Posted on 06/06/2009 8:44:45 AM PDT by jimbo123
The federal government issued an ultimatum yesterday to people who own land designated for the Flight 93 memorial in Western Pennsylvania: They have one week to reach an agreement on the sale of their land or the government will initiate proceedings to seize it.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
While I’m all for an appropriate memorial, this ain’t the way to go about it. Fair value is the right thing to do.
Sort of defeats the purpose of what those people died for, doesn’t it?
Resistance is futile...
This has become truly perverse. Todd Beamer is sadly shaking his head somewhere in Heaven.
What the hell? On what grounds?
>One way or another, landowners will receive fair market value for their properties, Salazar said. Complicating the appraisal process is the abundance of natural resources above and below the land: timber, coal, and natural gas.<
Sure does. The government has forgotten about that and will take what they want so they can build a monument to themselves. We don’t need a monument to remember. The owner can simply clear the land and leave natural. It’s his land and will know the best thing to do.
Just saw your posts. Is that still in the works? Disgusting.
From yesterday’s thread;
“ Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the U.S. government will not use eminent domain to seize people’s land for a permanent Flight 93 memorial and instead will renew negotiations with landowners near the terrorist crash site in Somerset County.”
“LET’S ROLL!”
In memory, Flight 93
“Sort of defeats the purpose of what those people died for, doesn’t it?”
Precisely my thoughts as well.
Leave it to empowered Leftist Politicians to “Closeau up” the works.
It has not changed...
Deadline set for 9/11 memorial talks
SOMERSET, Pa. - The federal government will negotiate with landowners for one week in an attempt to get the property needed to build a Flight 93 memorial without using eminent domain, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said yesterday.
But if no agreement is reached by June 12, the government will seize the land.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/06/06/deadline_set_for_talks_on_911_memorial_in_pa/
I posted these 2 comments on a thread YESTERDAY, when the eminent domain effort was supposedly dropped (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265693/posts):
#9 “Score a victory for the good guys in THIS battle in the property rights war, but the enemy is merely regrouping to attack on another front.
Don’t let your guard down for a minute.”
#12 “ ‘...will not use EMINENT DOMAIN to seize people’s land...’
Read the sentence with the emphasis on EMINENT DOMAIN and I think you get a feeling how Interior Secretary Ken Salazar really feels.”
To say the least I was suspicious.
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