Thread: Eminent Domain Abuse

Originally Posted by wopmanfixit

Eminent domain requires the government to pay fair market value for the property they take. The "people" give the government the right to do this, if don't like it they need to reform the laws that allow it. We have had a case here where the county took a 300+ acre ranch to keep it from being developed, a majority of the people in this county were in favor of it. They paid the owner in excess of 40 million for it.

If you read the news lately the governments idea of fair market value is no where near what the owners could expect to receive through a normal sale.

Another form of indirect seizure is when the
government restricts development on a parcel
of land but does not actually seize it.

I heard of a case at Lake Tahoe where this happened.
People had bought lots to build a house when they
retired and then out of the clear blue were told they
could not build. Now they are stuck with the land
they can't use or sell.


Terry

Originally Posted by wvbias

Another form of indirect seizure is when the
government restricts development on a parcel
of land but does not actually seize it.

I heard of a case at Lake Tahoe where this happened.
People had bought lots to build a house when they
retired and then out of the clear blue were told they
could not build. Now they are stuck with the land
they can't use or sell.


Terry

That is even worse than seizure, at least they get SOMETHING. What BS!