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Representatives for a company trying to build a new city in California met with a congressman—but provided few details on their plan.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyWhen Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) finally met with the mysterious forces behind the Northern California land grab that has troubled his constituents for the last six years, he was a little unimpressed.His first impression? “They have a long, long, long, long, long way to go,” he told The Daily Beast.Thompson is the first known legislator to meet with representatives of Flannery Associates, a secretive company that has purchase...