[ethbro]

I was referring to something like this [1]. I imagine there's a lot of mining, oil, and forestry state contracts that look the same way.

Private land is private land. If farmers want to sell it to condo developers they (albeit sadly) can.

My problem is that state government is largely unprofessional. Say what you want about the revolving door in DC between public and private, but state governments make that look downright respectable: generally instead there's kickback + sneaking an agreement in at the last moment + underfunded local news not noticing = public gets screwed and someone gets a cushy private sector job next year.

[1] http://www.myajc.com/news/opinion/opinion-lease-deal-leaves-...