Kevin_Kennedy
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- Aug 27, 2008
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The U.S. government will not use eminent domain to seize people's land for a permanent Flight 93 memorial and instead will renew negotiations with landowners near the terrorist crash site in Somerset County, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Friday.
"They, too, were the victims of 9/11, in terms of what happened," Salazar said of the seven property owners, who control about 500 acres. "I do believe we will find a good way and a positive way to move forward."
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/cnn-news/19665762/detail.html
I'm glad that the government has backed off its plan to steal the owners' property, but I have to wonder if the owner's of the property are now going to be intimidated into taking less than they would have before because they know the government is willing to rob them for "fair value?"