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The bill's draft sounds much more tame. Seems like a novel take on free trade zone style initiatives. The company gets to make a lot of decisions early on but e

• jws 6y ago
  Non-scary things from a quick reading… • You must start with 78 square miles (200 square kilometers) of uninhabited land not contained in any township. (Not too hard in Nevada, but you might need to buy out a rancher to get something nice. There are single ranches this size. The size is suspiciously close to one which is currently on the market with good interstate highway access.) • Initially you appoint a 3 member board to run things. • You can a la carte take over various government services administered by your county, the sorts of things which are usually delegated to towns. (In the US all land is in a county, but only populated areas are in towns, the rest is "unincorporated" and is administered by the county.) • Once the population hits 100 people, you have to have an election and the elected board replaces the appointed one.
  • telchar 6y ago
    >In the US all land is in a county Not 100% true - there are independent cities in some states. But this is just a nitpick.
    • exrook 6y ago
      Also see Alaska's unorganized borough: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unorganized_Borough%2C_Alaska https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unorganized_Borough%2C_Alaska
  • josefx 6y ago
    > Once the population hits 100 people Once it hits 100 registered voters. Do I even want to know how badly this number can be gamed?