If it does well, it can improve its operations. The administrators should be free to compensate their employees to reflect market conditions, including incentives for good revenue performance. The land trust is an enormous asset. The asset cannot be managed to provide maximum return to Arizona's taxpayers under the current structure. He or she should be part of the political process.
Accountability is a key issue.
A land commissioner who does not answer to a higher authority is free to act in his or her own interests. To grant such authority is to invite a takeover by developers. Once developers take over, trust lands will be used for their benefit, rather than the children of our state. Granted, our political process has its flaws, but it's a system that transcends individual ambitions and control. In the long run, it benefits everyone - not just a select few.