[still lurking]

I believe her beef was not eminent domain. She wanted a cut of the Costco pie. Her outrage appeared when she realized she lost the larger offer.

[pgyanke]

If they have a contract to sell, it is in writing somewhere and one of the parties to the contest should produce it. Since the city is being made to look very bad (justifiably), I would hope they would produce the contract to clear up the confusion.

If there is no contract to sell and the city is insisting she sell anyway (just dickering over the price a bit), then they are unconscionably wrong.

[saint]

Your right, of course. It's okay for the city and Costco to be greedy, but not the lowly property owner.

[blackdog]

One small sticking point here too......Just who is the city supposed to represent? She, the woman resident who actively participates in her community or Costco, a national retailer of consumer goods?

A pre-emptive suggestion to you folks out there....Attend every single zoning hearing in your community. This stuff can be spotted in the bud before problems show up on the branch. When was this woman's land zoned commercial? Retail Commercial? Mixed Use? Was her land zoned that way when she bought it? If so, she's an idiot.

[MEGoody]

"I believe her beef was not eminent domain. She wanted a cut of the Costco pie. Her outrage appeared when she realized she lost the larger offer."

Maybe, but that does not give the city the right to take her property. If she wants to sell for billions and for ten bucks, it IS her property.

[steve-b]

Still Lurking smiles upon the city council and applauds its firmness in liquidating kulak obstructionism.