Is Ted Turner playing cowboy or hogging land? CNN founder, the largest private landowner, has amassed 2 million acres

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:24 PM EST

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This does present some issues........

Is Ted doing it for the environment, business opportunity, or personal power?

Time will tell.

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2,000,000 acres..........

Sounds like a couple of national parks.

Could this be a legacy....Ted Turner National Refuge?

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#1 - Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:25 PM EST

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PHAT Joe

I see no problem with it. The man is entitled to ever acre he paid for. So long as he is a steward of the land he would be no different than any one else who had a lot of land. And a little caveat: he doesn't really "own" the land since he isn't a sovereign government. Only the states own the land fully thanks to some pretty old tenant laws which mean that he is essentially renting the land from the ruling body for what ever the property tax rate is in each state.

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#2 - Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:28 PM EST

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replytoj001

Good points PHAT Joe

I also have no issues if he buys land. Mr. Turner is entitled to buy every acre he paid (pays) for. I wish I could buy some myself.

I had heard a long time (7+ years????) ago that Ted Turner was buying up land out West to conserve and serve the land.

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#3 - Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:28 PM EST

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PHAT Joe

Quite possible he was at the time, although I don't think he's hit the altruistic point in his life, yet.

Some of that land out there is pretty cheap - page two of the article mentions $300 per acre. Ye Haw!

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#3.1 - Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:40 PM EST

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STEVEN-405898

On the Ted Turner's recent land purchases, and the ridiculously high prices of gas that we are really focused on trying to get away from. Doesn't anyone see that he's probably going to mass market wind energy i think its only obvious and he's going to lease to energy or gas companies since they seemed to have the money to fund it. God knows our government doesn't have the money or so they say and I really don't think he gives a rats a%@ about wild life but more for money

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#4 - Mon Aug 4, 2008 3:16 PM EDT

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	Ted Turner's Land Purchases Questioned	Associated Press	Wed Nov 28	0
	His page in history	mpnnow.com	Mon Nov 26	0

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