Benicia panel wishes land negotiations were private

The laws that govern this are in place to serve and protect the TAXPAYERS, not the petty secrecies and burning desire to hide from the public demonstrated by Tina Batt & her ilk. We don't care about Batt and what she wants and doesn't want. If she doesn't want to inform the TAXPAYERS who will be funding her nice little scheme to know what she's doing, then she should get a different job, perhaps working on Nancy Pelosi's staff, where she can help schedule Congressional votes on legislation like the HUGE health care bill on cozy Saturday nights out of sight of Americans and without most Democrats reading the bill or making it available to the American TAXPAYERS.

Environmentalists like Tina Batt want access to TAXPAYER money with no accountability.

As for the concern of property owners involved in this scheme who may not want to be identified, they must understand that if they choose to play with the devil, they must be prepared to go to hell.

Deals made in dark, smoke filled rooms, in secret, usually bear bad news. Republicans and Democrats have done that in the past. Tramky's comments are clearly out of line...