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The Private Buyers Bill
County may sell tax-forfeited land to private buyers
Aitkin County certain tax-forfeited land private sale authorization
Mixed: some good, some bad ·
If passed, Aitkin County could sell land taken for unpaid taxes to private owners, possibly limiting public access.
Our take
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Citizens could lose community space and control over local land while private interests gain new property.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Bill would let Aitkin County sell tax-forfeited land to private parties.
- Current process may keep land public or sell it by auction.
- Sponsors are Republican state senators.
- Bill is only introduced and has not been voted on.
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