Yellowstone (TV Series)

An Acceptable Surrender (2020)

Wendy Moniz: Governor Lynelle Perry

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• Governor Lynelle Perry : Okay, where to begin...

  Ellis Steele : You've looked over our proposal?

  Governor Lynelle Perry : I have. Yes.

  A.G. Stewart : This the airport?

  Ellis Steele : Mm-hmm.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : What investment are you requesting from the state?

  Ellis Steele : We want the land. You retain ownership, we operate on a 30-year lease. The airlines are assuming construction costs on their respective terminals, we'll build the infrastructure, contract management and operations back to the state for obvious reasons. Our build costs are just over a billion. Now, we're looking for 400 million in land and a tax subsidy of 500 million over ten years.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : Talk to me about numbers.

  Ellis Steele : The park has roughly 4 million visitors a year, the majority flying or driving through Jackson Hole. Now, Cody, Wyoming sees the most automobile traffic. We feel once ski resorts are operational, the airport could see 2 million guests a year.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : Has the forest service agreed to the lease for the resort?

  Ellis Steele : They have.12,000 acres will be developed in three phases. The first resort will be open in eighteen months with roughly 2000 beds available through our three resorts. Ancillary building: condos, hotels not under our umbrella, those things lag by another 18 months to two years.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : Well, here's my concern: uh, I don't really look at Jackson Hole as a model for responsible development. You have multimillion dollar second homes that are pricing the locals from living there. Jackson has multiple bedroom communities to absorb the displaced. Paradise Valley doesn't have that.

  Ellis Steele : Livingston is ripe for growth. Our urban planners feel the town could absorb 40,000 people in the next decade, and it needs to: Multimillion dollar second homes paying property taxes into the community without drawing on its services is exactly what this valley needs. And we're talking about between 3 and 6 billion in annual tax revenue generated by these developments.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : Have you chosen a location for the airport?

  Ellis Steele : Initially, we thought the golf courses at the Paradise Valley sporting club could be repurposed, but the FAA feels the valley there is too narrow. The FAA chose this location. This area here.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : That's the Yellowstone. That's a seven-generation ranch. He'll never sell. Then you'll invoke eminent domain. It's been attempted. He beat it.

  Ellis Steele : Mm-hmm, for a three-hundred unit condo complex. That was a land grab. Did seven generations of ranchers infuse 6 billion dollars into the economy? That's progress, Governor. And progress has a price.

• Governor Lynelle Perry : Kate, get me John Dutton on the line, please.

  Kate : Yes, ma'am. It went straight to voicemail.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : Try Jamie.

  Kate : Yes, ma'am.-- I'm putting him through.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : Jamie?

  Jamie Dutton : Governor..

  Governor Lynelle Perry : What can I do for you? I need to sit down with you and your father.

  Jamie Dutton : Oh, okay. Can you give me the broad strokes of what we'll be discussing?

  Governor Lynelle Perry : Sorry, no broad strokes today. When can we meet?

  Jamie Dutton : Actually, governor, can I get back to you tomorrow?

  Governor Lynelle Perry : This meeting has to happen tomorrow. Time is not on our side.

  Jamie Dutton : I'll get back to you first thing, then.Thank you

• Governor Lynelle Perry : Hello, have a seat.

  A.G. Stewart : This should be good.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : Depends on your perspective. I just hung up with the President's Chief of Staff and they're appointing Miss Reid to Deputy Attorney General...

  A.G. Stewart : Of the United States? She's 30.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : I'm aware. They're rebranding in Washington. They're looking for youth.

  A.G. Stewart : Well, they sure got it.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : I need to appoint an interim and host a special election.

  A.G. Stewart : I'm three weeks from the golf course, lady. No.

  A.G. Stewart : What are my options? Can you please just stay on until I figure this out?

• Jamie Dutton : Governor.

  Governor Lynelle Perry , John Dutton : Jamie.

  John Dutton : Can we just enjoy the evening and talk about the problem tomorrow? Come on, Lynelle, that's the one good thing about problems: they'll still be problems tomorrow.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : You want to walk me through the plan behind that dirty grin?

  John Dutton : Well, that all depends.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : On what?

  Governor Lynelle Perry : On how big your security detail is.

  [Both laughing] 

  Governor Lynelle Perry : How's, uh... forced retirement?

  John Dutton : Bliss.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : I'll make you a deal. All right. I'll give you the solution tonight and the problem tomorrow. You agree to the solution, and we can play teenager for the remainder of the night.

  John Dutton : All right. What's the solution?

  Governor Lynelle Perry : I appoint Jamie interim Attorney General and Jamie appoints a person of your choosing to run the Livestock Commission.

  John Dutton : Something happened.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : Is what I'm proposing best for the state? I don't know. Is it best for you? Yes. Is it best for the people in this valley? I... I think so. In my heart, I think it is. thing.

  John Dutton : And we do all this with what goal in mind?

  Governor Lynelle Perry : To negotiate an acceptable surrender.

  John Dutton : What are we surrendering?...

  John Dutton : The problem... There's plenty... but problem number one is: I don't have anyone to replace Jamie.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : What about the war hero?

  John Dutton : Already asked him. He won't do it.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : You've never asked anybody for anything in your life.

  [John laughs] 

  Governor Lynelle Perry : You tell. I'll ask him. And he won't say no. If that's what you want for him.

  John Dutton : It's all I've ever wanted for him.

  Governor Lynelle Perry : Then let me put a little sugar on this pill. John Dutton admitting that he can't do everything. I admitted no such thing.