The owners, who were planning an affordable housing project on the site, first learned about the seizure from the mayor's social media post.
Article by Christian Britschgi
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @aljaz 19 Mar
Concept of private property is really dead nowadays
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 19 Mar
These eminent domain cases really infuriate me. This one, though, is so insane the property owners might even win and get their land back.
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80 sats \ 0 replies \ @carter OP 19 Mar
I agree... I recently had a coworker who had a run in with oil company putting a pipeline through his land... they basically skip over parcels and sign on either side of you so they can say your neighbors have already sold and they can put pressure on you. He did eventually grant them the easement and it paid for them to build a house on the land.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 19 Mar
There was another case l heard about.
Something to do with a stream that ran through a property, and the previous owner giving permission to allow kids to play near there.
I wonder what happened to that case, last l recall, the city wanted to take their property through eminent domain.
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