. . . Eminent Domain

TVA selling land for $20,000 per acre

    Wednesday, 5 April 2006 - It is interesting that the City of Cullman offered little if anything to the Messersmith family for the acreage they took recently. It becomes even more interesting when you consider the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has 20 acres they are selling right next to the Messersmiths and Nicholson File for $20,000 per acre. As a matter of fact, you would think they were selling the Messersmith property, it is so close.

   I also find it interesting that on the TVA page listing this property for sale they say the "Adjacent property will be the future home of Cullman Casting Corp. A 25 MW TVA substation will be built on the adjacent parcel with Culllman Casting." How would you like to have a major substation of 25 Megawatts within close proximity of your house? Even worse is the fact that they have published on their website the fact that Cullman Casting Corp is already shoed in to that property the Messersmiths owned.

   It appears that the City of Cullman was counting their chicks before they were grabbed by eminent domain.

eminent domain - the right of the government to take property from a private owner for public use by virtue of the superior dominion of its sovereignty over all lands within its jurisdiction —see also CONDEMN, EXPROPRIATE, TAKE 1b
NOTE: The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires the government to compensate the owner of property taken by eminent domain, stating “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” State constitutions contain similar provisions requiring that the property owner receive just compensation for the property taken.   www.Dictionary.com

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