SB 1298 has had no statewide public hearings nor statewide referendum before its passage by the Virginia Senate. This bill, like HB 2043, appears to be another attempt to legitimize past actions that were taken without authority. The authority given by the people to their duly elected Officials is to represent the people. Those elected Officials cannot delegate or otherwise 'pass on' the authority granted to them by the people to another non-elected private or public entity in an effort to shelter themselves from liability for breaking their Oaths of Office. The bill states some publicity operations, but the language that is similar to HB 2043 still remains. The intent to control and acquire private property for commercial tourism in residential neighborhoods without approval by the people through referendum violates private property owner rights of Article I and VII of the Virginia Constitution. Failure to lawfully obtain the consent of the people makes all of these bills fruit of the poisonous tree. To paraphrase the Clearfield Doctrine, a government is not a government when it behaves like a corporation. Corporations cannot avoid liability.