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Plainville (CT) considers buying homeowners plagued by flooding
WFSB ^

Posted on 09/13/2011 5:36:03 PM PDT by matt04

Plainville officials are considering buying out property owners on Robert Street extension that flooded last week and raised concerned about about E-coli exposure.

Frank Iris can't return to his Robert Street extension home for safety reasons.

"There's still water in my basement, still pouring in there. The floors are buckled, everything is just bad. Air quality in the house is real bad you can't breathe in that house," he said.

Floodwaters didn't force neighbor John Corriveau out.

He said though his basement floods every year, in part because of increased development and runoff, and he's looking for government relief.

"Pay me, and let me out of here. I've been here since I was 5 years old. This was my parents house I have so many memories here, and I'm willing to let it all go," he said

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: ecoli; flooding; plainville
Have a house in a flood prone area? Get flooded? Others peoples tax dollars will be used to get you out of your mess by making it the towns problem.
1 posted on 09/13/2011 5:36:08 PM PDT by matt04
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To: matt04

“Plainville (CT) considers buying homeowners plagued by flooding”

How much do homeowners cost?


2 posted on 09/13/2011 5:38:19 PM PDT by Grunthor (Yes I know about Dream acts and Gardasils.....I just don't care. I'm voting Perry.)
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To: matt04
Sounds like a great investment.

Do they also bail out folks who had a really bad day at Foxwoods?

ML/NJ

3 posted on 09/13/2011 5:39:28 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: Grunthor

Great, another generation of slaves whose great grandchildren will demand reparations.


4 posted on 09/13/2011 5:40:14 PM PDT by liberalh8ter
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To: Grunthor

Slaves who own homes. Only in Obambi’s America.


5 posted on 09/13/2011 5:41:42 PM PDT by rfp1234
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To: matt04

More Opium needed here...O.P.M....Other People’s Money.


6 posted on 09/13/2011 5:41:56 PM PDT by Jane Long (Soli Deo Gloria!)
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To: matt04

Dumb sons of bitches. Geez. I pay you? I don’t think so.


7 posted on 09/13/2011 5:55:04 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: matt04

It is already the towns problem. Why did the City allow the flood prone property to be subdivided and built upon. Every place I know of has to have a bunch of permits in order to build a house. And, the permits usually cost a lot of money.

BTW, that is why the Federal Government stepped in and is enforcing floodplain/floodway rules now. And there are plenty of people here that say people should be able to build wherever they want to. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.


8 posted on 09/13/2011 5:57:18 PM PDT by jim_trent
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To: matt04

Anyone want to buy my neighbor. He’s muscular, healthy, and has good teeth.


9 posted on 09/13/2011 7:30:02 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: matt04
"Pay me, and let me out of here. I've been here since I was 5 years old. This was my parents house I have so many memories here, and I'm willing to let it all go," he said.

So how did your parents survive living there for so long, and if it was their house, isn't it all paid for?

10 posted on 09/13/2011 7:44:52 PM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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