Wyo Governor Wants to Sell Huge Tracts of Land

[Uncle Ted]

Governor Dave Freudenthal is threatening to sell off parts of the Grand Teton to private investment unless the federal government can come up with more money...

Governor Dave Freudenthal is threatening to sell off a chunk of one of America's most beautiful national parks unless the Obama administration comes up with more money to pay for education in the financially beleaguered state.

He says he will auction land valued at $125m (£80m) in the Grand Teton national park, one of the country's most stunning wildernesses. Part of the park was donated by John Rockefeller Jr.

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Previous negotiations led Washington to offer 800,000 acres of federal land in a swap but state officials rejected it as "trash land" not worth nearly as much as their "prime, in-park real estate".

"I admit we aren't as bright as those boys on the Potomac," said Freudenthal. "But this ain't our first county fair."

[Jacob]

Governor Dave Freudenthal is threatening to sell off parts of the Grand Teton to private investment unless the federal government can come up with more money...

Wyoming is a financially beleaguered state? I thought they had plenty of money for education. But I can imagine why they don't. After all, there is no income tax, the sales tax is low, and there are no local property taxes that go to pay for education (the state government funds every locality). The pillage of the natural resources is a great way to fund your governmental during an Oil boom, but those never last too long.

And it's absurd to be funding education at the federal level, but as long as that's the law, I can't blame Frreudenthal for playing hard ball.

As for the national park....well, there are plenty of those. Sell of some of that prime real estate.

[landpoke]

Wyoming is a financially beleaguered state? I thought they had plenty of money for education. But I can imagine why they don't. After all, there is no income tax, the sales tax is low, and there are no local property taxes that go to pay for education (the state government funds every locality). The pillage of the natural resources is a great way to fund your governmental during an Oil boom, but those never last too long.

And it's absurd to be funding education at the federal level, but as long as that's the law, I can't blame Frreudenthal for playing hard ball.

As for the national park....well, there are plenty of those. Sell of some of that prime real estate.

Financially beleaguered may be a bit of an overstatement. Revenue is definitely down, but to say the states in trouble is not true.

I'm not sure what the problem is. This is school trust land given to the state for the express purpose of funding education. They would be derelict in their duty if they didn't get the highest price possible for it. Just another example of Obama's incompetence and disregard for the law I suppose.

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Who doesn't love huge tracts of land!