The guy is a freeloading bum. Give me a place to run 900 head of cattle without paying any taxes/fees. He's not a hero, he just manipulated a bunch of tools to come out and support him.
Do you have any evidence to prove that he didn't paid his taxes? And what about the $640 million fine imposed upon him by the Bureau of Land Management? Don't you think that is way too excessive?
I believe he readily acknowledges not paying the land fees ? Says he'll pay NV if they'd bill him. IMO just an excuse. All bums have excuses/rationalizations for their behavior. Some are reasonable, some are nonsensical. I get it though, no one wants to pay taxes.
All sources I have seen that mention fines, none of them approach $640 million. So I have no clue what you are referring to, but yes that would be excessive if true.