Bob Corlett
Posted by bobcorlett 10 years ago to Government
Our government on a mission and years later I don't know why.
This will be my last post,I hope, because it's my last ugly story. I am a developer on a large lake. A few years ago a fellow developer asked me to go in with him on a great development on a small property that jutted out into the water--a great project. A employee of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission told him he thought they had an easement over the property and he was going to have to run a quit title suit to clear title. The fact that a government official made it unwise to sell the property. He had title insurance that would pay for the suit, had installed water sewer, curbs, street light and improved a road with the written permission from the same agency. He was short of money and could do nothing more until the suit was over so I bought half in. What could possibly go wrong!!
1st thing-it took the federal judge 1year to set a date.
2nd thing- the woman lawyer for the justice dept. Got pregnant and ask for a continuance . How many lawyers to you think work for this bloated dept. But the judge granted the request. A one year continuance!
3rd thing-- the lawyer complained about the filling format and the judge agreed and ask us to refile. He strung it out for another year.
4th thing-- depositions. I was deposed for eight hours mostly about nothing. At one point I ask her why she thought they had an easement over the property and her answer was I ask the questions and you answer them!
5 thing--the judge orders arbitration. The government states that they will go to the Supreme Court if necessary but they will never give up. At this point over fours had past, we collected our title insurance and walked. We were money whipped.
The property sits there today as it was left like the last picture in the planet of the apes.
I related this to a retired two star general while playing golf. He woks as a consultant for contractors doing business under government contracts and he said similar things happen every day. I said if I were Bill Gates I would have won,he said if you were they wouldn't have pulled it.
This will be my last post,I hope, because it's my last ugly story. I am a developer on a large lake. A few years ago a fellow developer asked me to go in with him on a great development on a small property that jutted out into the water--a great project. A employee of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission told him he thought they had an easement over the property and he was going to have to run a quit title suit to clear title. The fact that a government official made it unwise to sell the property. He had title insurance that would pay for the suit, had installed water sewer, curbs, street light and improved a road with the written permission from the same agency. He was short of money and could do nothing more until the suit was over so I bought half in. What could possibly go wrong!!
1st thing-it took the federal judge 1year to set a date.
2nd thing- the woman lawyer for the justice dept. Got pregnant and ask for a continuance . How many lawyers to you think work for this bloated dept. But the judge granted the request. A one year continuance!
3rd thing-- the lawyer complained about the filling format and the judge agreed and ask us to refile. He strung it out for another year.
4th thing-- depositions. I was deposed for eight hours mostly about nothing. At one point I ask her why she thought they had an easement over the property and her answer was I ask the questions and you answer them!
5 thing--the judge orders arbitration. The government states that they will go to the Supreme Court if necessary but they will never give up. At this point over fours had past, we collected our title insurance and walked. We were money whipped.
The property sits there today as it was left like the last picture in the planet of the apes.
I related this to a retired two star general while playing golf. He woks as a consultant for contractors doing business under government contracts and he said similar things happen every day. I said if I were Bill Gates I would have won,he said if you were they wouldn't have pulled it.
Jan
Do you have any pictures, or a location so we can Google Earth it?
if I were Bill Gates, I would arrange for these
corrupt people to leave work early, with no pension. -- j
Pursuant to Article V of the Constitution, 2/3 of the state legislatures (32) can demand that Congress call a convention to propose amendments to the Constitution. Any proposals would have to be sent back to the state legislatures for ratification by ¾ of the states (38).
Delegates to the convention could propose an amendment to establish the doctrine of Exclusive Jurisdiction (as opposed to concurrent jurisdiction), whereas one level of government – either state or federal, but not both - would have “subject matter jurisdiction” over every topic, every issue, every problem, every question in the nation, eliminating overlapping, excessive and redundant regulation.
Examples of such “subject matter” that is currently affected by concurrent jurisdiction would include the very issues we are discussing here - land use and building codes - plus issues in the areas of public education, energy production, medical and health issues, possession and sale of firearms, water resources, liability insurance, lending practices and voting rights, just to name a few.
If any of these issues can be properly and effectively regulated by the state, then the federal government would have no say in the matter.
The system is broken, and Article V is the fix. Article V was drafted by the Framers of the Constitution in order to provide the states with a remedy should Congress either fail or refuse to act. We should not disappoint them.
CSG COS - http://www.conventionofstates.com/proble...