Herald Palladium Todd said the airport has been negotiating with the fruit market since 2002. "We're supposed to give landowners fair market value. Neither party is
supposed to come out ahead, because this is taxpayers' money," he said. "We
know we're going to impact them, so the offer was based not just on market
value but on how losing the five acres would impact them."
It is amazing that the Airport Commission agent blames it all on 'greed' and
'taxpayer dollars' when maybe; just maybe, the owner wants to be made whole.
Did the authority think about the effect of what was taken on the remainder
or the compensable business damages? Likely not.
And as for 'negotiating' since 2002, did the Airport Authority PR man notify
the paper that the Airport Commission had the choice of time as to when it
would take the property? Likely not.
