Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Fayetteville: Businessman must pay for city’s error
He called City Hall and said he wanted to put up the biggest sign he could on a stretch of Raeford Road. He then hired a contractor, who designed a plan that the city approved with a $40 permit.
The lighted sign, which stands 14 feet high on a pole, went up in mid-October at Porreco’s business, Home Exteriors. About two weeks later, a city inspector came knocking and served Porreco with a written notice that sickened and surprised him.
The sign was too big, the notice said. He had to remove it or face $500 daily fines. more...
Related: Myron Pitts column
Monday, November 26, 2007
Railroad stakes claim to its right of way on which ministry building sits
Thanks to donors, the only payment the charity group faced with their new home was a monthly phone bill. Or so they thought. Then a representative of the state-owned N.C. Railroad told them half their building was sitting in its right of way. more...
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Judge Says Couple Has to Leave Farm So County Can Expand Landfill
FROM WRAL.com: DOBSON, N.C. — A Superior Court judge has ordered a Mount Airy couple to leave their 95-acre farm, ending a 10-year battle in which Surry County commissioners imposed eminent domain to purchase the property to expand the county landfill.
Judge Richard W. Stone ordered Donald and Faye Terrell to leave their farm by November 28. But Donald Terrell, 69, said he will not go. It's where he was born, he said. And though Surry County paid him $653,000 for it in March, it's worth much more. more...
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Eminent domain: Onslow steps up
It's a terrible precedent that chips away at both the spirit and consequences of the law. more...