That exact narrative doesn't work. If the oil deposit can be confirmed a value can be placed on it despite its not being drilled and produced. The only value they could give for the water rights in an ED case is the amount of water in the lake today and that would never be 100% of it. And make no mistake I have no beef on either side here. Both side have merits and If I was even in the galaxy of blaming someone it might be Vistra. I agree with you I hope they find some middle ground that appeals to all sides but I am fairly certain that is not going to happen unless Todd caves somehow which they aren't showing any signs of doing at this point. In that case, they will lose it all. Again, ED is kind of like pu$$y, its undefeated.

I do not believe Todd thinks there is anyway they will lose, if he felt that way he would have taken the 25M and moved on. From what I have read TPWD does not have anywhere near enough money to buy the property, if they receive the money from the " fund " the land has to be purchased from willing sellers, at least that is what I think I read. I am like you too, I do not have a dog in this derby, just pointing out how stupid TPWD has been from the get go. I hope they resolve it soon so people can go fishing or just go on their way.

The water wasn't discovered after Todd bought the property. It was there all along. I know because I launched my boat into it.

so he bought the lake also?
man
i don't know about selling water
you have to draw a line somewhere

so was the oil lol.

Hopefully you took pics of it so you will always have memories

I didn't think under current rules they could sell the water out of Freestone county anyway. You can't say something has value unless the laws even support it. Assuming you can get that changed is an assumption, and we all know what those do. I just hope it's settled by Oct one way or another. Fishing would be fantastic if it stays a state park.

The state loses all the time. This is a great example.

https://freetogether.org/2018/06/charlies-story/

That's a New Jersey case. That state may as well be a 3rd world country compared to Texas.

Here's another thing I've never understood. We all know 1/2 that lake is unusable as a pleasure boating lake. there are stumps everywhere and much of it's under 6' deep. So if Todd drains the lake back (first you have to have a way to get that water out, change the current rules, and get someone to buy it). Then the lake is forever dramatically changed. Even if I wasn't a fisherman would I want a multi-million dollar house built on a lake that small? The whole project just has never made sense to me. If you leave the lake as is, you gotta clear thousands of underwater stumps but more he doesn't have the funds he thinks. he has. I don't know this thing has just never made a lick to sense to me short of buy the lake and continually sell off the water if you think the water rights are more than the purchase price. Than use the development as a smoke screen.

McMansion dwellers love to look across the water first thing in the morning to see a dismantled glistening power plant and electrical lines running everywhere.

Todd money vs. State of Texas money and power reminds me of the PGA Tour's wealth vs. Saudi money. There was no way the PGA Tour was going to win a spending war with Saudi Arabia. Hence, LIV Golf basically owns the PGA Tour now.

To this point the state has not appropriated any money for obtaining park land through condemnation. The legislature does not meet again until 2025. Last session they were unable to pass legislation to make Todd go through two state agencies to change the water permit for Fairfield Lake. What are the chances they will call a special session to appropriate the necessary funding?

No chance. But do you know what Todd has to do to change the water permit as the rules stand today? I've never seen that written up in any articles I've seen. Does he just need to get Freestone County to change their permit or is it more complicated than that?