Oct 2, 2008

Land deal helps to pave way for Wekiva Parkway

Gov. Charlie Crist and the Cabinet agreed Tuesday to buy land critical to construction of a beltway around Orlando, two weeks after rejecting a higher-priced proposal.

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Fisher Palm Coast, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 Oct 1, 2008 So all of a sudden my property that was worth $50,000 an acre in northwest Orange County is worth $78,000 an acre??? Taxpayers are being ripped off again.
Who Orlando, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 Oct 1, 2008 So Dan, who are the firms and individuals that made $2.5 million for legal and consulting? It can't cost that must for this one deal.
Reality Sucks Orlando, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 Oct 1, 2008 We had to delay this land purchase until our partners could race ahead and buy up all the property along the route for agricultural prices and resell it to the State for millions. Now that our consortium has it all locked up we're ready to surge ahead with the bypass.
Sargent Pepper Orlando, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 Oct 1, 2008 Thus is a taxpayer rip off. We should impeach the governor and fire the local boards that approved this investor bailout. The land today is worth less than half of what he paid for it. Any public official that does not recognize it does not leave in the real word. is this decision apeealable?
do it Lake Worth, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #5 Oct 1, 2008 Good, now git 'er done
grouper Orlando, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #6 Oct 1, 2008 Unbelieveable. I am a developer, and I was so surprised and pleased that they killed this deal the first time. No developer in his right mind would pay more than 10 million for that dirt in the next 5 years. Palmer bought at the peak, and now we are buying at an even higher peak. Plus, he still has ROW to sell us. Hold onto your wallet. This is a total ripoff for the taxpayers and tollpayers.

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