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AndyIsNotOnReddit t1_jdlaw6z wrote

Reply to comment by ecovironfuturist in A Campaign for Eminent Domain: Sign the Petition for the State of NJ to Acquire Fireman's Golf Course to Expand Liberty State Park by nuncio_populi

You’re already paying for it through the massive public infrastructure required: the roads, the police, the sewage, the millions of gallons of water a golf course requires a year, the huge environmental impacts: https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/07/17/golf-is-a-giant-board-game-damaging-the-planet-time-for-it-to-go

All paid for by your tax dollars so some rich guys can play golf on some prime land next to NYC. The best part? You’re too poor to visit this club, you pay for it, they wouldn’t even let you step foot inside of it.

Public park would cost the tax payers way less than continuing to fund the infrastructure requires for this golf course. But by all means feel free to lick the boots of this rich mother fucker that wouldn’t even let you into his club.

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ecovironfuturist t1_jdm0rl9 wrote

I just want to know what the purchase price of the property is expected to be. It's a pretty normal question when the state takes on a big project. Eminent domain does not mean it's free for the state.

If you are serious about this proposal this is a basic piece of information you need to include.

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oatmealparty t1_jdm40lf wrote

Nobody is serious about this proposal, it's a joke, a protest.

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BlissfulGreen2 t1_jdm5so0 wrote

Let’s see….waterfront property with an unobstructed view of downtown Manhattan. How much could that be worth?

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AndyIsNotOnReddit t1_jdmknch wrote

It’s going to be less than the billions in environmental and public health long term costs by continuing to support the golf course so 250 rich guys can have their private club.

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nuncio_populi OP t1_jdmsybx wrote

By the way, Paul Fireman used hundreds of millions of taxpayer money to help build his golf course.

“The cost of cleanup was picked up by taxpayers, and the developer would be allowed to build a course atop the site at its own expense, under strict regulations. In recent years, Liberty National's price tag has been reported as $250 million. About 90 percent of that figure were Superfund cleanup costs.”

We should send him the bill and use it to deduct against acquisition cost as a “down payment” from the taxpayer.

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-presidents-cup-on-the-hudson

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