Orange County Commissioner Barry Jacobs seems miffed that the man who owns the property the county wants for a garbage transfer station is acting as if he, well, owns the property and has rights. Dennis Howell is negotiating and offering the county several options, much to Commissioner Jacobs’ chagrin.
“We don’t want to be held hostage by one property owner who, by some indications, thinks he has us over a barrel,” Jacobs said, referring to Dennis Howell, who owns the 143-acre tract that county officials had, earlier this week, named the best site for a new waste facility.
Ah, those pesky constituents. They always get in the way.
