I remember a line from a song, years ago, that said "You can't leave a working man no where to go.."
It seems the state of Montana or more correctly the federal government is working on the newest 'leisure suites' for the fabulously wealthy.
The deal was struck behind closed doors between Mark E. Rey, the former timber lobbyist who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, and Plum Creek Timber Co., a former logging company turned real estate investment trust that is building homes. Plum Creek owns more than 8 million acres nationwide, including 1.2 million acres in the mountains of western Montana, where local officials were stunned and outraged at the deal
The WaPo today is reporting on this "closed door" deal with the Plum Creek group to open up logging roads to sell property for new McMansions. Paving roads and pushing back wilderness and wildlife for the rich and famous. Plum Creek Timber Co., which has recently discovered that selling land for monsterous houses at exorbitant prices is more profitable than logging....if they have to log responsibly, that is.
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