas Monthly, January 21, 2013.
In 2007, Pickens paid $35 million for a home on the beach in Del Mar; in 2010 she sued the city for ordering her to prune plants that were obstructing her neighbors' view.{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-del-mar-settles-billionaire-hedges-2010mar09-story.html|title=Del Mar settles with billionaire over hedges|first=Tanya|last=Mannes|date=10 March 2010|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} Pickens has sponsored several events at the Del Mar Country Club benefiting military organizations. In July 2016, Pickens, Jenny Craig, and Doug Manchester co-chaired a fundraiser for Donald Trump at the Del Mar Country Club in Rancho Santa Fe.{{cite web|first=Joshua|last=Stewart|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sdut-trump-fundraiser-san-diego-2016jul13-story.html|title=Trump attends Rancho Santa Fe fundraiser|newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune|date=July 13, 2016}}
Equine interests
Pickens is said to be a lifelong equestrian.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SwGdfAVhmSUC|title=Wild Horses of the West|first=Ed|last=de Steiger|year=2011|publisher=University of Arizona Press|page=200|isbn=9780816528264}} She developed an interest in thoroughbred flat racing and with Allen Paulson, she owned several race horses, including U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Cigar.Hovdey She traded Cigar to husband Allen for the filly, Eliza, the 1992 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner and that year's Eclipse Award winner as American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html|title=Garden Roars This Time for a Four-Footed Hero: Cigar|first=Robin|last=Finn|date=3 November 1996|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017|via=NYTimes.com}}
Pickens' other horses included Fraise, who won the 1992 Breeders' Cup Turf;{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/sports/othersports/03horses.html|title=Former Owner of Racehorses Now Works to Save Them|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1 May 2009|first=Jillian|last=Dunham}} Yokohama, winner of the 1997 Prix Foy at Longchamp Racecourse;{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} and Rock Hard Ten, winner of the 2005 Santa Anita Handicap.{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=6143344®istry=T|title=Equibase - Horse Racing - Horse Racing Entries - Horse Racing Results - Past Performances - Mobile - Statistics|last=Equibase.com|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} Pickens and Jenny Craig owned Rock and Roll who won the 1998 Pennsylvania Derby and ran in the Kentucky Derby.{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=4005633®istry=T&rbt=TB|title=Equibase - Horse Racing - Horse Racing Entries - Horse Racing Results - Past Performances - Mobile - Statistics|last=Equibase.com|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} Pickens also raced Miss Dominique, named for her daughter.Hovdey, op. cit. p. 109
After the settlement of Paulson's estate, Pickens no longer had colors to race, although she was still part owner of Rock Hard Ten and a few broodmares. She announced in June 2005 that, upon her marriage to T. Boone Pickens, her involvement with racing would be reduced.{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/169842/madeleine-paulson-to-wed-t-boone-pickens-scaling-back-on-horse-business|title=Madeleine Paulson to Wed T. Boone Pickens; Scaling Back on Horse Business|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} At the same time, she took up equine welfare causes when Old Friends Equine purchased Fraise and multiple Grade One winner Ogygian from their Japanese owners and she paid the $65,000 to bring them back to retirement at the Old Friends facility in Georgetown, Kentucky. About a year after their marriage, the couple led the fight to close the last horse slaughterhouse in the United States. The slaughterhouses were closed due to Congress's prohibiting funds to pay inspectors in the year appropriations bills,{{cite web|url=https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2017/08/27/lawmakers-protections-american-wild-horses/ |title=Lawmakers in bid to restore threatened protections to America's wild horses |publisher=Horsetalk.co.nz |date= 26 August 2017|accessdate=2017-09-11}} but the Pickens worked for a more permanent solution by lobbying Congress to pass the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (AHSPA), which passed in the United States House of Representatives,{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/37435/t-boone-pickens-madeleine-pickens-to-receive-equine-advocates-award|title=T. Boone Pickens, Madeleine Pickens to Receive Equine Advocates Award|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} but not in the Senate (in 2015, the AHSPA was folded into the proposed Safeguard American Food Exports Act).{{cite web|url=http://www.horsecouncil.org/press-release/the-safeguard-american-food-exports-act-of-2015/|title=The Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2015 - American Horse Council|date=17 December 2015 |publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} In recognition of their efforts, in 2007 Madeleine and Boone Pickens received the Equine Advocates' Safe Home Equine Protection Award.
In the summer of 2008, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), was faced with a budget crisis in its free-roaming horse program due to the cost of maintaining 33,000 excess (unadopted) horses captured on public lands in holding facilities. The agency was considering implementing the options that Congress had provided for in amendments to the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, to either euthanize or sell the horses "without limitation" to any willing buyer.{{cite web|first=Malinda |last=Osborne |url=https://www.avma.org/News/JAVMANews/Pages/081101e.aspx |title=Wild horses could face euthanasia |publisher=Avma.org |date=2008-10-15 |accessdate=2017-09-11}} Since "any willing buyer" included those that would send the horses to slaughter in foreign countries,{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/WN/PersonOfWeek/story?id=6307278&page=1|title=Oil Billionaire's Wife Drafts Horse Rescue Plan|publisher=ABC News|date=21 November 2008|accessdate=11 February 2017}} Pickens established "The National Wild Horse Foundation," to create a sanctuary for excess horses.{{cite web|url=http://mustangmonument.com/about-mustang-monument/madeleine-pickens/|title=Madeleine Pickens - Mustang Monument Eco-Resort|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} On November 21, 2008, Pickens was named Person of the Week by ABC News due to her announcement that she would adopt and maintain, with private funds, all 33,000 horses at the sanctuary. However, shortly thereafter she stated that the recession forced many of the donors she hoped would help her pay for the venture backed out, and she requested the BLM pay her a yearly stipend of $500 per horse to maintain the horses. The BLM responded that it was not possible to enter into the contract she requested.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/06/AR2009030602211_2.html |title=Recession Snags Plan for Wild Horse Sanctuary |first=Lyndsey |last=Layton |date=March 7, 2009 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2022-07-01}}
In January 2010, Pickens hired three helicopters to view and photograph a BLM horse gather, and at one point they flew across the flight path of other helicopters being used to herd animals, leading to the accusation she had interfered with the gather. A year later, a $500,000 float she sponsored for the Tournament of Roses Parade{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-madeleine-pickens-rose-parade-float-message-hits-2011jan03-story.html|title=Madeleine Pickens' Rose Parade message hits home|first=Diane|last=Bell|date=4 January 2011|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} depicted a Native American on a horse watching over several galloping horses. The day before the parade, the National Tribal Horse Coalition issued a news release objecting to the float for using "the symbolism of the North American Indians and horses to promote agendas in direct opposition to the tribes' position."{{cite web|url=http://www.cowboycountrymagazine.com/2010/12/rose-bowl-parade-controversy/|title=Rose Bowl Parade Controversy - Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine|date=31 December 2010|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}}
Also in 2010, Pickens purchased property in Elko County in northeast Nevada; the 14,000 acre Spruce Ranch in the remote Goshute Valley for $2,570,000.{{cite news|url=http://elkodaily.com/news/local/horse-sanctuary-in-elko-county-pickens-buys-spruce-ranch/article_c624c450-d378-11df-b3ed-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Horse sanctuary in Elko County? Pickens buys Spruce Ranch|first=Martin|last=Griffith|agency=Associated Press|work=Elko Daily|accessdate=11 February 2017}} Shortly afterwards, she purchased the Warm Creek Ranch which is located about 25 miles south of Wells, Nevada{{cite web|url=https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/elko_field_office/blm_information/nepa/nenvwh_ecosanctuary/nenvwh_ecosanctuary.html|title=NENVWH EcoSanctuary photos|date=7 January 2013|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} on Highway 93, adjacent to the northwest boundary of the 508,000 acre BLM Spruce Mountain grazing allotment. In March 2011, the BLM put out invitations for Pickens and others who wished to provide lands to maintain horses for the BLM in "Eco_Sanctuaries" to submit proposals for evaluation.{{cite journal|last=Harding|first=Adella|title=BLM seeks horse eco-sanctuaries|journal=Elko Daily News| url=http://elkodaily.com/news/local/blm-seeks-horse-eco-sanctuaries/article_cd485900-50ae-11e0-8ce5-001cc4c002e0.html | date=March 17, 2011| accessdate= November 23, 2017}} Saving America's Mustangs, the formerly named National Wild Horse Foundation to which Pickens had transferred title to the Spruce Ranch, submitted a proposal to maintain horses, that the BLM agreed to evaluate in April 2012.{{cite web |url=https://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/PublicPrivateLandEcosancPressRel_v8.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-01-15 |archive-date=2017-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227002932/https://www.blm.gov/or/news/files/PublicPrivateLandEcosancPressRel_v8.pdf |url-status=dead }} In August 2012, the BLM published the proposal in the Federal Register{{cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/08/15/2012-20022/notice-of-intent-to-prepare-an-environmental-impact-statement-for-proposed-wild-horse-eco-sanctuary|title = Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Wild Horse Eco-Sanctuary in Elko County, Nevada, and an Associated Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Wells Field Office|date = 15 August 2012}} but in June 2014 the evaluation stalled after scoping found issues that have yet to be resolved. Although she has purchased several hundred horses at risk of slaughter and maintains them on the private lands of the ranches,{{cite web|last=Harris|first=Dylan Harris |url=http://www.agupdate.com/theprairiestar/agweekly/news/enquine/wild-horse-eco-sanctuary-up-in-the-air/article_c78db297-9f9f-58d5-b585-14d4f260fc6d.html|title =Wild horse eco-sanctuary up in the air| website=Ag Weekly|date=12 June 2014 |accessdate=February 12, 2017}} in 2014 Saving America's Mustangs leased the Spruce Allotment grazing permit to the Spruce Grazing Association that instead grazes cows.{{cite web |url=http://files.ctctcdn.com/839d98d3101/6b749792-8c4f-4cf2-94fb-2d8a74065a64.pdf |title= Protest and Comments to BLM's Proposed Decision |author=Spruce Grazing Association |date=September 17, 2015 |website=files.ctctcdn.com}} On December 21, 2017, the BLM announced it would be rounding up horses in the area of the Spruce allotment.{{cite web|url=https://www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-and-burro/herd-management/gathers-and-removals/nevada/2018-Triple-B-Complex-wild-horse-gather|title = Program: Wild Horse and Burro: Herd Management: Gathers and Removals: Nevada: Triple B Complex Wild Horse Gather | Bureau of Land Management}} On August 25, 2018, the BLM announced an emergency gather of 300 horses at Boone Spring within the allotment.{{cite web|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/lack-of-food-leads-to-wild-horse-roundup-in-eastern-nevada/|title=Lack of food leads to wild horse roundup in eastern Nevada|date=25 August 2018}}
Mustang Monument Eco-Resort
Initially, the Warm Creek Ranch headquarters was slated to be used as the "base of operations" for the eco-sanctuary.{{cite web |url=https://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/nv/field_offices/elko_field_office/information/nepa/eiss/archives/nenvwh_ecosanctuary.Par.21472.File.dat/EcoSanctuaryScopingBrief.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2017-01-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321102508/https://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/nv/field_offices/elko_field_office/information/nepa/eiss/archives/nenvwh_ecosanctuary.Par.21472.File.dat/EcoSanctuaryScopingBrief.pdf |archivedate=2017-03-21 }} However, on September 11, 2012, Pickens made reference to plans for a luxury resort called the Mustang Monument: Wild Horse Eco-Resort.{{cite web|url=https://rtfitchauthor.com/2012/09/12/madeleine-pickens-eco-resort/|title=Madeleine Pickens' Eco-RESORT?|date=12 September 2012|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} Pickens began converting the headquarters for the resort, and began renovating the old ranch house there to become a dining hall and kitchen. On April 3, 2013, the Elko County Commission approved a liquor license for the venture,{{cite web |url=http://www.elkocountynv.net/4_3_4_13.pdf |title=Minutes of meeting held on April 3, 2013 |date= |website=Elko County Board of Commissioners}} and Pickens spent a million dollars on "Safari Tents" or Tee Pees for the guests. The eco-resort was open for business in the summer of 2014 and, among other things, offered horseback rides on BLM-administered public lands{{cite web|url=http://www.sunset.com/travel/wild-horses|title=The fight over America's wild horses|date=5 May 2015|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/8bba616c-ed87-11e3-abf3-00144feabdc0|title=Financial Times|website=Financial Times|date=13 June 2014|accessdate=11 September 2017}} and using a road crossing BLM administered lands to the Spruce Ranch to take guests to see the horses kept there. Pickens states she was informed by the BLM in December of that year that she would need a permit to use the road and public lands for her commercial ventures and that she filed the application for the permit. Pickens claims that in October 2015 the BLM told her the paperwork had been misplaced,{{cite web |url=http://mustangmonument.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Mustang-Monument-Prevented-from-Opening-for-2016-Season-Feb-2016.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-02-02 |archive-date=2017-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203161254/http://mustangmonument.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Mustang-Monument-Prevented-from-Opening-for-2016-Season-Feb-2016.pdf |url-status=dead }} and her representative claims that the BLM requested trivial information to process the application.{{cite web|url=http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/i-team-madeleine-pickens-losing-battle-with-the-blm/542942332|title=I-Team: Madeleine Pickens' losing battle with the BLM|last=LAKANA|date=2 September 2016|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} Also, Elko County officials determined that the food preparation facilities she planned did not meet the County health and safety codes, and required her to install a commercial kitchen.{{cite web|url=http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/i-team-elko-countys-strict-building-codes-raise-questions|title=I-Team: Elko County's strict building codes raise questions|last=LAKANA|date=5 September 2016|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} By February 2016 the BLM had not finished processing the permit application and the County's safety codes had not yet been met. The County required Pickens to, in case of fire, to put sprinkler systems in the lavishly furnished teepees,{{cite web|url=http://mustangmonument.com/luxury-tipis/|title=Glamping Vacation Luxury Camping - Mustang Monument|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} and because the town of Wells had, in 2008, suffered a major earthquake,{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/trending/silver-state/8-biggest-earthquakes-nevada-history|title=8 biggest earthquakes in Nevada history|first=STEPHANIE GRIMES|last=REVIEWJOURNAL.COM|date=31 March 2014|publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} she was required to modify the walk-in cooler in the kitchen to be earthquake-proof. Pickens issued a press release on February 10, 2016, stating the resort would not open for 2016, but although the Mustang Monument website stated she hoped to open in 2017{{cite web|title=Reservations|website=Mustang Monument Wild Horse eco-resort|url=http://mustangmonument.com/reservations/ |accessdate=February 5, 2017}} and having spent $25 million on the venture, she stated on September 1, 2016, she was "out of it" and would sell the Tee Pees. George Knapp, an investigative reporter for a Las Vegas television station, reported that Pickens said that she had made a bad decision and she would not spend more money on the venture. The webpage for Mustang Monument announced the facility was closed in 2016. In the beginning of 2019, Mustang Monument announced it has re-opened for the summer season.
Pickens stated that her problems with acquiring the BLM permit are due to her being "a tall tree" that "catch(es) the wind." Pickens' representative suggested the real reasons for Elko County's safety requirements were due to local hostility to a wild horse sanctuary and because Pickens was from California, and Knapp, a Coast to Coast AM host that had Pickens' representative on as a guest in 2012,{{cite web|url=http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2012/03/18/ |title=Wild Horses/ UFO Detection - Shows |publisher=Coasttocoastam.com |date=2012-03-18 |accessdate=2017-09-11}} expanded upon that to imply that they were imposed because Pickens was "rich, blonde, female, and...from California." Adding to the conflicts in 2016, a lawsuit against Saving America's Mustangs and the Del Mar Country Club was filed for an alleged racially motivated hostile work environment at the Country Club and Mustang Monument in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://elkodaily.com/news/local/pickens-ranch-target-of-discrimination-lawsuit/article_636822f5-bf4f-5f54-b1f4-64b0de729aa0.html|title=Pickens ranch target of discrimination lawsuit|first=ADELLA HARDING Free Press|last=Correspondent|date=12 November 2016 |publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}} As of January 2017, that lawsuit was pending.{{cite web|url=http://elkodaily.com/news/local/pickens-discrimination-lawsuit-is-back-in-court/article_56adeed7-f6a0-5d2c-8623-58c07091eb67.html|title=Pickens discrimination lawsuit is back in court|first=ADELLA HARDING Free Press|last=Correspondent|date=12 January 2017 |publisher=|accessdate=11 February 2017}}
Politics
Since 2010 Pickens has donated extensively to Republican political campaigns, including the Donald Trump presidential campaign and numerous state Republican parties.{{cite web |title=Donation Records |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=madeleine+pickens&order=desc&sort=D |website=Open Secrets |accessdate=21 August 2019}}
References
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External links
- [http://mustangmonument.com/about-mustang-monument/saving-americas-mustangs/ Mustang Monument's "Saving America's Mustangs" Webpage]
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