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Free land lease approved for Elon Musk's The Boring Company's Nashville travel tunnel, despite public outcry (www.newschannel5.com)
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[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I also don't like Musk, but is it a commom thing that a company pays the state to dig a tunnel? I would expect that usually the state pays a contractor to do so, not vice versa. Do I oversee something here?

[–] proper@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

You’ve pretty much nailed it already. They paid and now they get what they want.