Eminent Domain Case - Solberg (N51)

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Eminent Domain Case - Solberg (N51)

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A small general aviation airport in rural New Jersey known as “Solberg” has been under withering assault for nearly a decade by the local township. Solberg has been around forever and is enjoyed by pilots and aircraft owners up and down the East Coast and beyond. A lovely family owns it and they have been nearly bankrupted in trying to protect what was legally theirs to peaceably enjoy.

Well, they won a huge victory. Not only did the judge hearing the eminent domain claim turn the township away, it assessed millions of dollars in fines against it.

http://lsaeronaut.blogspot.com/2015/05/ ... g-n51.html

BTW, the Balloon Fest is great!
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I get a Page does not exist error.

But selecting <Home> takes me to the blog and the current first entry is the topic piece. Good for them!
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The annoying thing is all those "fines" will go to the government, none to the property owners actually harmed by these stupid lawsuits.
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SportPilot wrote:The fines will also be paid by the government meaning the taxpayers. The "government" is the people.
Agreed, it's a circle-jerk.
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Re-copied the link. Hopefully corrected the problem, not sure why it failed.
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