Even Death
The pain from the loss of a loved one also will heal with time.
Does that make it legal or right for a person to shoot another as there is no damage because the person will live and time heals all wounds?
In regards to the cases he cited where all ended well:
How dare he belittle and demean businessman Gus Prado as an example for his argument.
Relationship
I have personally known Gus since the 1960s. He always did my sign work.
Gus is going to be okay because he worked hard all his life.
He ran a good, honest business in good times and bad. He was smart enough to invest in real estate many years ago.
Channel Credit Correctly
Neither Steve Rose nor the city should take credit for a man’s lifetime of hard work.
In fact, Steve should be recognizing the fact that had it not been for Gus investing in Culver City before anyone knew where Culver City was, and for paying property taxes and business taxes all these years, there would not be a new City Hall.
Is It Relevant?
I suppose the fact that Southern California is seeing unprecedented real estate times is not a consideration?
The vacancy factor on industrial property for all of Los Angeles County is hovering at only 1 percent.
In regard to the property taken in the Fox Hills Mall area:
It might be interesting to know what the value of that property would be today compared to where the flower man moved to.
How much nicer the man’s life would have been without this interruption.
A Reliable Axiom
We all know that the higher the traffic counts, the higher the property value.
Let’s just compare Sepulveda Boulevard with that of Motor Avenue, where the flower man moved.
Perhaps Steve Rose is insinuating that the property the florist bought in Los Angeles is better than being in Culver City?
A Closer Inspection
What Steve Rose does not tell you is the rule of the game.
Imagine if you wanted a property and you could hire your own appraiser to pick what you consider a fair price as opposed to going to the free market to sell.
Usually, 50 to 60 cents on the dollar is a government offer in this state.
Do You Have the Time?
Yes, the victim can sue the city for the difference of what he should have been paid as opposed to what he was paid.
But that takes years.
Even when the court determines the victim was underpaid, the victim is a victim again because he cannot recover his legal fees per the law.
Legal fees are usually one-third-plus of what the victim should have been paid in the first place.
Les Surfas, long established Culver City business owner, of Surfas Restaurant Supply and Gourmet Foods, currently is involved in eminent domain legal proceedings. In Wednesday’s installment, he will discuss his personal experiences.
