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Family to lose home by eminent domain for Costco store
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| September 12, 2003
| Neal Boortz
Posted on 09/12/2003 8:56:23 AM PDT by tdadams
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To: HurkinMcGurkin
Boortz hasn't told the entire story, it seems. The story you posted is from Alabama. This story is in Texas. Read again.
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posted on
09/12/2003 10:02:09 AM PDT
by
tdadams
To: ScrtAccess
Are you comparing industrialized human extermination with compensated governmental takings of land?
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posted on
09/12/2003 10:03:13 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(Calm down. Eat some fruit or something.)
To: HurkinMcGurkin
My wages are an exchange of my labor for money. Capital gains are an exchange ... make that two exchanges, end of story.
To: tdadams
Pave it all, and make the whole state a parking lot.
Then see how many taxes the collect.
To: Petronski
Nope, simply saying if you replace the words with some of the current events, it makes a compelling case to stand up and be heard instead of sitting back and not doing anything about the things we see that we believe are wrong.
I figured you all were smart enought to change the words and understand the basic meaning.
To: tdadams
To: tdadams
Duncanville officials argue the prospect of a Costco is a godsend for the rest of the city and its tax base. Mr. Cagle said the store would sit on 15 to 20 acres and bring in $1.9 million in annual property and sales tax revenue. The city could recoup it's investment - at her asking price - in one year. Not a bad deal. Source
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posted on
09/12/2003 10:08:48 AM PDT
by
Flyer
(I left my tag line in Humblegunner's truck)
To: montag813
I'm in my third house. Average time in the first two was just over 2 years.
Ooops ... I'd better start packing, I've been in this one for 2 1/2. Don't wanna mess up my average. ;o)
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posted on
09/12/2003 10:09:16 AM PDT
by
al_c
To: tdadams
The culture of totalitarianism is spreading more rapidly at LOCAL government levels than it is at the Federal level (which is bad enough). For every story of an abuse of power by Congressmen or the Justice Department, one can find hundreds of stories of dictatorial actions by local police and administrators. The struggle we face is broader than simply one of us vs. the Feds: it is truly a civil war. A war in which the stakes are nothing less than the survival or extermination of the American nation-state and the principles of liberty that IT ALONE has given to the world and has the WILL to defend.
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
While Costco could end this one scenario by deciding to find land elsewhere, the real problem lies with the government. If it's not Costco, it will be something else. Obviously, tax dollars speak to those in power. The whole town should be up in arms over this.
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posted on
09/12/2003 10:10:46 AM PDT
by
GummyIII
(I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.)
To: ScrtAccess
Mr. Cagle's explanation is good to hear. It presents another side of the story. However, no amount of sophistry or context changes the fact that the property owner doesn't want to sell and the state is going to take their property anyway to turn it over to a commercial owner. That is against the law. Period. End of story.
Mr. Cagle is right that the property value will go down. He's right that they're stupid to turn down $653,000. He's right that maybe they were looking to sell anyway.
That all makes for a persuasive argument, sure enough, but not a bit of it matters. It's the homeowner's decision to make.
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posted on
09/12/2003 10:11:13 AM PDT
by
tdadams
To: still lurking
The city offered her almost $700,000 for a home valued at $400,000. The homeowner claims that the offer was not made. The offer now is $223,000. If they're only willing to pay her half what the house is worth, they need to be arrested on criminal charges of violating her civil Rights.
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posted on
09/12/2003 10:14:17 AM PDT
by
Mulder
(Fight the future)
To: ScrtAccess
The reporter said she did not understand condemnation and I explained the process to her. That is how she came up with the they dont have the option to say no quote.Typical for Dallas Morning News reporters.
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posted on
09/12/2003 10:14:51 AM PDT
by
al_c
To: blackdog
When was this woman's land zoned commercial? Retail Commercial? Mixed Use? Was her land zoned that way when she bought it? If so, she's an idiot. The current zoning is irrelevant. After the local gov't takes ownership by condemnation, they change the zoning and turn the property over to the developer. The zoning change is part of the deal, the developer will not buy the property without the zoning change.
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posted on
09/12/2003 10:15:09 AM PDT
by
Tares
To: dagar
Amen
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posted on
09/12/2003 10:17:04 AM PDT
by
Leatherneck_MT
(If you continue to do what you've always done, you will continue to get what you've a‚i]±s got.)
To: still lurking
Who the hell cares how much they offered. It's not THEIRS to sell.
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posted on
09/12/2003 10:17:50 AM PDT
by
Leatherneck_MT
(If you continue to do what you've always done, you will continue to get what you've a‚i]±s got.)
To: ScrtAccess
VERY Important info. Thanks for that follow up. Seems that anyone anywhere is potentially a victim of reporters reporting less than the whole story.
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posted on
09/12/2003 10:19:55 AM PDT
by
spodefly
(This is my tagline. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: coloradan
My wages are an exchange of my labor for money. Capital gains are an exchange ... make that two exchanges, end of story. I totally agree. There is no such thing as "income". There is no legitimate power to tax earnings(steal money).
To: tdadams
Make an example of Duncanville city manager Kent Cagle. Hang his sorry neck in the town square asap. But not before every media outlet in the land has their satellites ready to upload the live feed.
Message: All you greedy little local politicians better watch your step.
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posted on
09/12/2003 10:22:08 AM PDT
by
auboy
(An ounce of humility often saves me a ton of humiliation)
To: tdadams
The story you posted is from Alabama. This story is in Texas. Read again. After I made that post, I realized Boortz mentioned a case in Texas and a case in Alabama.
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