It has nothing to do with any election... it has to do with the fact that the public needs the land to help EVERYONE. Eminent Domain is public policy everywhere. Sorry that Mike is inconvenienced, but we need roads and the land under roads has to come from somewhere. Next time you are stuck in a traffic jamb, it would be good to remember this. He will have to fight for everything he gets and it should be that way. They are paying him with public tax dollars and taxpayers should not get ripped off.
Bottom line... we don't truly "OWN" our property, we own a license to occupy the land until the government says otherwise. Just the way it is everywhere.
It gets murkier when cities use eminent domain to take land and then give it to a developer for a shopping center... still it is for the public good. Have you ever seen a really nice building built around a little house? As public policy, we had to stop these holdouts from wrecking the future of good projects.
Mike... get a lawyer, an appraiser and make the best deal that you can...
Last edited by on_your_six; 04-19-2014 at 03:03 AM.