c/hackernews · by rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se · 85d

Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as data center land

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/farmer-donates-land-for-a-park-city-sells-it-for-data-center-development-usd10-gift-became-usd10m-for-city-government-with-usd30m-tax-expected-over-next-decade

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MyOpinion@lemmy.today · 19 pts · 85d

Sounds like a MAGAt in action.

NM_Gringo@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 84d

This is the most Texas story I've seen in a long time.

DrMartinu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 84d (2 replies)

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Don't mess with Texas! 💪

pentastarm@piefed.ca · 15 pts · 84d (1 reply)

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 84d

theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 84d (1 reply)

Same genre as people donating their body for science only for the military to blow it up for "tests".

kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 84d

Yeah, if I donate my body to science, I want the physics department to blow it up! The military can fuck right off.

cannedheat@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 84d

Texas. Lol

quick_snail@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 84d

“I see the kids don’t really have nowhere to play.” He continued, “I’m thinking about giving this land for parkland because these kids need somewhere to play

Well, bless his heart

I hope he had lawyer who attached a land easement to the donated property