Comments on: Eminent Domain of #1 Liquor in Question http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2011/5457/ Helping imagine a great college town for a great university Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:03:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Stringfellow http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2011/5457/comment-page-1/#comment-190967 Stringfellow Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:01:03 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2011/5457/#comment-190967 The only thing on crack is the College Park City Council. No wonder half the slots ran uncontested this year. There is a reason people don't want to be College Park City Council members... The only thing on crack is the College Park City Council. No wonder half the slots ran uncontested this year. There is a reason people don’t want to be College Park City Council members…

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]]> By: cp patron http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2011/5457/comment-page-1/#comment-190726 cp patron Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:14:48 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2011/5457/#comment-190726 Just came across this article while surfing the web. It is rather amusing to ride down RT 1 and see this little run down liquor store sitting in the front yard of this massive new high rise building. Suspicion looms because what developer would build such a building and not acquire this property. This is development on crack. Just came across this article while surfing the web. It is rather amusing to ride down RT 1 and see this little run down liquor store sitting in the front yard of this massive new high rise building. Suspicion looms because what developer would build such a building and not acquire this property. This is development on crack.

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]]> By: R. V. Bradley http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2011/5457/comment-page-1/#comment-190721 R. V. Bradley Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:22:50 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2011/5457/#comment-190721 You people are hypocrites. Just wait until "eminent domain" is used to put a highway running through your front yard or anything else they want. 1) Good for the liquor store for standing their ground - and I don't even drink liquor!! 2) The developers are nothing but greedy leaches, supported by corrupt College Park council members...who will ultimately have to prove their innocence when the federal public corruption investigations come to light... You people are hypocrites. Just wait until “eminent domain” is used to put a highway running through your front yard or anything else they want.

1) Good for the liquor store for standing their ground – and I don’t even drink liquor!!

2) The developers are nothing but greedy leaches, supported by corrupt College Park council members…who will ultimately have to prove their innocence when the federal public corruption investigations come to light…

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]]> By: Analysis: Was Eminent Domain a Factor in City’s U-Turn on #1 Liquor? | KabirCares.org http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2011/5457/comment-page-1/#comment-190612 Analysis: Was Eminent Domain a Factor in City’s U-Turn on #1 Liquor? | KabirCares.org Mon, 30 May 2011 11:15:32 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2011/5457/#comment-190612 [...] we predicted earlier, the City council has finally put a stop to the acquisition of #1 Liquor business on Route 1, [...] [...] we predicted earlier, the City council has finally put a stop to the acquisition of #1 Liquor business on Route 1, [...]

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]]> By: CP Resident http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2011/5457/comment-page-1/#comment-190597 CP Resident Fri, 27 May 2011 18:20:53 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2011/5457/#comment-190597 I understand completely the opposition to using eminent domain - I don't think a "pocket park" is a legitimate use of the government's power to take property, that power is better reserved for things like roads. However, I also think that the developers of the properties on either side should join with the city in negotiating an amicable purchase of the #1 property from the owner. There is plenty of unused retail space in the adjacent buildings, why doesn't the city agree to support transfer of the liquor license to an adjacent location and an adjacent property offer a low-cost, long-term lease? I understand completely the opposition to using eminent domain – I don’t think a “pocket park” is a legitimate use of the government’s power to take property, that power is better reserved for things like roads. However, I also think that the developers of the properties on either side should join with the city in negotiating an amicable purchase of the #1 property from the owner. There is plenty of unused retail space in the adjacent buildings, why doesn’t the city agree to support transfer of the liquor license to an adjacent location and an adjacent property offer a low-cost, long-term lease?

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