OK, which one of you is "=8 mrrabbit 8=" ?

[JBoy]

Over at our entertainment site http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2655011/posts

someone comes on with this post:

Posted on 11-January-2011 8:45:38 AM by mamelukesabre

I just received a phone call from a government official telling me they are taking my property for a public works project and I have until 2012 to hand it over. Naturally they must buy it, but I don't want to sell. Does anyone have experience fighting eminent domain? Is it possible to fight it?

The vagueness of the terms "government official" and "public works project" set off the initial alarm bells in my head, along with the use of the intellectual concept of "eminent domain".

Not long before someone else comes on smelling something suspicious:

Unless you are trolling:

More info...state, county, project description.
Notices typically come in mail.
=8-)

16 posted on 11-January-2011 8:59:17 AM by =8 mrrabbit 8=

Suddenly and conveniently, more details not contained in the initial post arrive:

This appears to be legit. The city wants to arrange a face to face meeting today or tomorrow. It does seem strange they are doing it this way to me as well. I would think there would be more than a year’s notice. I suspect there are shenanigans going on in the government. I am adjacent to a very large piece of property that is owned by a company that is owned by a company that is partly owned by the mayor. A couple years ago the city tried to pull a fast one and have the city streets around my property rezoned(if that’s the correct word, maybe vacated) to private property. there was a big condo project completed very nearby recently. There were rumors of plans to build a casino on the mayor’s property a few years ago but they couldn’t get casinos legalized. Last 5 years or so there’s been surveyors trampling around all summer every summer. continuous problems with power, telephone, etc. It’s all very suspicious. I’m close to the river here and I like it here. no traffic or neighbors to deal with.

25 posted on 11-January-2011 9:14:31 AM by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))

Mr. Rabbit wasn't born yesterday, and thinks this smells:

You didn’t mention that earlier...how convenient after being challenged as the basis of a notice by mail. Care to post the notice with your name and parcel number redacted?

Until you do that - or specifically identify the project by name, state, county and city if applicable, I call troll.

=8-)

28 posted on 11-January-2011 9:19:41 AM by =8 mrrabbit 8=

Other Freepers rush to mamelukesabre's defence:

mamelukesabre is not a troll, and has been around a lot longer on these boards than you. You haven’t been registered here for two months yet.

33 posted on 11-January-2011 9:44:41 AM by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)

Mr. Rabbit is not deterred:

1. Still refuses to provide redacted notice.
2. Still refuses to identify project name, state, county and city if applicable.
3. Keeps providing anecdotal and “so and so told me!” details supporting his conjecture instead of the directly asked details that would verify that this is really happening.

Troll!

=8-)

44 posted on 11-January-2011 10:06:30 AM by =8 mrrabbit 8=

So I want to know, which one of you is Mr. Rabbit?

[madmax]

1. Someone should tell him to ask W. Bush...

that's how he got the land for the baseball stadium in Texas.

[Crankie Avalon]

2. Run like the wind, Mr. Rabbit, for as long as they'll let you till your account gets banned! nt

[kestrel91316]

3. Poor guy complains about city streets being converted to private,

and some giant shell corporation maybe putting in a casino........why does he hate America?????????

[pinboy3niner]

4. Wascally wabbit!

:rofl: