09-14-2013, 02:50 PM
I have first hand experience with SITLA having bid on land at several land auctions. When Big Energy had an interest they tried to sneak through a sale without any of the usual attention. Their attorney who I had talked to previously several times began to act in the interest of Big Energy and not the state as he is required to do by law and his job description. I taped him as me and a friend involved both thought he'd had been bribed. We won the bid. Should have seen their attorneys's look when I showed up in their office in person 5 minutes prior to the seal bid deadline. Ultimately I didn't have to call his bluff with my taped conversations as he knew his job would be at stake if he tried to follow through on his threatened actions.
The negotiations are supposed to be transparent so others with interest can counter offer and SITLA gets the best return. Believe me they do this differently when multimillion and billion dollar corporations have an interest. Still have the tapes to prove it.
I won't get started on the Nuclear project as I have not stayed 100% up to date on the issues even if it concerns me some.
The good news is that the attention that the sportsmen of this state and the Governor speaking out has delayed the decision on the Bogart Canyon section of the deal until 2016. This will give other interests time to come to the plate. That is what was missing from this with the details of the negotiation not available to all with an interest. Shouldn't expect anything more or less than that with SITLA.
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The negotiations are supposed to be transparent so others with interest can counter offer and SITLA gets the best return. Believe me they do this differently when multimillion and billion dollar corporations have an interest. Still have the tapes to prove it.
I won't get started on the Nuclear project as I have not stayed 100% up to date on the issues even if it concerns me some.
The good news is that the attention that the sportsmen of this state and the Governor speaking out has delayed the decision on the Bogart Canyon section of the deal until 2016. This will give other interests time to come to the plate. That is what was missing from this with the details of the negotiation not available to all with an interest. Shouldn't expect anything more or less than that with SITLA.
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