Officials in St. Joseph County will use eminent domain in their efforts to aquire farmland near a future power plant near New Carlisle.
The county has been deadlocked with the owner of the 37-acre parcel of land over a price, and if they are successful the owner will likely be forced to sell the land to the county for a price decided upon in court, according to the South Bend Tribune.
The county needs the Edison Road property to service a planned industrial park, but the owner is demanding more than five times the amount the county has offered. He says he’s basing his offer on the price for the nearby land that was sold for the site where the plant is being built.
That plant is expected to open in June of 2018.
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More government overreach! Can Americans tell Obama Care they will just pay 1/5th what they are being charged? Not likely that would work out. We pay whatever the government decides and they pay whatever they decide. Good thing our government is of the people, by the people and for the people…What a joke!
This is disgusting, this man should defend his property, set out there with a shotgun and start shooting as soon as someone trespasses.
Eminent domain should NEVER be used to benefit a private, for profit organization. It’s an over reach when used for government projects let alone private.
Sounds to me like they only need the property for a service road… No service road needs 37 acres…. The power plant owners or government, rent a right of way from the owner with a 100 year rental agreement.. What is it farm land? If so pay him what the land would make in crops per year for as long as you need the road or land… That would be fair….