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Phoenix61

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4. Interesting how those high-tech boys are all about free market capitalism....

Reply to quaint (Original post)

Sun Aug 27, 2023, 09:09 AM

Aug 2023

until they aren’t.

“Since no California laws require them to sell, the land was bargained for by both parties at a much higher price. But now, Flannery is suing those families for $510 million, accusing them of conspiring together to inflate the value of the land.”

Says the guy who spent the last 5 years secretly buying up the land around Travis AFB.

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Mystery land buyers around California Air Force base revealed [View all] quaint Aug 2023 OP

Why the "whoa" Tetrachloride Aug 2023 #1

Oops, answered in the wrong spot. quaint Aug 2023 #3

Over-riding local protections so Silicon Valley rich people can build a new city and national security concerns. quaint Aug 2023 #2

Interesting how those high-tech boys are all about free market capitalism.... Phoenix61 Aug 2023 #4

Doesn't guarantee China is not a participant Captain Zero Aug 2023 #5

Exactly. The Chinese would not brazenly buy the property in their names. Irish_Dem Aug 2023 #6

I know this area. It's a crime to transform it. Auggie Aug 2023 #7

I don't know but Garamendi this year secured a lot of money for local improvements. quaint Aug 2023 #8

Mmmm ... Auggie Aug 2023 #9

Oops, wrong section quaint Aug 2023 #10