I just hope this type of incident don't come to a town close to me. It's disappointing to see this happening. However, no one can decide to not sell land to Mr. Cobb.
See, let's say I want $50 for my bike. You want to buy my bike for $50. Can I tell you that I don't have to sell my bike to you just because I don't like you? I would get in trouble for something like that. I would imagine the same can be said about town that is trying to sell land.
So if Mr.Cobb wants to buy land, he will. I just hope he doesn't ruin a nice small town.