Letter from UNCG echoes familiar arrogant tone
As reported Oct. 24, many College Park residents are disturbed by a letter from UNCG that reads in part: "The UNCG Board of Trustees approved a new Long Range Master Plan on Sept. 6, which expanded the area of the campus as it relates to land acquisition and development.
"That new plan identifies the property at (your address) as part of the future expansion of the campus. We are writing to ask if you are in a position to consider selling to the University. If you are interested, we would like to talk with you about this property and possibly have an appraisal completed."
Why are the residents so upset? True, the letter is naively arrogant, vaguely threatening, presumptuous, slightly patronizing, insensitive and ignorant of human nature. Otherwise, it is a perfectly nice letter, confident in its purposes, quite in keeping with established procedural practices in the UNCG planning offices (see "State auditor pans UNCG bid process," July 12, 2007, and http://mm.news-record.com/legacy/indepth/07/UNCG_audit.pdf).
Tom Kirby-Smith
Greensboro
Comments (6)
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Tom,
Consider this:
Those 60 year-old, 1100 square foot houses with tiny closets and one bathroom would be worth about a 10th of what they are priced at now were it not for their proximity to UNCG.
Posted on November 5, 2007 9:27 AM
one word for Mr. Smith:
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Posted on November 5, 2007 5:22 PM
LIBERAL, where all that compassion you are all ways talking about when it suits you.
The people that live here,may have been the only homes these people may have know.
Many may be older folks.
Of course they have no choice, but to take any price they are offered. NC does not protect the owner in any way. NJ is the only other state that I know of that is this cruel and corrupt. They more than likely will not get enough to replace their home! Then they will pay a tax on money received. My grandparnets where the victims of Eminent Domain. The press made a big deal of the money these victims got. They could not even replace their home. Thank god a judge stood up for them, and gave them a better price.This was in Va. where they have some laws. Mr. Smith in my opinion, get ready to get screwed.
Posted on November 5, 2007 8:33 PM
Dog,
Nit's post says it all:
"Those 60 year-old, 1100 square foot houses with tiny closets and one bathroom would be worth about a 10th of what they are priced at now were it not for their proximity to UNCG".
So, maybe you should find a better comparison.
Good try though. Good try.
Posted on November 6, 2007 2:31 PM
LIBERAL you are the one that does not get it. If you do not want to sell your home, you should not be forced to.Of course you liberals think all thinks belong to the special interest people. You cry foul if a corpration makes a nickel, I know of no average Joe that got a good deal on his property in NC. Of Course the big boys make out like a bandit.
Posted on November 6, 2007 3:17 PM
Dog,
I'm sorry, but you have no historical reference on the process of imminent domain--or at least you have not demonstrated that you understand it.
So if you don't want to give up your doublewide out on the cloverleaf of the I-85 bypass, YOU think you should be able to remain there? If your answer is yes, then this conversation is over. The one objection that cannot be overcome by reasoning, is pure ignorance.
Shalom there little dog!
Posted on November 6, 2007 8:35 PM