Elon Musk's New Company Town Tells Residents Their Rights Are Now Optional

As if it weren't bad enough that SpaceX now has its own company town, the Elon Musk-owned company is almost immediately trying to mess with its residents' property rights. In a memo leaked to CNBC, the newly-formed town of Starbase, Texas informed people who own or live on land located within the company town's limits that they may "lose the right to continue using" their property "for its current use" thanks to proposed zoning restrictions. On June 23, Starbase's City Commission is holding, per the letter, a public hearing to draw its zoning map, which will break down how the roughly 1.6-square-mile town will carve up the land it now controls. What's more, residents will only have 72 hours before that hearing to preview Starbase's proposed zoning map, which will include how it plans to break down its "mixed-use district" that will include "residential, office, retail, and small-scale service uses." As the Texas Tribune reported earlier this month, estimates taken prior to Starbase ... Read full article.