Posted on 06/27/2017 7:03:16 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
In a recent video posted to YouTube, Dallas city councilperson (we don’t want to accidentally misgender anyone) Sandy Greyson can be seen ranting about how upset she (oops, we assumed its gender) is that the city can’t just claim eminent domain over a man’s land.
“This is an eminent domain case for a much needed water line” Greyson starts off. She continues with “And the Council is being asked today to go to settle this case with a man who has fought us for years and has cost Dallas taxpayers millions of dollars and intends to cost us millions more unless we settle with him by going around his property. Now other, ordinary people, regular people like you and I, who can’t afford to fight the city of Dallas over an eminent domain case for years and years, I mean, we end up getting our property taken. And sometimes it’s very necessary. We need water lines, we need roads, we need some of these public improvements. So I’m not blaming anyone that we’re settling this case today, I mean, I totally understand that we’re doing kind of what we have to do here, but it’s just INFURIATING that if you are rich enough you can hold the city hostage for years and then get what you want. There’s something really wrong with that. I’m so conflicted on this vote, didn’t want to make the motion, because while I so want to vote “NO” on this, neither do I want to continue to spend more money fighting with this guy, because in the end, we’re settling because he’ll probably win. But it is just infuriating. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Dallas has gerrymandered districts that make Chicago look as honest as the wind-driven snow. Thanks to a federal Judge who single-handedly remapped Dallas.
Something is being left out of this story. A water line is not that big a deal. It will be buried. It shouldn’t disturb normal use of the property. The landowner is entitled to fair compensation, but for a buried water line, that shouldn’t be very expensive. What’s the hangup?
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