Re: [at-l] Graymoor---

[Tim Hewitt <thewitt@fairchildsemi.com>]

on 8/16/00 10:42 PM, Gary Ticknor at garyticknor@starpower.net wrote:

> Tim Hewitt wrote:
> 
>> ...I'm sorry, but if it's really a problem, move the trail.... Paddler
>> 
> To where? Move it to where?
> 
> You move it and another property owner is bothered. Move it to a road? The
> road was created originally by ED, so what's the difference?
> 
> If you are going to have a trail, you have to put it on land. At some point,
> someone owns the land. If they won't sell, and you won't allow ED, you can't
> have trails.
> 
> I can't accept that. Everyone's right to a trail outweighs anyone's right to
> their own mountaintop.

I'm sorry, I disagree.

When you've had the feds come in and take your property on behalf of the
greater good, you can join the rest of us who dislike this policy. There is
no appeal, there is no place to turn, it's pure socialism, and I don't
support it.  If "the greater good" is for my personal property to become
property of the state, then you should have to at least pay fair market
value for the property.

If you have a piece of property that the federal or state government (in my
case) wants, they simply take it. It does not matter that you paid for it,
it does not matter what it's commercial value is, it does not matter if it's
an asset that you were planning to use to send your kids to college, or for
your retirement, or to sell to raise capitol to run your business. In my
case, it was 75 acres of prime development land that is now a "greenspace"
around a small, out of the way pond in Washington state. They paid me 25% of
the price I paid for the property. No appeal. No options. I could accept
their price or lose the property outright with no payment.

Yes I'm bitter. Yes I support the Friar's personal property rights.

-paddler

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