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Scott, Hewitt & Mize, along with their attorney, John Gannan, have filed a lawsuit against the City of Independence. With the help of expert witnesses and use of vital evidence, we plan on making the City of Independence accountable for this deplorable taking of our property. We are hoping that after this eminent domain trial is over, the city will think twice before they use this kind of power against hard working citizens for the benefit of wealthy out-of-town developers. This type of "abuse of power" should not and can not be tolerated by the citizens of Independence, Missouri. Read more....







*NEW* Questions raised in land dispute with city

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Independence settle condemnation suit

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Arena Ground Breaking

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Independence 39th Street project could blaze trail of new construction

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Arena contract a Dunn deal

Trinity Woods Examiner Article


Arena deal signed and sealed


Arena tops planning agenda


Arena is approved!


Thank you, Renee Paluka-White, for your City Council service.


City, landowner settle on price of land


One step closer to arena deal


City ready to roll on a new mile of Jackson Drive






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*NEW* "The Rich Get Richer" - This video is a comparison of what happened to Scott, Hewitt & Mize.
Was Justice Sandra Day O'Connor right when she asserted that it was the wealthy and influential who would benefit from eminent domain at the direct expense of small property owners? In this installment of "Books of Our Time," Dean Lawrence R. Velvel of the Massachusetts School of Law interviews Steven Greenhut, a reporter for the Orange County Register and author of "Abuse Of Power: How The Government Misuses Eminent Domain".

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Ground Breaking for the Independence Event Center
Scheduled for completion by the fall of next year, the multi-purpose events center will be located in the Eastland Center in Independence, Missouri and include luxury suites and VIP seating along with restaurants, lounges and an attached practice facility with a second ice surface for community use. The nearly $60 million facility will be paid for by taxes generated from a community improvement district established by commercial businesses near the center.

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Take a ride down the eminent domain road and see what's at the end!!!
Scott, Hewitt & Mize lost a part of there valuable property by eminent domain back in 2003 by an approved city emergency ordinance. This road was advertised by the City of Independence Staff to the Mayor and City Council as a much needed road for a public improvement. The truth is that the Developer William Kidwell reimbursed the City of Independence for all costs to take our valuable property by eminent domain. This happened almost 5 years ago and the new road is 1/3 completed and is a dead end street with a new city land fill at the end of the street. It is pathetic how eminent domain is abused in Independence Missouri.

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Watch for Scott, Hewitt & Mize videos on YouTube.

Watch Video #1 (Trespassing by Developer)
Watch Video #2 (Trespassing by Developer)
Watch Video #3 (Eminent Domain Floods Property)

Watch the video that was shot May 6th and May 7th, 2007. The City of Independence Administration, Mayor Reimal, Developer William Kidwell, Kidwell Engineers and his hired contractors find it perfectly fine to build a so called road as they wish and DEVALUE AND DAMAGE other citizens property. Read More...
Watch Video #1 (May 6, 2007)
Watch Video #2 (May 7, 2007)

Watch the Tom Scott Video from the March 7th, 2007 Independence City Council Meeting in Regards to the past Misleading information by the Independence City Administration about Kidwell Business Park and the Damages and Trespassing that Scott, Hewitt & Mize has sustained.

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Watch the February 22nd, 2007 Trespassing Video.
The one year construction easement expired May 1st, 2006 and the city is still allowing the developers construction crews to trespass illegally on the Scott, Hewitt & Mize property. The city attorney says they are no longer responsible. We will prove that the city is still responsible and will be made accountable in a court of law.
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Take a ride on the Developers Road that the City of Independence is claiming is a Public Road.
The first 450 foot of this road was taken from Scott, Hewitt & Mize by way of eminent domain for the developer business park. The developer is paying all the city's cost.

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Video of the new construction fencing installed after the one year construction easement expired by Scott, Hewitt & Mize.
The video is the fencing installed with "No Trespassing" signs posted to keep the Kidwell construction team off the Scott Hewitt & Mize property. The city took the 1.13 acres of the Scott, Hewitt & Mize property well over a year ago and gave Kidwell use of another 1/2 acre of the Scott, Hewitt & Mize remaining property for one year. The year is up and the road is nothing more than a dirt bed as it has been for most the last year. Where is the road that was promised the end of 2005? Where is the road that is promised by June 1st of 2006 after a six month extension was granted by the City of Independence? Nothing but more unfulfilled promises by the developer Kidwell.

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Video of the Scott, Hewitt & Mize Property
The city has made the remaining piece of the property a lake bed and the city does not care.


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Watch Video #2

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Eminent Domain Dispute Spills Over To eBay
Tom Scott has been in a lengthy dispute with the city of Independence over an acre of land he owns near 39th Street and Little Blue Parkway. "We're fighting them tooth and nail," Scott told KMBC's Martin Augustine...

Read article / watch video       eBay Auction (archived)

 

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
Article & Video: Watch the Video Clip

Tom Scott has been in a lengthy dispute with the city of Independence over an acre of land he owns near 39th Street and Little Blue Parkway. "We're fighting them tooth and nail," Scott told KMBC's Martin Augustine...


 



 

Legal questions about eminent domain?
Contact our attorney,
Richard Sullivan 816-833-1222


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