Posted on 12/19/2017 6:13:04 AM PST by DFG
Texas Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels wasn't able to move into his dream Missouri mansion- so he gave it to a children's charity just in time for Christmas.
Hamels, 33, and his wife, Heidi, announced Monday they are donating their $9.75million mansion and 100 acres of land in southwest Missouri to a charity that provides camps for children with special needs and chronic illnesses and their siblings.
The 32,000-square foot home will be donated to Camp Barnabas.
'Seeing the faces, hearing the laughter, reading the stories of the kids they serve; there is truly nothing like it,' Hamels said in a release from Hamels Foundation. 'Barnabas makes dreams come true, and we felt called to help them in a big way.'
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Contrast to the actions of the NFL.
God has blessed him. And God bless Missouri.
I pity the rest of the homeowners in the area that will be getting saddled with the re-allocated tax bill; it isn’t like the municipality lays off teachers and/or cops when a property drops off the tax rolls. A lot of resistance to houses of worship here in north Jersey is based strictly on that issue; regardless of the denomination, most homeowners (and politicians, and gubmint workers) would benefit more if a taxable business or housing was put in instead.
You’re right; here in north Jersey we have the Palisades cliffs overlooking NYC, and wealthy people built mansions there. Over time the heirs gave them away; they were maintenance and tax nightmares. Eventually a Rockefeller (IIRC) bought up the land and donated it to a park system with the stipulation that any homes visible from NYC be torn down (couldn’t mess up the NYers’ view of the woods, I guess). I believe the only surviving mansion is in a ravine (invisible from NYC), and it serves as the park headquarters.
This battle has been renewed as companies develop land a short distance from the cliff and park; they want office buildings, while preservationists want one-story shacks built instead...
Maybe a smaller house would suffice for YOU.
It's nobody elses business why he wants what he wants.
If he wants a house twice that size and he can afford it, that's his business.
More power to him.
He seems to have a history of charitable giving.
Instead of doing your own virtue signaling by questioning his choices, why not JUST focus on the giving he has done?
(And I don't mean finding flaws in what he gave or how much or to whom.)
If I was rich I would have a house this size with land and house all homeless cats!!!!!!!! :0) MEOW!
So, the fact that the property goes to a nonprof doesn't really impact anybody else.
What was 100 acres of farmland or undeveloped woods taxed at ?
$1000 a year?
Here on FR we talk about cutting taxes.
We talk about charitable giving.
Here someone gives a YUUUGE amount,
And you guys b!tc# about the amount of property taxes NOT REALIZED.
As if it's an actual hardship for others.
This isn’t New Jersey. This is rural Missouri. The land wasn’t generating any tax revenue BEFORE the mansion was put up, because the value of empty land in most of the country just isn’t that much.
Also, whatever their excuse the resistance to “houses of worship” being built is USUALLY really they’re a bunch of anti-religious putzes, trying to justify their hatred. Any land value a house of worship holds is likely to simply be displaced to somewhere else; it’s not like houses of worship COMPETE with residents, businesses, industry, etc., in the sense of “there’s a church here, INSTEAD of a store.” The store still finds its niche in the market and still builds in the community. Yes, the Church takes up physical space that could be used by a for-profit building, but that for-profit building USUALLY is simply going to create higher-density construction somewhere else.
The ONLY sliver of truth to the notion that municipalities lose revenue when houses of worship come in is that they tend to attract families, which mean taxes spent on schooling, etc. Church families tend to affluent and legally married, and so usually generate more tax revenue. However, they displace gays and lesbians, who usually are childless, and, because they’re childless, are pure disposable income. Oh, how those New Jersey bean-counters LOVE homosexuals!!!
Scary.
I guess I did not figure that this shack is roughly 12x the size of my abode. I would think you would need 3 full time employees just to keep up the grounds & pool. Then a couple people just to clean the interior.
If he wants a house twice that size and he can afford it, that's his business.
Wasn't making it my business and I could careless. I was just asking a question.
Might want to get off your soapbox.
Well the plan would be to house the cats in a separate barn like structure. I would get them all fixed and let them roam on my property.
Might want to get off your soapbox.
"Why would anyone want a house that big and expensive."
-This is a question.
"The land is awesome but a smaller house would suffice.
But kudos for giving it to a worthy cause."
-These are statements
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What could he have been thinking when he had that house built ???
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So... the homeless cats that you want to adopt, would need to be broken?
That way they could be fixed.
The strike zone.
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LOL!
LOL
I don’t talk about charitable giving on FR; I have “charitable taking” from my income while I have to pay for everything for my family.
It may mean nothing in rural MO; this would be an issue here in NJ (and I was very specific about that).
Here in NJ our state government had to revise its whole budget because ONE MAN (David Tepper) left the state; the government was that dependent on the tax revenue from him alone. Ten years ago we watched the governor of NY and mayor of NYC fight to have financial firm bonuses paid despite the taxpayer bailout dollars spent to keep them afloat; they were that dependent on those taxes for their local and state taxes. And you know what? IT IS A HARDSHIP ON OTHERS; THEY ARE SQUEEZED FOR THAT LOST REVENUE. Why do you think everyone is fleeing the NYC metro area?
In towns where property taxes on a single family home can run more than $12K per year, do you know how many property lots are lost to a religious institution? Whether or not it has a school attached, there is always a parking lot required; lots of property involved. These areas don’t lack churches; they have them from before independence. Many of the new requests are mosques, Hindu temples, and ethnic Catholic congregations; recently in the news here in NJ the issue of dormitories for Jewish schools has come up as well.
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