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BLUE FONT: Original post.
RED FONT: Response to post.
GREEN FONT: Editorial comment.
POST HC-(**number**): Post identification number in this topic. Posts listed in reverse chronological order. Please refer to this post number, when replying to a post.
| The following entries, submitted by area constituents, are distributed by me in this blog as a public service to increase dialog about issues of importance to Blount and Sevier County residents. I do not necessarily agree with or endorse any statement made herein. Our form of government works best, when many, differing viewpoints are heard and considered. The process is often "messy." Read, think, and offer your opinions. Most importantly, though, make up your own mind.
State Senator Raymond Finney |
POST LD-2: PROPERTY OWNERS' RIGHTS.
Received: October 31, 2006. Added: October 31, 2006.
Where have individual property rights gone? Much concern is expressed about the over development in Sevier County, and
the general defense is a private property owner can do with his land as he wishes. However, when a land owner desires to preserve privately owned land and refuses to sell to the government, the local and state governments tell him he is wrong and take his property through eminent domain. Short of breaking any laws, how can this issue be addressed and changed?
Bill, Sevierville
POST LD-1: LAND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING.
Received: September 19, 2006. Added: September 21, 2006.
I believe legislation is needed to protect Tennessee property owners from the abuse of power of developers of real estate projects. An example of such legislation is the North Carolina Planned Community Act which prohibits developers from exempting themselves from paying their share of the common expenses of a planned community (for example, road maintenance dues).
Ed, Townsend