Sisolak met with company officials a few weeks ago, where the parent company, ENN Group, was described as the largest energy company in China. Company documents say it employs more than 25,000 worldwide in more than 100 subsidiaries. In 2010, it had revenue of $3.7 billion and assets of $6.1 billion.
ENN chose Laughlin after surveying the Southwest and finding few other states with large swaths of land available for development, Sisolak said. The company wants to sell the energy generated by the project to California power companies.
Sisolak said the selection of Nevada was aided by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s April trip to China, where he met ENN officials. “Sen. Reid sent them to me and we went from there,” Sisolak said.
Reid’s involvement will also be crucial for obtaining a federal waiver needed for the development to happen — the 5,400 acres under scrutiny are part of 9,000 acres conveyed to Clark County by the Colorado River Commission in 2007. County documents say the 5,400 acres are encumbered by a patent restriction that limits development “which must be waived or modified by the federal government to allow the proposed (solar) development.”
A spokesman for Reid’s office could not immediately be reached. Laughlin, with a population of less than 10,000, is unincorporated and operates with a board that has power only to advise the County Commission. The town manager did not return a call to the Sun.
What? There’s not enough room in China anymore?
You know Harry Reid’s grubby prints are over this proposed deal, as well as his son’s.
Isn’t it illegal to sell off the public’s land to foreign concerns?!
Laughlin is cruisin' for a bruisin' by not incorporating.
Some conservatives think it's great to live in an unincorporated area: no property taxes, no sales tax, etc. Whoopee!
But all that means is that ultimately your fate is decided by the county or state. Maybe for now your non-town is of no concern to them, but eventually it will be.
There were lots of unincorporated areas in Colorado that were rounded up and slaughtered when the Californians moved in.
The same will happen to the few remaining outposts in Nevada unless they stand together and fight back.
And, heaven forfend, tax themselves so they can have the monetary reserves necessary to fight the future legal battles.
This project was scrapped.
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So this is why they kicked those Bundy cattle off the range, so Dingy Harry could help his ChiCom friends?