The O'Malley administration has struck a deal to buy a Kent County farm for $2.8 million and then lease it for $1 a year to a company controlled by an organic farmer and Democratic campaign donor.
The proposal has drawn criticism from businesses that worry about unfair competition.
The agreement is expected to be presented Wednesday before the state Board of Public Works, which deferred action on it last month after Comptroller Peter Franchot raised questions about the terms.
Also in the pipeline — but not on the agenda Wednesday — is a deal in which the same company would receive $500,000 in state bond money toward the cost of establishing a $2.3 million "food hub" in Easton to process and distribute organic and sustainably produced food.
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WTF!! Carl I hope you round up enough elected House members to put a stop to this sh!t!!
ReplyDeleteI will pay the State $100 a year for the land. This should not be done,PERIOD!
ReplyDeleteIf this person wants to farm, let them buy it and farm it. Farm land rents for a lot more than a $1.00.
ReplyDeleteJust more handouts to the organic and non gmo fraud scheme. Can O'Malley be arrest for prostitution? Because that's what these asshats are doing, whoring out to line their pockets.
ReplyDeleteWill this also be a licensed marijuana grower when the bidding starts?
ReplyDeleteThis type of filthy deal is why Owemalley's party got booted out.
ReplyDeleteIf you check the Facebook page of Cleo Braver, the recipient of MOM & Brown's largesse, you'll see her favorite TV show is Rachel Maddow.
ReplyDeletePretty much sums it up.
Keep cheering, you dummies.
ReplyDeletePolitical payback. Just because The name is "nonprofit" doesn't mean "SOMEBODY" is getting rich. The Red Cross is also nonprofit and look at the rip-off salaries there..
ReplyDeleteO'Malley must have been holding back until the elections were over.
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