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FOR SALE: Corner of Bluebonnet and Jefferson
Posted on 7/31/17 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 7/31/17 at 3:51 pm
As our wonderful Parish Council approves the sale for $ 10,000...which is only about 740,000 under valued.
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When the sale went before the Metro Council, no one batted an eye. In fact, the council had to approve several measures to allow the land to be designated as surplus, go to auction and approve the auction, and council members did not discuss the matter at all.
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This post was edited on 7/31/17 at 6:49 pm
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Posted on 7/31/17 at 3:52 pm to Supermoto Tiger
Is this the same corner they are building the bank on that says it's been serving the local area for a long time but no one has ever heard of the bank? If so, either way that place is going to be a fricking nightmare to get in and out of and is going to make that intersection even more of a cluster frick.
This post was edited on 7/31/17 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 7/31/17 at 3:54 pm to Supermoto Tiger
Posted on 7/31/17 at 3:54 pm to Supermoto Tiger
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These land deals are rare, he says, and the city would have to bear the cost of a commercial appraisal, which can run a couple thousand dollars.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 3:55 pm to Supermoto Tiger
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Former Metro Councilman Ryan Heck
Posted on 7/31/17 at 3:56 pm to Supermoto Tiger
Please provide a link to the article and don't copy and paste the entire article.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 3:57 pm to Supermoto Tiger
Way to frick it up Baton Rouge
Posted on 7/31/17 at 3:59 pm to Supermoto Tiger
The free market breaks down when everyone is fricking stupid
Posted on 7/31/17 at 4:00 pm to sneakytiger
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The free market breaks down when everyone is fricking stupid
nothing about this story really displays free market principles
Posted on 7/31/17 at 4:02 pm to SlowFlowPro
The land was sold at public auction, right?
Posted on 7/31/17 at 4:02 pm to SlowFlowPro
I don't think anything shady was done. The auction was advertised properly.
Seems like a straight forward sale should have been done, but governments usually don't care about being for profit.
Seems like a straight forward sale should have been done, but governments usually don't care about being for profit.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 4:03 pm to Supermoto Tiger
Link?
Posted on 7/31/17 at 4:03 pm to sneakytiger
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The land was sold at public auction, right?
Yep and he was the only one that showed. He could have bid $500
Posted on 7/31/17 at 4:03 pm to Supermoto Tiger
Posted on 7/31/17 at 4:06 pm to Supermoto Tiger
This stinks and the taxpayers in the city ought not let this slide. This literally took ~$900k out of our parish budget.
This post was edited on 7/31/17 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 7/31/17 at 4:06 pm to 9001
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Is this the same corner they are building the bank on that says it's been serving the local area for a long time but no one has ever heard of the bank?
It's the corner across Jefferson from the new bank.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 4:07 pm to TigerFred
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Please provide a link to the article and don't copy and paste the entire article.
Here ya go.
BR Business Report Article about the deal
Alotta Jimmy's oughta be rustled. This bullshite is no more ethical and 'fair' to the Taxpayers than Broome's Brave contracts.
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Former Metro Councilman Ryan Heck carried the deal through the process last year. Several years earlier, Cosman—a friend and Heck campaign contributor—had asked him for help buying a separate, 22,000-square-foot plot of wooded land behind his house, and Heck obliged. Cosman got that piece of land at auction for $50,000 after another bidder showed up.
This post was edited on 7/31/17 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 7/31/17 at 4:10 pm to sneakytiger
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The land was sold at public auction, right?
i have a friend that owns 400 acres with 2 private lakes and cabins on them that he bought for 20k at an auction. he was the only bidder.
land is probably worth 2-3mm today. it happens. but this seems moderately shadier.
Posted on 7/31/17 at 4:12 pm to mikelbr
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frick Ryan Heck that shady piece of shite.
What you got against Heck??
Posted on 7/31/17 at 4:12 pm to 3nOut
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. but this seems moderately shadier.
Yea, he didn't have a councilman helping him out and making sure the public didn't get more than the bare minimum notice of these land deals.
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