tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post8941245491874869330..comments2023-11-05T06:18:25.377-06:00Comments on The Privatopia Papers: Daily Herald | Bankrupt Neumann Homes sues towns to return impact feesEvan McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04479661304143631524noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-53506525474525609362009-11-05T15:39:07.235-06:002009-11-05T15:39:07.235-06:00This is a legislative issue for a requirement to p...This is a legislative issue for a requirement to post a bond for the completion of the project as approved, or for the restoration if the project can't be completed. The bond issue also applies to projects that are proposed as a collection of separate developments. <br /><br />There are numerous examples of the consequences to early purchasers of property in CIDs. <br /><br />By requiring a bond, the bond company would take on the responsibility of determining the viability of the project and the developer.Don Nordeenhttp://swagman.typepad.com/poa_governance/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-83058582240456615112009-11-04T17:19:14.527-06:002009-11-04T17:19:14.527-06:00It is outrageous. It would be hard to calculate th...It is outrageous. It would be hard to calculate the full impact of this failed development on the landscape, the owners, and the village of Antioch. There have been political, economic, social, and environmental consequences that dwarf the piddling impact fees Neumann Homes paid. Now the village has to pay some lawyer to defend them in this ridiculous lawsuit, which is nothing more than an attempt to shaft the public yet again. In urban studies we talk about the public costs of private development, and here is a new one.Evan McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479661304143631524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-31306938304133296442009-11-04T14:27:17.296-06:002009-11-04T14:27:17.296-06:00Outrageous. My sympathies to the citizens of Anti...Outrageous. My sympathies to the citizens of Antioch.Bethnoreply@blogger.com