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Gacke questions city's use of eminent domain

To the editor:
Read the article about condemning the house north of the Culligan offices, and I know there is more property on the city’s list. My question is, “Where is all this money that the city is spending coming from?”
At the Aug. 18 council meeting they let us know that Luverne has the lowest tax rate in the southwest Minnesota region, and the city still has the nicest and newest top of the line equipment in this region. So why does the city council want to raise our taxes 5 percent? Is it so they can go on an Obama-like spending spree?
The way I look at it and hope that other people feel the same is the heck with raising our taxes so you can go and buy property and take it off the tax base. As I recall, the last time a single family dwelling was built in an old neighborhood was about seven years ago.
My other question is how many empty lots does the city own?
As for eminent domain, I don’t think that if you don’t like how a property looks, you can just take it or force the property owner to sell it to them.
Tony Gacke,
Luverne
 
 

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