Landowner objects to trespassing signs placed by city on land in eminent domain dispute
“A woman in an eminent domain dispute with Honolulu claims the city is bullying her over the how the land is used.
A business on the 20,000-square-foot parcel on the Kamehameha Highway in Hauula, Reynolds Recycling, closed Tuesday after the city erected no trespassing signs, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported (http://bit.ly/1a0Ukae ).
City officials also told real estate agent Choon James, who bought the property in 2006, that she has no legal authority to be on the property.
James has refused to accept the city’s $521,000 check for the land and has taken the matter to court.
The city is bullying her by ordering the recycling operation business off the property, she said, and by refusing to allow her and her husband to decide how the property can be used before the court hears the matter in March.”
Associated Press. The Republic 23 October 2013.