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As some of you may know, I've gotten my undies in a wad a few times over this Baxter Land swap deal but not for the reasons some may think.
I have been working my butt off since this thing came to light in order to find out the truth about certain things and I've come to the conclusion that there are very few honest people left in this world. The only one I have found thus far, is the clerk who mailed me all the documentation about the deal - at least what he was told he could send me.
The infectious greed, hate and lying has caught on everywhere. It's the "all about me" generation that is for sure. I have been called some pretty good names because of my position I've taken on this issue.
If you want to know what I've been writing about for some time visit the below link and pull up a chair and be entertained - I hope. I'm not asking that you agree with my position. I'm asking you to be informed - maybe there is some truth in this that you didn't know about.
http://maineoutdoorstoday.com/blog/?p=290
This was this mornings post, which once again got my undies wedged up my butt.
Trying to find out the truth in this matter is difficult. First off, I am not owner of the Bangor Daily News, the Portland Press Herald or the Boston Globe, so no one will answer my inquiries.
We have all been led to believe that Maine would get $5.5 million dollars for the sale of the 7,400 acres of public lands that will ultimately end up in the hands of Gardner Land Co.
Today we find out that $3.1 million will be the proceeds. AND when you look at the fine print, the Maine Constitution says that any public land sold has to be replaced acre for acre of equal quality land for the same uses as the land sold - unless both Houses approve otherwise by a 2/3 majority.
Guess what, the 2/3 vote is coming because of a compromise bill and it is my understanding that the way the entire thing came about, the part of the Constitution "guaranteeing" the replacement of public lands may in fact be null and void.
Secret negotions are always in the taxpayers best interest when dealing with crooked politicians. NOT
The bottom line is this and you can sugar coat it, you can use any excuse you want, but this is the reality.
Gardner Land Company is going to sell their 6,000 acres of land for $14 million. (This is the amount of money that is being raised to purchase all the lands that Gardner will end up with. You can say that it doesn't matter, it's private donations, yada, yada, yada! Someone is paying for it!)
For $14 million dollars, they end up with about 14,000 acres of forested land - enough to work for the next 10 years as the owner of Gardner has said. Maine gets $3.1 million for its 7,400 acres spread out over 6 counties.
YOU DO THE MATH!!
I have been working my butt off since this thing came to light in order to find out the truth about certain things and I've come to the conclusion that there are very few honest people left in this world. The only one I have found thus far, is the clerk who mailed me all the documentation about the deal - at least what he was told he could send me.
The infectious greed, hate and lying has caught on everywhere. It's the "all about me" generation that is for sure. I have been called some pretty good names because of my position I've taken on this issue.
If you want to know what I've been writing about for some time visit the below link and pull up a chair and be entertained - I hope. I'm not asking that you agree with my position. I'm asking you to be informed - maybe there is some truth in this that you didn't know about.
http://maineoutdoorstoday.com/blog/?p=290
This was this mornings post, which once again got my undies wedged up my butt.
Trying to find out the truth in this matter is difficult. First off, I am not owner of the Bangor Daily News, the Portland Press Herald or the Boston Globe, so no one will answer my inquiries.
We have all been led to believe that Maine would get $5.5 million dollars for the sale of the 7,400 acres of public lands that will ultimately end up in the hands of Gardner Land Co.
Today we find out that $3.1 million will be the proceeds. AND when you look at the fine print, the Maine Constitution says that any public land sold has to be replaced acre for acre of equal quality land for the same uses as the land sold - unless both Houses approve otherwise by a 2/3 majority.
Guess what, the 2/3 vote is coming because of a compromise bill and it is my understanding that the way the entire thing came about, the part of the Constitution "guaranteeing" the replacement of public lands may in fact be null and void.
Secret negotions are always in the taxpayers best interest when dealing with crooked politicians. NOT
The bottom line is this and you can sugar coat it, you can use any excuse you want, but this is the reality.
Gardner Land Company is going to sell their 6,000 acres of land for $14 million. (This is the amount of money that is being raised to purchase all the lands that Gardner will end up with. You can say that it doesn't matter, it's private donations, yada, yada, yada! Someone is paying for it!)
For $14 million dollars, they end up with about 14,000 acres of forested land - enough to work for the next 10 years as the owner of Gardner has said. Maine gets $3.1 million for its 7,400 acres spread out over 6 counties.
YOU DO THE MATH!!
