Daisy Luther
Activist Post
Imagine this:
You do your research and you choose a retreat property far off the beaten path. You spend time and money developing it, making it your own. Maybe it is a vacation home, or maybe you’re a prepper and this is your bug-out location. Regardless of the reason you chose it, it’s yours, so maybe you plant some perennial vegetables and some fruit trees. You dig a well or locate a spring. You make it your own.
Then the government comes along and says, “Nope, we want this land – you’re out.”
And they just take it, evicting you like they are the landlord and you are merely a tenant, despite your name on the deed.
That’s exactly what happened to a couple in Colorado. Andy and Ceil Barrie fought the government and the government won.
The Barries had purchased an idyllic 10-acre parcel of land in the midst of the White River National Forest. The private land had on it a rustic cabin, an outhouse, and an old boarded-up gold mine. It was a day use cabin, and therefore totally off the grid. No electricity, no plumbing – just peace and solitude, accessible only by an ATV via a road that Summit County didn’t even know existed. The cabin is 1.2 miles off the main road. From a preparedness standpoint, the place is what most of us dream of – a sweet little piece of paradise far off the beaten path, without a powerline in sight.
The government used many different bizarre strategies to get the Barries off of their land. Pay close attention, because precedents are being set that could affect hunters or those creating bug-out retreats.
read more: http://www.activistpost.com/2014/04/eminent-domain-colorado-couple-finds.html
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