Rick Perry's park land liquidation sale timeline
Park timeline
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Copyright 2006
* 1980: The state buys 400.7 acres on the west side of Farm Road 1220, just northwest of Fort Worth, for $3.9 million. But citing a lack of funding, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department never develops the land.
* September 2005: Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson declares the property as an unused state resource and recommends its sale. “With 2.5 miles of waterfront, there has been much interest in this property for many years,” the General Land Office states in a report.
* Dec. 19, 2005: Gov Rick Perry’s office authorizes the sale of the property, but stipulates that proceeds be deposited with the parks department and that the state retain the mineral rights.
* June 5, 2006: An attorney for the governor’s office outlines a proposal under which the property would be sold to the highest bidder, according to internal e-mail correspondence at the land office.
* June 9, 2006: Patterson writes in an e-mail that “the final decision on the property will be made by the governor.”
* June 12, 2006: A staffer at the land office reports getting “almost daily calls” from the governor’s office “to start putting together the conditions of the sale.”
* July 13, 2006: State Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, holds a town-hall meeting in which he expresses support for preserving all 400 acres as parkland. Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Chairman Joseph Fitzsimons, requests a 120-day delay on any sale of the property.
* Aug. 28, 2006: The governor’s office distances Perry from any proposed deal on the Eagle Mountain Lake site, saying Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson has the final word. “The general land office is the agency that’s responsible,” Perry spokeswoman Kathy Walt says.
SOURCES: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas General Land Office and Star-Telegram archives.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Copyright 2006
* 1980: The state buys 400.7 acres on the west side of Farm Road 1220, just northwest of Fort Worth, for $3.9 million. But citing a lack of funding, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department never develops the land.
* September 2005: Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson declares the property as an unused state resource and recommends its sale. “With 2.5 miles of waterfront, there has been much interest in this property for many years,” the General Land Office states in a report.
* Dec. 19, 2005: Gov Rick Perry’s office authorizes the sale of the property, but stipulates that proceeds be deposited with the parks department and that the state retain the mineral rights.
* June 5, 2006: An attorney for the governor’s office outlines a proposal under which the property would be sold to the highest bidder, according to internal e-mail correspondence at the land office.
* June 9, 2006: Patterson writes in an e-mail that “the final decision on the property will be made by the governor.”
* June 12, 2006: A staffer at the land office reports getting “almost daily calls” from the governor’s office “to start putting together the conditions of the sale.”
* July 13, 2006: State Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, holds a town-hall meeting in which he expresses support for preserving all 400 acres as parkland. Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Chairman Joseph Fitzsimons, requests a 120-day delay on any sale of the property.
* Aug. 28, 2006: The governor’s office distances Perry from any proposed deal on the Eagle Mountain Lake site, saying Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson has the final word. “The general land office is the agency that’s responsible,” Perry spokeswoman Kathy Walt says.
SOURCES: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas General Land Office and Star-Telegram archives.
© 2006 Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
posted by Porkus Maximus Tex: at Tuesday, August 29, 2006
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