Comments on: Senate Passes Gulf State Park Development Bill http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/05/senate-passes-gulf-state-park-development-bill/ A Wide Open Weblog for Big News, the Big Picture Tue, 22 May 2012 20:49:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Yana Davis http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/05/senate-passes-gulf-state-park-development-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-2824 Yana Davis Sat, 09 May 2009 16:02:13 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=3464#comment-2824 Even before Glynn's additional reportage is posted, I'll venture to guess that all kinds of shenanigans went on behind closed doors to open up Gulf State Park to developmen. This is why state parks should be owned and operated by an independent, nonprofit NGO Alabama Parks Trust. That will put the parks beyond the pale of politics, and beyond the reach of corrupt rent-seekers and political hacks, forever. Even before Glynn’s additional reportage is posted, I’ll venture to guess that all kinds of shenanigans went on behind closed doors to open up Gulf State Park to developmen.

This is why state parks should be owned and operated by an independent, nonprofit NGO Alabama Parks Trust. That will put the parks beyond the pale of politics, and beyond the reach of corrupt rent-seekers and political hacks, forever.

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