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| 2005/12/5-7 [Politics/Domestic/California, Science/GlobalWarming] UID:40868 Activity:nil |
12/5 Eminent domain abuse in CA:
http://csua.org/u/e6p
"A jury next year will decide how much the county must pay for the
land, unless the owners agree on a sale price.
"Gidaro's group bought the property last year for $60 million from
National Gas and Energy Transmission, a successor to PG&E Properties.
The county values the land at $50 million. The Rumsey Band of Wintun
Indians, which operates the Cache Creek Casino Resort in Yolo County,
has said it would finance the purchase of the ranch."
\_ How is it abuse? Or are you one of the "use == abuse" people?
\_ You're right, we should pave over prime ag land with Blockbuster
and Olive Garden. Suburban sprawl is awesome!
\_ Pretty impressive those Gidaro guys manage to buy land in CA that
goes down in value.
\_ Yeah weird how ED works like that.... |
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| csua.org/u/e6p -> www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13303044.htm SACRAMENTO - California State University, Sacramento is planning a Scienc e and Space Center to offer science education to everyone from kindergar ten to adults. But the university first must raise $10 million, of which it has nearly $ 2 million. Officials plan to build a planetarium and a natural science museum, linke d by a covered walkway. The planetarium would have a 20-inch telescope under a retractable dome, along with smaller telescopes. Officials also want a solar telescope to project features of the sun on an outside wall where they could be seen by passers-by. University President Alexander Gonzalez projects the center could attract 25,000 visitors a year. The university's existing observatory is on the roof of the psychology bu ilding, where viewing suffers because of lights from the nearby sports s tadium. The new center is planned for a different, darker area of campus. Garcia, 53, of Auburn, is accused of murdering Wilson after a videotape s hows them leaving the casino together early Oct. A preliminary hearing is under way to determine whether Garcia should sta nd trial. Placer County Sheriff's Detective Don Murchison testified that Wilson and her boyfriend, Daniel Burlando, 30, of Sacramento, fought frequently, t o the point that both were arrested for assaulting each other earlier th is year. Burlando has been cleared of any involvement in her disappearan ce. Murchison said Wilson had been evicted from her parents' home, suffered f rom depression and had attempted suicide in February. One dealer told Murchison that after Wilson and Garcia became "very frien dly" at a blackjack table, he lent her money to cover losses of as much as $300. When Wilson complained that she didn't have a job, a dealer hea rd Garcia tell her, "You can come to my place and I'll take care of you. " Wilson's mother, Debbie Boyd, told reporters later that her daughter had problems. But she said, "It doesn't justify that person being killed, an d (a killer) further victimizing a family by not disclosing where he put her." Garcia remains in Placer County Jail on $3 million bail. The Conaway Ranch is a key stopover for migrating birds along the Sacrame nto River. The county also wants to preserve the property's valuable wat er rights. The property's owners, a group of investors led by Sacramento developer S teve Gidaro, had pledged to preserve the farmland and open space, but th e county worried they would develop the land. Yolo County Superior Court Judge Timothy Fall ruled Wednesday in the coun ty's favor. "This will prevent the land from being squandered by the runaway growth a nd development we have seen throughout the Sacramento Valley," county Su pervisor Mike McGowan said. "We're saving this land from the grasp of Sa cramento developers." A jury next year will decide how much the county must pay for the land, u nless the owners agree on a sale price. Gidaro's group bought the property last year for $60 million from Nationa l Gas and Energy Transmission, a successor to PG&E Properties. The Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians, whi ch operates the Cache Creek Casino Resort in Yolo County, has said it wo uld finance the purchase of the ranch. Advocates of private property rights oppose the county's use of eminent d omain. |