Eminent Domain; just cuz. Colorado couples piece of Heaven

[Carson]

It seems we no longer have our forest anymore than what ever might be in Fort Knox.

What it is, is an old cabin on a patented mining claim.



'This is our heaven': Colorado couple fights to save land from eminent domain

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. – "They're spending us to death," said landowner Andy Barrie.

He is not talking about property taxes, inflation or even the cost of skiing in glitzy ski country. Rather, he's talking about the legal fight he and his wife have been waging to save their pristine piece of mountain property -- with breathtaking views of Colorado's high country -- from being taken over by the county through eminent domain.

Their battle is a unique test of private property rights. Unlike in countless other cases, where local governments have used those powers to seize land to make way for a road or some economic development project, Colorado's Summit County is using eminent domain to go after the Barries' land simply because officials want the open space.

It's a peaceful plot of land the Barries don't want to part with.

"Everyone has their special place where they really like to go, and when we came up here the first time we said this is our heaven, this is a special place," Andy Barrie explained.

Two years ago, Andy and Ceil Barrie bought two pieces of land: a house in an established subdivision, and another piece of property at a higher elevation, accessible by an old mining road.

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/08/colorado-couple-fights-unusual-eminent-domain-bid-to-seize-land/

[aGameOfThrones]

This couple doesn't like to share.

[fr33]

Colorado is a state that suffers from eminent domain syndrome. It does have it's rebels though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%C3%B1on_Canyon_Maneuver_Site

[green73]

Agenda 21 Strikes Again: County Uses Eminent Domain to Preserve “Open Space”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ89L8skxcQ

The views from the deck of Andy and Ceil Barrie’s small, century-old cabin were breathtaking. Unfortunately, their dreams became a nightmare when they found out that their local county was trying to take their property using eminent domain.

Open space “is all it’s ever been,” said Andy Barrie to the Associated Press. “I feel like I can’t trust my government.”

The property in question is a 10-acre parcel surrounding the cabin in the midst of the White River National Forest.

Now the county government, alarmed that the couple drives their ATV up a 1.2-mile old mining road to the cabin, wants to take the Barrie’s land — and it’s doing so by claiming eminent domain. Rather than using the practice of government seizure of private property to promote economic development, the county is using it to preserve open space.

The move shocked the Barries. They have allowed hikers to travel through their property, had no plans to develop the land and were negotiating with the county at the time it moved to condemn the property.

Summit County Attorney Jeff Huntley said the county had to act after the Barries insisted on being able to use motorized transport to get to the cabin. “People in this community are very intent on preserving the back country,” he said.

Experts in eminent domain say it’s rare for governments to use that power to create parks or open space.

“It’s not that you can’t do it, but they don’t do it much,” said Dana Berliner, who was co-counsel in the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case upholding the constitutionality of eminent domain. “There’s typically other ways of doing open space than just taking land.”

The couple has spent $75,000 to fight this, and they continue to have to fight.

The devastating effects of Agenda 21 is happening everyday in the U.S. This blue print for globalist to confiscate private property in the U.S. is a huge threat to our Liberty. Watch Ben Swann talk about Agenda 21 here (http://benswann.com/ben-swann-and-agenda-21/).

http://benswann.com/agenda-21-strikes-again-county-uses-eminent-domain-to-preserve-open-space/

[jclay2]

WTF is wrong with these people. I feel like I am going crazy. How can no one get upset over this?