This is unbelievable. I'm still in shock, don't know what to say.
Maybe I will end up as a media created nutcase in disobedience against government special commercial interests.
Saw that one of the Connecticut homeowners, a party to the suit, is not leaving their home. Maybe I should throw it in with them.
I can see the headlines now:
"Right wing extremists holed up in comdemned home, reports of child abuse inside, Attorney General Alberto Reno orders FBI-BATF-DHS to lay siege on home."
But really I am chilled by yesterday's news. My properties are eye-candy to special interests and I can imagine they could use yesterday's decision to remove me from 'their proposed acquisition'.
I am not kidding, I may not die quietly in this life. The only thing I don't understand completely is if the action by the Connecticut authorities was to eliminate 'blight' and who is to say what is 'blight'? If my home is tidy and well kept but my neighbors are in decay, can the government remove me from my home for their 'blight'? I think that's what yesterday's message says.
Often when people take it upon themselves to clean up a 'blighted' neighborhood they are rewarded with an increase in property taxes. That happened to me. So blight in my view is linked with tax policies.
I guess if yesterday's decision is carried to its extreme, there could be riots unless eminent domain is used in small tracts where homeowners are not able to get larger communities to come to their aid.
This one has me scared. I can't imagine that all I have sweated for is at risk of takeover by the government for tax revenues. I live in an upscale waterfront mixed residential and cafe district and I can see them rezoning me as commercial and then taking over.
I have ideas of selling all and moving to Australia or New Zealand. I know that there are property rights there. Unless Americans make a successful stand against this insane ruling, many of us will have to emigrate and find a new America. Comments?
The battle should be fought here.
You live in Washington so according to this article "use of eminent domain for private development [in Washington] is all but prohibited by law." You might want to check your local law and if necessary push for further protections against this sort of thing in your state.