That they were ALOT more comfortable and confident this year over last. I was not at last years meetings, this is a conclusion I have come to after discussions with very reputable sources, namely my brother who was in attendance last year and I was sitting next to this year.

I just got the feeling that this would not be out of the question for them if they were given enough latitude in direction of the company. We as shareholders should want that, afterall, look wher TPL HAS taken us!

The two of these men are the very types we need on our board or in upper level management. Leckrone Sr. with his mater of fact approach, I just love the way he is able to snap of concise answers without wordy dancing or delay. Leckrone junior I am convinced was born with a caculus, triginometry and algebra degrees at birth, never met a man that is so calculated and can handle such tedious tasks that he has undertaken to BRING these companies to the TABLE!

Casting no dispersions on or management here and now, I think the meeting said it all and the Leckrones were the stars of the show!