It deeply saddens me that this is happening. This is one more example of spoiled brats neglecting and destroying a legacy that they inherited while sitting on their fat *****e$ and didn't deserve. And then selling it to a guy like Kroenke - a guy who is as selfish as it gets! Yet another example of greed exceeding honor and a dark blot on Texas tradition.
Everyone involved in this deal should be ashamed! My grandad, who was the GM for many years, and my dad who was raised on the ranch must be rolling in their graves; along with Paul, Guy & Electra Waggoner who created this arrangement.
This is such a tiny portion of the property that it's tantamount to most ranches having a tortoise living in a hundred foot pen not being willing to leave it alone. At the very least, the families should have been given a lease (by one of the parties) that ends when the last member of each family, that's currently living there, passes away. Comparing this to a hunting lease or somebody you know's ranch is ridiculous - you could fit every lease and every ranch on this forum inside the Waggoner and still have a gigantic ranch. It would have had ZERO effect on Kroenke (as it had on the Waggoners for the past 90+) to make a fair arrangement for these people. Those who say that these people were stupid to build there have obviously never had experience with these giant ranches - it was (and still is) a very common practice for these big ranches to do this for workers' families. The sad fact is that you can't trust your kids or grandkids to uphold your promises or the values that built the legacy they get handed! The King and many other ranches do the same thing. These people got jacked by some rich people for no valid reason. I'm so sick of people justifying bad behavior because "it's legal!" Just because something is legal doesn't always make it right! This is one of those situations good people who built and maintained that ranch were backhanded by the law.
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Everyone involved in this deal should be ashamed! My grandad, who was the GM for many years, and my dad who was raised on the ranch must be rolling in their graves; along with Paul, Guy & Electra Waggoner who created this arrangement.
This is such a tiny portion of the property that it's tantamount to most ranches having a tortoise living in a hundred foot pen not being willing to leave it alone. At the very least, the families should have been given a lease (by one of the parties) that ends when the last member of each family, that's currently living there, passes away. Comparing this to a hunting lease or somebody you know's ranch is ridiculous - you could fit every lease and every ranch on this forum inside the Waggoner and still have a gigantic ranch. It would have had ZERO effect on Kroenke (as it had on the Waggoners for the past 90+) to make a fair arrangement for these people. Those who say that these people were stupid to build there have obviously never had experience with these giant ranches - it was (and still is) a very common practice for these big ranches to do this for workers' families. The sad fact is that you can't trust your kids or grandkids to uphold your promises or the values that built the legacy they get handed! The King and many other ranches do the same thing. These people got jacked by some rich people for no valid reason. I'm so sick of people justifying bad behavior because "it's legal!" Just because something is legal doesn't always make it right! This is one of those situations good people who built and maintained that ranch were backhanded by the law.
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