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91-Year-Old Woman in Lawrence Resists Developer
The Kansas City Star ^ | March 19 | Donald Bradley

Posted on 03/23/2014 4:25:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 03/23/2014 4:25:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

At 91 years old....take the money and go someplace tropical.


2 posted on 03/23/2014 4:38:21 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: nickcarraway

Batteries Not Included.


3 posted on 03/23/2014 4:38:58 PM PDT by funfan
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interesting Nick....

Here a hospital wanted to buy half of a block of residential property to expand a very needed parking lot. The difference here was this was a Baptist hospital and a little old lady who wanted to stay in her home. She sold her property to the hospital but continued to live there until she died and the the hospital tore down the house and made her lot into a little garden spot at he entrance of the parking. Funny how compassion works.....

4 posted on 03/23/2014 4:39:49 PM PDT by virgil283 (When the sun spins, the cross appears, and the skies burn red)
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To: nickcarraway

Offer her an even million ... she might do it then ... :-) ...


5 posted on 03/23/2014 4:59:45 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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Interestingly, she was interviewed on the radio. She is, in fact, asking for 1 million and claims she is not getting that much because of the color of her skin. Hmmmm....


6 posted on 03/23/2014 5:21:37 PM PDT by goonie4life9
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To: Ouderkirk

Maybe she doesn’t want to.

Old folks get stubborn. I know, my dads 93, WWII pilot, and he’s stubborn as ever, why not, he fought for it. It becomes a pisser at times but you have to respect and accommodate your elders.

“Go someplace tropical”, yea, maybe, if that’s what she wants. If not, leave her alone.

End of story.


7 posted on 03/23/2014 5:23:37 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 223)
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Reminds me of what Donald Trump tried to do with this Three Stooges girl, Suzanne Kaaren.

"In the 1980s when she refused to move from her apartment building after it was purchased by Donald Trump. He wanted to evict her in order to tear down the building, but after going to court, she was allowed to stay. In 1998, it was ruled that Trump could turn the apartments into condos, and she was, therefore, given $750,000 compensation."

8 posted on 03/23/2014 5:38:24 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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9 posted on 03/23/2014 5:40:58 PM PDT by Bobalu (Happiness is a fast ISR)
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To: nickcarraway
To women, a house is a home: China...

*Kelo's Little Pink House* New London, CT

This is what the piece of land that Kelo's house occupied now looks like:

After the houses were destroyed, nothing happened. No R&D complex, no gentrified condos, no influx of high-net-worth PhDs. Nothing. An empty lot with weeds

Edith Macefield Ballard, Seattle WA


10 posted on 03/23/2014 5:54:05 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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You always see some odd house in an industrial area where the owner refused to sell and now the owners can’t even give the property away. You feel bad for them, but once the majority of the owners have sold out and the project is moving forward with or without you take the money before it’s too late.

I understand the attachment to the house, but the neighborhood is gone now, and but it’s not like they’re offering her chump change...$600K is good money.


11 posted on 03/23/2014 5:55:15 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Bobalu; Revolting cat!

12 posted on 03/23/2014 5:58:53 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: Ouderkirk

I hope to Heaven neither you or anyone in your family are faced with being forced from your home by developers/city fathers. I don’t think you realize what happens to elders when they are uprooted without their consent.


13 posted on 03/23/2014 5:59:33 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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To: Ouderkirk

Is that property worth $600K or should she haggle with them for a million? I’m sure there is a FReeper who is into real estate that can give a more informed answer.


14 posted on 03/23/2014 6:14:30 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Daffynition

I understand the elderly just fine. I know that they get fixated on principle.

I drive by two houses every day that are essentially worthless. They are both surrounded by 10’ chain link with razor wire on three sides. A major chemical plant on three sides, and there they are several hundred feet apart. The value of these houses is gone, and the company is not interested in buying them as they went ahead with their project without them. The elderly people who lived the last years of their lives there died years ago and they essentially got zilch.

This is one of those unpleasant situations where an elderly woman is being displaced from her home. But in this case, she wants the money, it’s just not enough for her.


15 posted on 03/23/2014 6:17:23 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: nickcarraway

I hate these new college dorms. And people wonder why they graduate with 6 figure debt. However, the developer is not kicking the woman out of the house using eminent domain. They offered her a very fair price for her home, and she didn’t take it. Now she has to live with that decision.


16 posted on 03/23/2014 6:29:16 PM PDT by sharkhawk (Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.)
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To: Ouderkirk; Daffynition

Ouderkirk...Do you remember, when you sold your principles? How much did you ask; and what have you settled for, in warm compensation?


17 posted on 03/23/2014 6:36:27 PM PDT by RedHeeler
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To: Ouderkirk

Just wow!

What I’ve learned is that preaching at someone is a one-way convo leaving one side feeling self righteous & the other side misunderstood.


18 posted on 03/23/2014 6:40:34 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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To: RedHeeler

I love it when the *self-righteous* become zealots. ;D


19 posted on 03/23/2014 7:06:12 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Perhaps the house could be moved (or rebuilt) in an acceptable location?


20 posted on 03/23/2014 7:14:31 PM PDT by whodathunkit
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