The developer still hasn’t closed on the property so they are buying it from a public utility company. Not exactly stealing in my book.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

So is the white NB crew in favor or opposed to keeping Fairfield state park public?

The developer still hasn’t closed on the property so they are buying it from a public utility company. Not exactly stealing in my book.

Where did you see the state is buying it? The house bill referenced just says the state is going to deny permit requests that would restrict public access. It looks like they are just going to kill the value of the property with regulatory BS and not even purchase it.

[quote=Chris B]The developer still hasn’t closed on the property so they are buying it from a public utility company. Not exactly stealing in my book.

Lovie and Thurston Howell are appalled when bass fishing commoners destroy the ambience at their exclusive estate. Going out on the water trying to catch fish in plain view...how coarse.

One of the dumbest comments I’ve ever read on here. This shows who you really are. I absolutely would not take a stolen boat because I’m not a worthless piece of [censored].

Good to hear that you’re not a pice of [censored] you’re just an idiot. It’s amazing how some of y’all see this as black and white, nothing is black and white these days.

The government stole your tax dollars for your entire life without your consent then they put some of that money into an investment for the TAX payers and now it’s being taken away from you…… but you wanna talk about how the state forcing the owners to sell the land to them is “stealing”.

Was it stupid for the government to do that with your money? Investing it into something they never owned. Yes of course it was stupid. The government is filled to the brim with stupid people doing stupid stuff. But instead of correcting this issue you would rather them let it get sold and turned into something that most of us will be never be able to use again. Why would you want that? You want the tax payers to be punished because of the governments stupidity? For what purpose? Just so you can feel good that the government didn’t “steal” the big guys investment property…..

How many people are going to lose their land and homes if the state passes legislation that allows the park to remain open? Are there generations who grew up cultivating the land, tending to pets and livestock, raising children, and living in family homesteads all around Lake Fairfield, folks who will now be uprooted because the state is taking their property from them?

No, all of these homes and all this property are concepts right now, geographic shapes on a topo map. Break into singing Rain On The Scarecrow if it makes you feel better, but no one is having his home stolen by the state. The people who might have eventually lived there don't even know they may have lived there yet.