Posted on 04/14/2005 8:39:22 AM PDT by I still care
4.5 mil would wear me down real quick
4.5 mil....
Good for him. It was his land, fair and square.
Eminent domain gives me the willies...
My grandparents used to have land there on Turner River. I have many many fond memories of spending the weekend out there at the cabin they owned. Unfortunately they sold it to the government in the late 70s.
As a RECIPIENT of the water in the Everglades, I can understand both sides. I don't want the everglades dug up like a mine. But it was his land. Oh well, gimme 4.5 mil and I'll move also.
My thoughts exactly.
Plus, this is just another example of government do-gooders doing stupid, STOOPID things with taxpayer money!!
Ping.
My Grandparents didn't have a mine on their property. They had a few acres and a small one bedroom cabin. Maybe 1000 square feet at most. Their biggest sin was probably raising some bees on the property. My Aunt & Uncle also had property with a small house there. When I was little, I used to love going out playing with the small frogs and watching the aligators. My Grandfather even saw a Florida Panther there one night.
Man, I can't imagine living in the everglades in a clap-board house. The summers must be brutal.
No, the whole damned country is loosing a dream; the dream of property rights, and sensible, limited government.
The everglade is not fragile, and is not in need of 'restoration.' What's next? How many stinking swamps do we need? Malaria? Yellow feaver? Encephalitis?
Man, this story was going even back when I lived in MyAmUh.
well...4.5M.
could be worse I reckon.
Hey, I've got 3 acres I'll sell him.
I thought the USSC just called or questioned Eminent domain ....calling it BS.... ? Maybe tha's why the state paid so much for swampland ?
The everglades are becoming an area off-limits to humans. Heard a radio interview with a fellow named Frank Denninger who lives downt there. He said the more places that are taken out to get restored, the fewer places humans are allowed to go. He also said that some of their "restoration" projects kill more wildlife than they save. He cited an animal of somesort that needed an area to be flooded, so the Army core of engineers built some levees to flood land they had condemned. It ended up killing a lot of other animals to "save" one. He also said there is a group of people pushing "restoration economy" down there. That means you can't build new buildings, you can only "restore" old ones. Its a really crazy idea but the government is paying some author a lot of money to push his book on "restoration economies".
What a load. There's nothing now nor will there be natural about the 'glades. I'm just glad to hear Jesse didn't get run off or shot.
Now flood 'em out, drain the swamp, and sell to the Nature Conservancy. They know how to develop swamp land better than US Homes.
Water mellon?
Bump to you my FRiend.
I imagine he has to go find a large apartment complex to invest all that in, or he'll be paying lots of taxes.
Good news is he can buy something for nearly all cash and make a nice income, depreciate it over 20 years. Move the investment elsewhere and do it again.
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