Wyoming's five highest elected officials have approved a contract that could pave the way for selling the Kelly parcel to Grand Teton National Park. The vote split, and the deal is not finalized, pending the Bureau of Land Management's decision on the controversial Rock Springs Resource Management Plan.
JACKSON - After an acrimonious, three-hour meeting, Wyoming's top five state elected officials have approved a contract for a $100 million sale of the Kelly parcel to Grand Teton National Park.
"I believe in our office we can take the $100 million and turn it into $1.6 billion," Treasurer Curt Meier said, shortly before voting for the deal. "That that could be a perpetual - actually, generational - fund that would benefit the students and the education system of the state of Wyoming until the dollar basically no longer exists."
At the same time, the electeds directed state officials to explore...
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