The Tennessee Building Commission approved a no-cost lease for Elon Musk's Boring Company to use a state-owned parking lot near the Capitol to launch its tunneling project. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

With little discussion, Tennessee’s Building Commission approved a no-cost lease Thursday for state property near the Capitol for Elon Musk’s Boring Company to launch its tunneling project.

A few logistical questions are: Where are they going first, what about the potential environmental impact and who owns all the rock? Will the state give up its mineral rights?

Critics of the project also want to know why the state is giving away property – on top and under the ground – to a billionaire without a public vetting?

“Why are we rushing this process? What’s the hurry? Why don’t

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