Arlington turns to eminent domain for stadium land (condemning houses)

[rainbow4321]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/100205dnmetstadium.27f8919.html

While planning for a new Dallas Cowboys stadium, Mayor Robert Cluck said the city would use eminent domain only as a last resort to assemble the needed land. But condemnation has become the rule rather than the exception.

Glenn Sodd, an attorney representing some people in the affected area, said the high percentage of eminent domain cases shows that the city has low-balled residents and business owners and that its incentive program is inadequate.

So far, the city has either purchased or condemned more than half of the land needed for the stadium. There are still more tracts along Collins and Division streets and a mobile home park off of Sanford Street that need to be acquired.


The owners of two dozen tracts agreed to sell to the city only after their land was condemned. That's a little less than half of the 55 properties the city has bought in the past several months. Even after condemnation proceedings were dropped against those 24 properties, the city still has eminent domain cases pending against 88 other properties it needs to buy.

[MADem]

1. Fuckers, it is like that Supreme Court case all over again

...where they took those lovely, well maintained, older homes (that one day would be classic architecture of the era, but now just look kinda old fashioned) from those folks in, where was it, CT???

Freedom is not free, and the land you buy is not yours, if Unka Sam or some state shithead wants it.

Those poor folk living in MOBILE HOMES just do not count as much, I guess--what are they, five eights of a voting man, or what???

I HATE this shit--HATE IT. It smacks of coercion and greed. Bums.

[VPStoltz]

2. Is this going on now?

Or is this the stadium The Chimp had built for his team by taking away citizen's homes? It's like deja vu all over again.

[rainbow4321]

3. This is a different stadium

It's to make way for the new Dallas Cowboy stadium that is being built in Arlington...but the city does have the stadium you are talking about---TX Rangers baseball team.

[VPStoltz]

4. Kind of the same story though isn't it?

The Chimp sold his share not so long after the stadium was built and made beaucoup de buck?

[ceile]

5. The Ranger's field is in Arlington, too. n/t