In Racine County, houses are being designated ‘blighted’ to make way for Foxconn

Re:In Racine County, houses are being designated ‘blighted’ ... by bb88 on Saturday April 14, 2018 @11:38PM (#16841047)

I actually wonder about this a bit. Wisconsin gave huge tax breaks to get that company in. So now in order to buy the land, they have to evict the land owners by marking the property as "blighted", because apparently they can't afford the actual market price of the land.

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Re:In Racine County, houses are being designated ‘blighted’ ... by ams6110 on Sunday April 15, 2018 @12:00AM (#16841118)

Has anyone said they aren't making fair market value offers to property owners?

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Re:In Racine County, houses are being designated ‘blighted’ ... by kelnos on Sunday April 15, 2018 @02:17AM (#16841494)

The article mentions that many (all?) of the landowners, except for some owners of farmland that has already been purchased, haven't received any offers from the county, despite the fact that the assessment process has been completed for some time. It's... fishy, to put it mildly.

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Re:In Racine County, houses are being designated ‘blighted’ ... by erikpukinskis on Sunday April 15, 2018 @08:12PM (#16845793)

How do you establish fair market value except by negotiating until you close a deal?

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Re:In Racine County, houses are being designated ‘blighted’ ... by throwaway2048 on Sunday April 15, 2018 @01:53AM (#16841446)

clearly they deserve to be forced off it without compensation if they dont accept.

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