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Zoning, Planning and Use

Nov. 29, 2005

Proposed Law on Land Sell-Off Benefits Speculators, not Public

Forum Column - By Sean B. Hecht - With little fanfare, Congress is poised to sell off some of our most precious public lands. In the middle of a wide-ranging budget bill is tucked a proposed law that would force the federal government to sell land for development regardless of the national interest in protecting it. Its passage would forever change our country's landscape.

        
        
Forum Column

By Sean B. Hecht
        
        With little fanfare, Congress is poised to sell off some of our most precious public lands. In the middle of a wide-ranging budget bill is tucked a proposed law that would f...

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