Posted on 06/26/2005 4:22:57 AM PDT by Liz
Perhaps I should have the city transfer the property to me so I can tear it down and build something more economically advantageous?
I'm sure you could -- you just have to find out which of your city fathers to advantage economically.
I would also add travesties like the Endangered Species Act.
The government can walk in and create de facto government nature reserves for critters on private property, piling on restriction on top of restriction. This illegal action effectively strips the owner of all property rights - the right to develop, to sub-divide, to use the property and to bar entry . Without paying a penny of compensation, of course.
So you're right. We are essentially serfs renting the king's land. And the king may walk in and take it at any time.
You are so correct Peach. My ex-husband sold our 5 Room, 1000 sq ft ranch style house on 1/3 acre in Wallingford, CT last year for $165,000. That's a far cry from a 10 room house on the water. These poor people are totally getting screwed - with the blessing of the 5 black robed tyrants of the supreme court.
To me, this means that the court has decided that working toward the common good, the means to be decided by higher authority, is now the guiding principle of the USA. Farewell to individual rights, personal liberty and all that. Farewell to the USA, as we once knew her.
I have never in my life suffered a greater loss of faith in our government.
The "stereotype" is self-serving bulls--t put out by the liberal MSM. It's a lie. The MSM "stereotype" about conservatives is also a lie. Anyone surprised?
I don't understand this either. I don't understand why those five don't give a damn about the basic philosophical issues, but I also can't get over the fact that they could make a ruling that is such an obvious invitation to graft and corruption. If nothing else, the founding fathers were very alert to these kinds of dangers.
Excerpted from Kiss Your House Goodbye
Exactly! Since the intended use is now for profit/commercial use, the value is no longer a residential value. The homeowners should of had a commercial appraisal done to assess true value. Probably worth around 1 million now. The profit makers know this and hope no one wises up1
I was thinking the same thing. Could the State legislators pass a law requiring that the displaced owners are granted 2 1/2 times commercial, plus moving expenses and tax exemption for life?
The descendants of displaced Indians get favorable tax status so why not displaced americans?
"Fortunately for Georgians, our state constitution and state judiciary have consistently held that condemnation for private purposes is not acceptable under state law, a position that will be unaffected by todays federal court ruling."
"Georgia will remain one of the few states in the nation where a homeowner will not lose the family home or farm to make way for a private development boondoggle."
That would be a fabulous idea! Might make the developers actually use land already zoned commercial that they could acquire at market value. Would certainly be cheaper for them that way and leave home owners safe again. Love your idea!
They shouldn't be able to LEASE the land to a private entity either.
Hey, now that's a damn fine idea. Like you, I've thought that making the municipality pay a premium over market value would restrict the use of eminent domain to legitimate cases. I like the tax exemption for life thing, though! But if this ruling makes seizures more common, we'd need to have additional sweeteners for someone who got seized twice in different locations. Maybe they can purchase a SECOND residence and have that one tax exempt for life as well?
I agree, I would call a LEASE a scheme to transfer ownership, the problem here is trying to list every scheme they can contrive.
This has been going on since the beginning. The only change is that more people are semi-aware of it now.
If the voters in a town would simply let the millage rates expire by not renewing them, the towns claim on the land would expire. The problem is that people with out property voted to put a lean on your property. Similar to non-smokers voting to tax smokers, I don't smoke but I still feel it's rotten.
Some are just more equal than others.
There are more people in my town that own property than those who do not. The trouble is that they have been brainwashed into thinking the schools need an ever increasing amount of cash or the town's children will be reduced to a bunch of drooling idiots.
If the parents in town would take responsibility for educating their kids rather than handing their child's mind over to the state they may take their property rights back. I'm not going to hold my breath though.
Are they politically blind? All the press talks about is abortion rights, cuz they know a majority of people oppose overturning roe v wade. The press is spinning it and the admin are standing flat footed.
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