Denver's infringement on private property rights.

[hollohas]

Regarding a private piece of land on Kipling south of 285.

I drive by this piece of land everyday. I have long thought how nice it would be to be the owner of this land. Apparently I was wrong. The owner is going through a major fight to protect his rights from Denver. It's one last private land hold-out in the area. And Denver doesn't like it. I'm not sure what any of us can do to help the owner of this land, but read his story to learn about how Denver is taking away his liberty.

http://laststandforfreedom.com/index.html

Wow. Read this report.

Brownfields are abandoned or underutilized properties where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by either real or perceived environmental contamination......Cities also estimated that Brownfield properties comprised of 60,417 acres of land, representing potential new jobs and land tax revenue....owners would prefer to have the land remain idle and unused rather than turn these sites over for development.

[Ronin13]

Forgive me, but that person's wording is very confusing. I don't fully understand what's going on. He's being forced to sell his property to make way for a park? He didn't even really say what 21 was all about.

[hollohas]

Yes, not a great writer, just a guy trying to vent I suspect. Denver is not trying to get him to sell. What happened is that Denver thinks he isn't using the land up to it's potential and they are turning it into a park. He will still own it...it just has to be a park. So he can't build anything and neither can anyone else, basically removing any value from it.

Agenda 21 is some sort of tinfoil hat conspiracy regarding a UN document or something...that part is a little far fetched. However the interesting part is that there has been an effort and PLAN put in place by mayors around the country specifically targeting this kind of land and making strategies for how the cities could get access to it or use it better.

PS - link to UN Agenda 21

[Byte Stryke]

Holy WTF!

So if I want to have property... and do nothing with it except live there and someone else wants it for development I am screwed....


Something seriously STINKS of corruption

[henpecked]

Broomfield raised taxes on a 1 acre parcel that is being used to store sand and gravel from 8,000 a tear to 28,000 a year.........Happens to be across 36 from the First Bank Center. 10 year plans show light rail park and ride there.

[Zundfolge]

So if I want to have property... and do nothing with it except live there and someone else wants it for development I am screwed....

Welcome to post-Kelo America.

[bigshane]

This story and the subsequent links about Agenda 21 have me literally sick to my stomach.

[buckshotbarlow]

Considering the source as the city of denver, this does not surprise me. I think Boulder County takes their ideas and implements them there also as Boulder County Open Space that you as a tax payer pay for, but cannot use.

Corruption is the only word that comes to mind.

[SAnd]

The US supreme court ruled several years ago that governments can condemn land to get control of it and then force the owners to turn it over to a private developer to 'improve' for the price the developer wants to pay. Basically steal the land from private owner so a developer can make money from it. The River Point thing on the south west corner of Hampton and Santa Fe is a local example. There are several others in the Metro Denver area.

It's legalized stealing that violates the intent of the US Constitution that has been sanctioned by US Supreme Court.

[buffalobo]

This story and the subsequent links about Agenda 21 have me literally sick to my stomach.

^This, and yet another step on the path...