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A "mysterious" investor group called Flannery Associates bought nearly $1 billion worth of land near Travis Air Force Base in California. This is a shocking turn of events, and the government is looking into it. This has made people worried about possible foreign impact and led to an investigation by the Air Force Foreign Investment Risk Review Office. Who might these unknown backers be? Who is Bill Gates? China? There are a lot of options.
'Mysterious' Investors Buy $1 Billion in Land Near Key US Air Base, Officials Can't Figure out Who They Are https://t.co/nQIYOi2j31
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According to county officials and public records, Flannery Associates is now the biggest landowner in Solano County, California. This is because they bought a huge 52,000 acres of farmland in the last five years. But here's the kicker: even though officials have been looking for eight months, they still don't know who bought this huge amount of land. It's like playing Clue in real life, but without the maid.
The attorney defending Flannery claims that the group is run by American citizens, with 97 percent of its investment capital coming from U.S. investors and the remaining 3 percent coming from British and Irish investors. They say that the purchases are just a way for these families to spread out their investments and have nothing to do with the fact that they are close to Travis Air Force Base. Sure, sure. And I want to sell you a bridge.
But it seems like some people don't believe what the lawyer says. Rep. John Garamendi, a Democrat from California who is also the senior member of the readiness group of the House Armed Services Committee, has a lot of doubts about these big purchases near the airbase. He says that no one in the area knows who Flannery is and that their purchases make no sense. He even wonders why the group hasn't talked to local officials if they are just doing what they think is right. Good question, Rep. Garamendi.
Solano County supervisor Mitch Mashburn also raises worries about the profitability of the land bought by Flannery. Most of it is dry farmland, and it's hard to see how it could make enough money to be worth investing almost a billion dollars. It looks like Flannery is planning for the long run, but what is their plan?
The base chief and other officers at Travis Air Force Base are working with other agencies to figure out what is going on. Flannery has given different reasons for buying land, such as plans to work with local farmers or to use the land for projects that use green energy. But there are still no fields, gardens, or windmills after five years. It looks like they are growing imaginary crops or using windmills that only appear in the Upside Down.
Now things start to get more interesting. People think that China may be involved in these land deals because they have bought farms in the U.S. before. The Agriculture Department says that as of 2019, Chinese people owned about 192,000 acres of farmland in the U.S. that were worth $1.9 billion. Who knows what they have right now? It's like a yard sale for commie tyrants on American land.
But we shouldn't forget that Bill Gates owns about 275,000 acres of farms in the United States. According to him, there's nothing shady about his control. He says he put money into these farms to make them more productive and make more jobs. Sure, Bill, we believe you. Where are the results, though? Where are the useful seeds and energy made from plants? It's all a big secret, just like these land deals near Travis Air Force Base.
In the end, these "mysterious" land deals near the airport raise a lot of questions about possible foreign influence and who is really behind Flannery Associates. We need answers, but until then, all we can do is guess and hope that a "harmless weather balloon" floating from the "mysteriously purchased" land will tell us something. But hey, who needs facts when we can play plot theories? Watch Conservative TV to see the next part of "Who's Buying America's Land?"
