Stop the Ba'athists in Ithaca from "nationalizing" Pine's property.
They are convinced that because Ithaca is a such a small, somewhat isolated community on one will notice what they are doing or at least will not do anything about it.
FYI: 130-134 East Seneca Street is a commercial property that is also co-owned by a widow and Tom Pine.
A developer (Ciminelli) covets the property so that he can build an office building and hotel- the fact the projects are not even commercially viable is another matter.
The quoted $26,000,000 price tag is also dubious since there is NO WAY the small office building and hotel cost anywhere near that much to build and/or maintain.
Equally disturbing is a that the players involved have cooked up an Enronesque financing scheme seeking public assistance that shows the use of taxpayer- i.e. YOUR- monies being used to fund kickbacks!
The widow's ownership interests are being completely ignored by the local players involved.
Ciminelli has offered Pine some money for him to clear out his business- which he painstakingly built and is located on the premises (Race Office Supply)- and to hand over to him his ownership share in the property.
Certain local officials have threatened Pine saying if he doesn't sell his property to Ciminelli, they will use eminent domain proceedings to seize the property and hand it over to Ciminelli themselves!
It would VERY helpful if FREEPERS and other serious minded, no-nonsense, freedom loving Americans drop a line to Pine and give him a supportive word.
Pine can be reached at (607)273-1011.
Then call one or two of the crooked officials involved (see list below) and let them know that you absolutely do NOT want YOUR hard earned tax monies being used in ANY way to expropriate Pine's property against his will nor to harm or threaten him.
The sleazy local officials involved very well KNOW the use of eminent domain in this case is inappropriate because it amounts to extortion as it is being used pressure one party to give concessions in a private negotiation to enrich another- and at taxpayer expense no less!
No Means NO!
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Alan J. Cohen
Phone: (607)274-6501
Email:
mayor@cityofithaca.org Ithaca Common Council Member Paulette Manos
Phone: (607) 273-4170
Email:
paulettem@cityofithaca.org Ithaca Common Council Member Susan Blumenthal
Phone: (607) 272-3931
Email:
susanb@cityofithaca.org Ithaca Common Council Member Patricia Pryor
Phone: (607) 273-1741
Email:
patp@cityofithaca.org Ithaca Common Council Member David Whitmore
Phone: (607) 273-1254
Email:
davidw@cityofithaca.org Ithaca Common Council Member Diann Sams
Phone: (607) 277-8188
Email:
dianns@cityofithaca.org Ithaca Common Council Member Patricia Vaughan
Phone: (607) 273-3870
Email:
patv@cityofithaca.org Ithaca Common Council Member Carolyn Peterson
Phone: (607) 272-8129
Email:
carolynp@cityofithaca.org Ithaca Common Council Member Peter Mack
Phone: (607) 253-7070
Email:
peterm@cityofithaca.org Ithaca Common Council Member Daniel Cogan
Phone: (607) 273-2076
Email:
dcogan@cityofithaca.org Ithaca Common Council Member Edward Hershey
Phone: (607) 272-0590
Email:
enh2@cornell.edu