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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised today's Tejon Ranch announcement as an example of how developers and environmentalists can come together and find solutions.

"When forward-thinking people, like the people that are standing here with me today, are willing to sit down and make something positive happen ... all battle lines can be terminated," Schwarzenegger said.

(Get it? Terminated. Ha ha.)

But everything is not so rosy.

The confidential meetings that resulted in the deal between Tejon Ranch and Sierra Club and other environmental groups has caused a split among the local Sierra Club members. The dissenters are upset that they -- some of whom live nearby and could  feel the impacts of Tejon's proposed developments --  weren't consulted on the secret meetings.

Others say the preservation deal isn't as great as it sounds. Most of the land being preserved was too rugged to be developed, anyway, and now someone has to pay for 60,000 acres of it.

Still, agreeing not to develop 90 percent of its land sounds like a pretty big concession on Tejon's part.

What do you think: was  this a win-win or a lopsided deal?