To: UCANSEE2
Vera Coking, had owned property near the Trump Plaza Hotel for three decades, and didnt want to move. Trump thought the land was better suited for use as a park, a parking lot, and a waiting area for limousines. He tried to negotiate, at one point offering Coking $1 million for the land. But she wasnt budging. So New Jerseys Casino Reinvestment Development Authority filed a lawsuit, instructing Coking to leave within 90 days and offering compensation of only $251,000. Perhaps the only upside to this story is that in neither case did Trump succeed. The Bridgeport plan fizzled. Coking fought in court, and in part because these were the days before Kelo was decided, no doubt she was lucky enough to win. In 1998, a judge threw out the case.
Yeah they were dealing with the city, not Trump and you're defending this form of governmental intrusion on people. Trump wanted that property to put a parking lot on. Anyways, he lost.
66 posted on
08/23/2015 1:14:58 AM PDT by
AmericanCheeseFood
(“I happen to agree with it 100 percent,” - Trump on imminent domain)
To: AmericanCheeseFood
Yeah they were dealing with the city, not Trump and you're defending this form of governmental intrusion on people. No. I am saying that claims that he STOLE the land from the lady are not true. As you say, he lost.
You mention Trump offered her $1 million and she wouldn't take it. Sounds like a good deal. Why didn't she take it ?
68 posted on
08/23/2015 6:10:45 AM PDT by
UCANSEE2
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