Oh, my goodness. Liberals use imminent Domain to steal private land
Sell or we’ll use eminent domain, Seattle mayor tells owners of beach lot
Originally published August 13, 2015 at 7:33 pm | Updated August 14, 2015 at 8:26 am
Mayor Ed Murray said the city will offer $400,000 for lake access at the end of Northeast 130th Street, or try to take it through eminent domain.
By Erik Lacitis ?
Seattle Times staff reporter
The long battle is continuing over a 60-foot-wide beach lot where Northeast 130th Street dead-ends into the Lake Washington shoreline.
The latest salvo came Thursday from Seattle Mayor Ed Murray.
He has ordered that the city cut a deal with the two owners adjoining the lot on each side. Then it can revert to public use as lake access.
The opening offer will be $400,000, says a spokesman for the mayor.
The owners will have 30 days “to agree with the terms, counter-offer, or decline,†says the mayor’s announcement.
And if those negotiations fail, Murray plans to ask the City Council for an ordinance to wield that special hammer reserved for government agencies — eminent domain.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/sell-or-we-use-eminent-domain-mayor-tells-owners-of-beach-lot/? ? ?
SEATTLE -- Al Carson says it's the people that keep him on the job at the age of 81.
It's the progress, though, that may just stop him.
Carson has been a salesman at Northgate's SAS Shoes for about 15 years, he said. In the past couple, he's seen construction crews digging holes and removing dirt near his office along 1st Ave NE, making way for a light rail station.
Soon, however, those crews will be where his office is.
Sound Transit, which operates Seattle's light rail system, recently sent certified letters to 12 business owners in the 9500 block of 1st Ave. NE, informing them of plans to purchase the property through eminent domain. The agency needs the land to build large columns to support elevated trains that will eventually come through there, said Sound Transit spokesman Bruce Gray.
"It's a tough situation, especially when you've got these small, independently-owned businesses," Gray said, "but when you're building out a system that's going to carry millions of people a year, it's inevitable there's going to be impacts like this."
https://komonews.com/news/local/sound-transit-to-use-eminent-domain-to-move-seattle-storeshttps://www.foxnews.com/story/is-seattle-making-a-profit-off-land-seized-under-eminent-domainYong-na Mar
With her late husband, George, Yong-na Mar purchased a residential rental property at 5th Avenue Northeast in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle, one also currently being acquired by Sound Transit. Mar is an immigrant and does not speak English proficiently enough to navigate through this process, so she heavily relies on her brother-in-law, Gary Low.
“Nobody is challenging the right of eminent domain,†said Low. “The issue is that Sound Transit is not offering market value and refuses to budge.â€
Low said that in July 2017, Sound Transit offered $460,000 for the property based on an appraised value of the property at the same amount. Low soon sought out a separate appraisal which valued the property at $598,600. Low said that Sound Transit’s appraiser never gained entry into the property and only did a street appraisal.
http://nwasianweekly.com/2018/08/property-rights-battle-owner-this-should-not-happen-in-america/Seattle Seizes Private Parking Lot to Build New Parking Lot
Zenon Evans|Oct. 24, 2013 6:25 pm
Citing the need for more public parking, the City Council of Seattle made a unanimous decision this week to force a 103-year-old woman to sell a plot of land that is already a parking lot.
The Puget Sound Business Journal argues that the situation seems like a boondoggle. There is contradictory information that officials have not clarified about whether the city intends to turn Myrtle Woldson's 134-stall parking lot into a multi-level garage or if they simply want seize the lot and operate it themselves:
https://reason.com/blog/2013/10/24/seattle-seizes-parking-lot-to-build-newHow low is that? Taking a 103 year old woman's parking lot to build more parking so that they can make the money?
We are talking about securing our nations borders. If the courts find in favor for these Texas land owners it would seem that they must do away with Eminent Domain altogether. It would be saying there is no reason good enough to acquire private property. Democrats using this argument to oppose the border wall? What hypocrites.