Fighting eminent domain

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[@ThatAppalachian]

As a land owner, that’s a line in the sand for me. My land feeds my family. I won’t fight it in court. They will get one letter that says “no”. I’d be in a treestand if and when they’d show up.

[@ThatAppalachian]

@@bradleyrussell8180 I couldn’t agree more.

[@Cacowninja]

Meaning you'll go down fighting?

[@gonzothawarrior]

I argee with your point of view it just sucks your going to die for nothing

[@ThatAppalachian]

@@gonzothawarrior tells ya all ya need to know about our government. They’ll kill you over “nothing”.

[@justinratcliffe947]

​@@gonzothawarriorshut up

[@wandamartinez1561]

Race family is battling Pigeon Forge right now!

[@timarm64]

Well they should have done research before buying. The lawyer should have known.

[@Physco219]

​@@timarm64I don't disagree with you but I also think the slimy way the town and it's leadership has conducted itself is also very wrong. There's a lot more to the story than just the lawyer should have known bs.

[@OldTimeyDragon]

$10?! How is that fair compensation?! The government has no right without giving proper compensation, that's the only thing that gives them that right in the first place!!!

[@davidperry4013]

Eminent domain needs to be banned.

[@Okradokra]

By the government that wants to use it? That's rich.

[@Physco219]

Not banned but reworked. Look at China. They have no eminent domain laws and large projects are either more costly (bribing people to move) or made a mess of (5 lane highway in either direction but a house sits in the middle of) There will always be one side or the other not happy. We need to find balance.

[@Steele_Wings]

Too late after this was used to steal land from black farmers. You allow 1 inch they will take it all.

[@RocketmanRockyMatrix]

Hire the Institute for Justice

[@dianacarpenter8313]

Just like to get old days that took the land frommmm the Indians

[@zachg9065]

$10 is a GIANT middle finger

[@jeangant786]

WATE 6 are you aware of what is going on in Pigeon Forge. They have declared imminent domain on a property, demolished it on July 1, yet the family who owns it has not received a penny and still holds the mortgage to a now demolished house. The mayor watched this family renovate for seven months knowing they were going to change the route of a road and take the house. The Mayor told the family that he had no moral obligation to tell them. Please help this devastated family.

[@jeangant786]

KZbin Pigeon Forge Imminent Domain where the Mother and son have been telling their story and pleading for help. If it happened to them it can happen to you.

[@rockygillman6404]

They haven't received a penny because they turned down a 539k offer on a 301k property. Was you aware of that?

[@JanetBullard]

He is just an example of corruption.

[@samueledison4676]

This is what the second amendment is for.

[@ThatDamnPandaKai]

Go right ahead, see how that turns out for you

[@LilT2o00]

Enjoy your prison sentence

[@bradleyrussell8180]

I would die and not alone. Fk the government. Enough of that and they'll stop pulling this sht. If they had a gunfight every time, they would give up.

[@vitalityfox]

@@ThatDamnPandaKaimodern wars are no longer fought with armies, uniforms, or conventional weapons for that matter. They are fought by individuals who hide in plain sight, are extremely cautious and highly motivated. Full frontal assaults is such an outdated way to fight. If you want to fight it requires patience and stealth.

[@justinratcliffe947]

​@@ThatDamnPandaKaishut up

[@bradleyrussell8180]

If the government had a gunfight on their hands and lost a few government employees every time this happens, whether the property owner lives or not, this would stop.

[@Okradokra]

Government employees=soldiers. You gonna fight the US military tough guy?

[@Physco219]

Nah. It would not stop. You don't even hear of all the mass shootings that happen multiple times a day.

[@clintjohnson7023]

100% agree with you.

[@Bako751]

For those curious, he lost the battle and TVA won.

[@ӶҬҴ]

Thats crazy

[@ValerieDee123]

F the TVA

[@Hawkmoon26933]

Of course they lost it, you can’t fight the government and if you do and win. Well they will just try again a few years later. That’s how they win, use unlimited government funds and keep trying until you get the results you want.

[@margaretgood2111]

This is going on now in Pigeon Forge Tnn ,

[@bobbykaralfa]

that's plain illegal to begin with. only the government has the power to do that. it's illegal for a company to ask the government to do it for them

[@fresnopaintball]

I’m a fan of your youtube channel and a subscriber, and I loved your eminent domain video on the corrupt Kelo vs New London case. I’m going through an eminent domain case myself where the city of Inglewood is using ED to take my property to give to Steve Ballmer, the 5th richest person, for his new Clippers arena! Definitely not for public use because he’s going to make money off the tickets. Ballmer bought the Forum from Madison Square Gardens because the owner threatened to fight Ballmer for his use of eminent domain to take the forum. So Ballmer didn’t want to deal with the headache and bought the Forum off the other billionaire because he knew he could have the city use ED to take the rest of the property he needed from small property owners like us. I was going to start exposing this on social media and wanted to get your advice, since you have som much experience. Thank you ahead of time for any advice and help and looking forward to your next video!

[@CoddiwompleAdventures]

How much of the $6.23 million did you get?

[@thediva.dronediaries]

What's the update

[@rockytucker7480]

$10 that's a compensation for taking his property $10 God damn government but I guess it's no different than what they did to my people hundreds of years ago

[@arawackwarrior2554]

How do you think the indigenous felt when they were forced out of their own land. NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

[@dski8097]

Spoils go to the victor, they were not forced, they were conquered. Get over it.

[@justinratcliffe947]

@@dski8097 Shut up

[@nebblepoppishire3037]

@@dski8097 Genocide is not a war. It’s like saying the jews lost during the holocaust.

[@dski8097]

@@nebblepoppishire3037 Guess you did not read much about the American/Indian wars. It was a war, not a genocide. They lost.

[@nebblepoppishire3037]

@@dski8097 You’re talking to an Eastern band Cherokee bud, I know much more about my family history than you. If you describe the actions of the trail of tears and the mass sterilizations as not a genocide, you’re just flat out wrong.

[@RandomGuy-k7m]

They can’t put these transmission lines underground? Where it’s safe? Where I live powerlines are illegal because they’re unsafe and old tech.

[@garylancaster3995]

I forgot which city it was but they took a huge amount of private property just to build a big name hotel. Just because they said it would benefit the city.I figure it was more of a profit deal for the big wheels. Just my opinion of the mojarty of these deals.

[@ronpeacock9939]

$10... That may have been a bundle 100 years ago... today.. most CHILDREN call that pocket change... totally insulting really.

[@tiktok11150]

F-TN. One of my ancestors was kicked out of there twice by the feds for homesteading before it became a state. I'm not moving my family back there again now.

[@mrdgenerate]

So odd... if like they built on my stolen property blows up every 5 years. So weird.

[@c2dmofolos]

I think that's terrorism?

[@franklinhernandez683]

@@c2dmofolos this is a real danger these power companies in anti-government is like never before before you had a chance actually give you $10 for the land did you see and they talk about Russia. Russia in Russia they only charge you 2% of taxes for your land they don't do that 100 years by your family and then they'll take it and eminent domain

[@timinwsac]

@@c2dmofolos And taking someone's land and paying them ten dollars isn't terrorism?

[@mrdgenerate]

@@c2dmofolos it's not terrorism if I'm fucking up the thieves on my property bc the idiot police believe their forged documents

[@mrdgenerate]

Call it whatever you want, I call it a gas explosion.

[@consco3667]

It’s crap. It belongs to me not “the people”.

[@zachg9065]

Time Variance Authority

[@kimberlyvalpey7158]

Why is this happening so much.. even today

[@CoddiwompleAdventures]

Would a compromise of allowing TVA to lease the land they want to use at a monthly or yearly fee to the land owner work? The shed and dog kennels either get moved or new ones are built by TVA for the homeowner's use. The landowner keeps his land and TVA and the community get secured power.

[@cd8788]

I can't any info on this case and its been 3 years.

[@joyhouse2334]

There’s a comment that said the land owners lost. The company took there land

[@thud9797]

The lady in Pigeon Forge also lost and her house that she just bought and had renovated has now been bulldozed. And even though the city technically owns the property now she has yet to see a penny and bank says her mortgage still remains and she is fully liable.

[@cd8788]

@@thud9797 Sounds like tyranny

[@ValerieDee123]

We are living under a tyranny. The Constitution gives us ways to defeat it.

[@28704joe]

Seems perfectly reasonable. People like having electric power and cell phone service, they just want someone else to give up their land for it. This is a big deal, that's why it's enshrined in our constitution.

[@raffly4449]

They do not need 75 feet on both sides, they just want access to be easy and on their terms. The existing line is clearly on only one side of the utility poles and appears well maintained as is.

[@toddmohr8624]

So it's not the government taking the land but a private corporation. Sounds like a politician got paid and you are getting screwed. Power company in new mexico is paying ridiculous $$ here to lease land for the wind turbine

[@BlakeWarGod]

The power co should be paying you to use your land for their power lines .

[@LygerTheCLaw]

why even bother with a $10 check? may as well be a kick to the nuts instead. $10 might have been a lot of money in 1776, but it's not now.

[@mystikmind2005]

That offer of $10 dollars absolutely torpedoes any sense of sympathy i may have had with the power companies position.

[@IssacAintPlayin]

Private property isn’t to be infringed & proper compensation is the propety value !

[@rockygillman6404]

Which they was offered. 539k on a 300k house. They turned it down. That is on them

[@RonHudgens-ck5qe]

10 MILLION FOR EVERY SQUARE INCH OF LAND TO BE PAID BY THEIR LAND

[@Sinailionspride]

LDS involved

[@mixmediaproductions]

TVA is not the govt.

[@user-py6tl9fe6j]

Good ole government overreach for Private companies

[@Strrazor]

Let's face it...tva is some bs

[@LoriBlaser]

Wonder what the outcome of this was ?

[@zachg9065]

He fought and lost

[@wandamartinez1561]

😢

[@bourbontrail565]

But more EV’s people.

[@clintjohnson7023]

Nope. You stockpile in supplies then put your 2nd amendment to full use.theft is theft. And you stop thieves with lead.

[@dontscrewwithgodschosen6692]

🧚🏻‍♂️❣️🌌✌️😇

[@rosemaryjones5550]

I’d tell them to do one them clearly have power lines so no need They’ve deposited it but it’s not been accepted by owners Why do they suddenly need 8 times the easement bullshit

[@RandomGuy-k7m]

BUY GUNS

[@kathyhoot7277]

TOTAL BULLSHIT!

[@loridiaz1640]

I am sure someone did a title search, also bet realtor and the sellers knew yet signed swearing no adverse issues were known... Title search company needs to be held responsible, realtor needs to be held responsible and closing agent needs to be held responsible. The finance company should be holding these peoples feet to the fire... the mayor will claim immunity unless a paper trail is found showing he personally profited. The bank or finance co isnt going to worry as long as those $3000 a month payments roll in... in essence the house was taken by a separate entity and the deed was transferred to them.. banks security is gone. A good atty could win this one. The mayor needs a few thousand peacefully protesting his ill will to residents.

[@user-vr1zd9uc1b]

Oh it’s okay when it happens to lesser people but when they hit richer people then shit hits the fan