Government does not need to have compasssion. Government has the power (but not the right) to do this sort of thing, and you have no recourse.
Never mind the bull$hit about violating any amendment. They don’t care about amendments or the entire Constitution.
Deep down, it’s because statists don’t want you to have private property. So they take a little bit at a time. The big act of theft is the “property tax” whereby they take 3% a year from you. After 33 years they will have confiscated the entire value of the property.
And you thought that it was “yours.”
Yes, I hate government overreach and abuse of power.
One among many reasons I live in an unincorporated township on 100 acres.
Minimal government regulation and attention.
Dunedin should be sued for a few million dollars on constitutional grounds.