Or when the goals are decided by the private owners who bought them lunch. I think you missed the point. If the property in question were privately owned, the

Or when the goals are decided by the private owners who bought them lunch. I think you missed the point. If the property in question were privately owned, then the goals concerning the property would be the owners' goals, not the politicians' goals. To the extent that the politicians' goals control property, the property isn't privately owned (except for the corner case of property the politicians privately own).