How much land do you own, Duck? Just wondering.
I have 450 +/- acres...and it's amazing the restrictions ALREADY that the gov't wants to place on my land...and it's in CENTRAL WV.
This post isn't an argument...just wondering if you can shed any insight from your area.
I own 1/3 of an acre my house is on in North Wilmington, that is all!
Listen, If i havent made it clear enough, i'll try again. I do NOT think that the state should have the right to take anyones property without paying FMV for the land and having the permission of the landowner. But, we all know that the state doesnt have the $$ to compete with private developers. So, they have to come up with a plan that would entice landowners to take less green upfront, to sell to the state so the land can be preserved. I have a few ideas, but i'll post them when im a little less tired. Not that it makes a difference, in not governer (sp).
But I wont back down from what I said about the lady in the article. You dont level 25 acres of wood lots just because your pissed about the state labeling the land as enviornmentally sensative, in fear that you might not be able to make the millions you hoped to make. I'll go as far as to say that, that is just evil. Destory all those trees and landscape other species relied on just to save your wallet???, no way man. Burn in hell. Thats the responsibility landowners take on, whether they like it or not. So many other things are affected by their decisions. They need to take that into account.
I will say this in open forum and I mean it, if the state knocked on my door and said they wanted to take my house and land, were going to pay me FMV or could give me a compensation plan that made me happy to turn the place to open space, I'd take it so fast you wouldnt believe. If they said they wanted to takeand level the property and put a Walmart and offered to pay me double what it was worth, i'd tell them to go to hell, and shoot whoever tried to take it when all the lawsuits ran their course. If the state said they were taking my house 'for the good of all' and paid me nothing, well, i'd fight that too. But I wouldnt destory my property and land to make it inhospitable for wildlife just because I didnt like the options being presented to me. And thats what the woman did in this case. I really hope that doesnt continue across the state.