Colorado Couple Fights Seizure Of Cabin By County For ‘Open Space’
“Colorado landowners are in a losing battle with the county over their land, which local government is claiming for itself under the law of eminent domain.
Colorado’s Summit County is aggressively targeting the land of Andy and Barrie because it wants the open space—not for any public works project like a road, Fox News reports.
“They’re spending us to death,” said landowner Andy Barrie of the legal battle.
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But after spending $75,000 on legal fees to date, the Barries are doubtful.
“No, they’re taking it,” Andy Barrie said in response to the statement.
“They collude together to basically screw up their citizens. … Sooner or later, we’re going to run out of money, but we wanted to fight the good fight and let people know our story and what their government is up to,” Andy Barrie said.
While the county argues that it’s in citizens’ interest to preserve the land, the case is an unusual exercise of a local government’s powers of eminent domain.”
Geller, Allison. Opposing Views 9 April 2014.