The headline highlights how cartoonishly evil this all is --- but the body of the story is more interesting, especially the work of the long-time resident who is working to use the deed as leverage to get the long-promised park.
Emily M. Bender
“It's very obvious to me that the choices that are being made are going to throw many people into poverty [...] they won't be able to get out and go somewhere else, and people who are benefiting from this are going to move on." www.404media.co/a-farmer-don...
In 1999, a farmer gave away 87 acres of land to a small Texas city to use as a park. The city sold to a data center developer for $10 million.
