Land Give Away Proposal Is Totally Irresponsible

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Halburn has once again brought up his most ludicrous idea yet in his latest scheme to profit from the Walmart property .
The PCDA should GIVE AWAY property.

The property in question is the 6.36 acre site up the hill above the Hurricane Marketplace.
PutnamLIES.com first wrote of this inane proposal in April.
There's only an acre and a half of usable land on the property, barely enough to put in a real football field, much less parking for the people that would use it.

The view from PutnamLIES.com Air-1

Plus, donating the land to the county takes it off the tax rolls forever. Causing the taxpayers of Putnam County to pay twice.

The PCDA's mission is to attract businesses and help develop properties, not give away land bought with public money.

Halburn would be calling for the heads of any other government officials that would try to do something like this with any other property.
But, since it's his idea and, in his mind, he stands to profit from this plan, he brings it up.

Halburn won't consider the idea of giving away HIS land or even selling it at a reasonable price but then he turns around and demands that Scott Edwards give away his land.

Once again, Halburn's vendetta against Mayor Edwards has blinded him to the fact that Edwards is but one member of a 21 person board. How is Edwards responsible for this?

Our solution is for the county to seize his second wife's land under eminent domain.
Using the county's own tax estimate, the house is worth $89,100. That's the fair market value. The county pays her the full amount the land is assessed for.
Is seizing the land for the greater good of the community? You bet your ass it is if it gets him out of town. Consider it urban renewal of a blighted property.
It's a win-win for everyone.

In addition to his lack of contact with reality, it's obvious that Halburn has no grasp of how business works.

Non profit businesses CAN make a profit on anything they do. Whether it's selling widgets or a piece of land. They just can't show a profit at the end of the year.
Halburn's lack of understanding of this simple fact just shows his ignorance.

His grasp of construction matters is equally lacking. The top of that hill isn't fill, it's the top of a hill that was bulldozed away. The flat area was made there.
But, many of West Virginia's businesses are built on fill. The Dunbar Plaza shopping center in Dunbar is built on a landfill.

People aren't building or opening businesses because the land is isolated or "fill" land.
People aren't building or opening businesses because of the economy, stupid.
It's the worst it's been for the last 30 years.

The board member that promises to bring this idea up in the next meeting is doing so simply to get Halburn to stop calling him every 5 minutes and whining about it. There will be no serious discussion of a land transfer.The denial to bring up this hare brained scheme is a credit to the responsible leadership of the PCDA. The taxpayers of Putnam County deserve no less.

Overpriced Property Back on Market

More development, businesses, and jobs could be in store for The City of Hurricane if a recalcitrant husband of a property owner would allow his wife to sell her property at a reasonable price.

A real estate broker has signed a listing for the long overpriced Halburn property, immediately adjacent to Walmart.

"This should be a prime location," says the Realtor. "The location of this property is ideal for businesses that want to take advantage of Walmart's traffic and the growth of Hurricane. Unfortunately, the owner's husband has acted in ways that has alienated everyone involved. Including me. I'm not sure there's anything I can do to meet his unrealistic expectations"

Hurricane's Mayor Scott D. Edwards says "We would love to see that property developed. Getting the fat bastard whose wife owns the property out of the area will help development in the county immensely. He has done nothing but run down the value of the surrounding properties with his constant badmouthing. And frankly, their house is an eyesore."

The property owner's husband says, "I can't get to sleep because of the traffic noise. Walmart and its customers are causing the problems."

"Getting this whining tub of shit out of the neighborhood will bring more jobs to Hurricane, more restaurants and more retail. This is one of our highest priorities." says the mayor.

Other Realtors have listed the property in the past, and others have declined to list the home next to Walmart, because "the property owner's husband is such an demanding, bullying asshole".

The owner's husband says, "A prominent Teays Valley Realtor told me that he won't represent us because I am too controversial. What an IDIOT!!! We have prime location property. His comment is typical of the STUPID people that run this county."

It's probable that the property could have been sold in the past except for the exorbitant price that was being asked. At one time the seller's price was $500,000.

The Realtor says if the economy improves, the chances of a sale increase every day.

"Hurricane & Putnam County is growing every day. The whole area is becoming a business district. The sooner we can run out ignorant motherfuckers like this seller, the better off we'll be."

The seller's husband is now pleading to have his property added to the city's web site and the Putnam County Development Authority's web site, after previously stating, "The P.C.D.A. Executive Director should be tried for stupidity. The EVIL leaders of Putnam County don't have enough brains and common sense to properly plan for traffic! The P.C.D.A., the City of Hurricane, and the West Virginia Department of Highways aren't leaders, these are IDIOTS!!!!"

Mayor Edwards just shakes his head and laughs.

"Like that's going to happen," Edwards says. "He calls me names and then expects me to help him? That manatee can eat shit and die."

The owner's husband added, "Silly Scotty (Edwards) has sold his soul to Walmart's B & O taxes".

Edwards replied, "Well at least they actually pay B&O taxes, which is more than I can say about Mr. Halburn."

"The potential of this property is huge," the Realtor says. "But, it takes a seller that is willing to be reasonable and not run roughshod over any interested parties. I'm not completely convinced that's what we have here."

Mrs. Halburns' property is .618 acres. It's located within a 1/4 mile of Interstate 64, which brings in a high volume of traffic.