Former Delaware Farm Bureau president Gary Warren has been ousted after a controversy erupted over a proposed $6.6 million taxpayer funded development rights purchase from two Port Penn-area farms. One of them was owned by the group’s former top officer.
The easement deal was supported by New Castle County and would have paid Warren $3.3 million for preservation on his 123 acre farm but leave the property in his possession.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that Warren lost to a last minute bid by Kent County Farm Bureau president Katherine Holtz who had expressed concern over the deal reported by the paper.