PLDC Repeal Moves One Step Closer

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The Senate Ways and Means Committee has passed Senate Bill 707, bringing the repeal of the Public Land Development Corporation one step closer to reality.

Only four people attended the Friday morning hearing, providing a smattering of applause after the vote instead of the ruckus chorus of cheers that accompanied protests earlier this legislative session.

WAM Chair David Ige says the PLDC’s intent was good, but the powers it was given were excessive and without sufficient safeguards. 

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