All posts by Martyn Daniel

Eminent Domain Abuse. October 2009: Montgomery County Denies Restraining Order


AG Doug Gansler and Montgomery County Judge Mary Beth McCormick felt a work stoppage at $40000 loss per day outweighed the potential for an accident even though earthmovers and trucks came within inches of hitting pedestrians. Judge McCormick granted free hotel stays for 6800 Garrett Road residents and improved safety measures by the SHA despite turning down the restraining order request by Mike Vechery. The state and Montgomery County continue to put people in imminent danger with the ICC. Neighbors have been purchased, the park and the Ride on bus are no longer accessible, and safety and pollution will be cataclysmic leaving Mike Vechery and his home to be wiped out. 2 lawsuits against MD have been filed-1st one is the illegal purchase of the road in front of 6800 Garrett with no notice or payment and the 2nd is for “Constructive Condemnation”. The SHA’s Neil Pedersen, Melinda Peters, and Wes Mitchell do not even follow Maryland’s “Rights and Benefits Handbook” regarding property/partial purchases corruptly avoiding purchases by devious and illegal practices. The ICC’s own quarterly brochures regarding compensation are a total fabrication as well. The SHA and their illegal business must be stopped at once. Governor Martin O’Malley and AG Doug Gansler must change the SHA environment.

Help! stop eminent domain eviction during cancer Part2


Hello, I am professor Grace. I have metastatic ACC cancer that has spread to my lungs & liver. Indiana Dept. of Transportation (INDOT) is planning to evict me & my husband from our home through eminent domain. We will have nowhere to go because we don’t qualify for a new home loan. Imagine the living nightmare of being consumed by cancer while INDOT consumes my haven for survival: my property & home. They are evicting us by July 15, 2010 to build another Bypass, HWY 231, less than 2 miles from the existing one. Purdue University is the silent abeiter in this. They have complete control from conception to deception, and Purdue President Cordova refused to intercede or mediate, eventhough I am a tenured Purdue Univ. Professor. There will be more videos on YouTube; this is Part 1, as this story has more parts, and this is where things are at today. I want to thank Purdue Univ. faculty, staff & students (of FLL & beyond) for their love, concern & generosity in fundraising for our legal defense against INDOT’s double lawsuits & eviction, including an upcoming 5K run. I also want to thank people from around the world who have written me after reading my blog at helpgratefulgrace.wordpress.com & on helpgratefulgrace Facebook.

Scorched Earth: Eminent Domain Abuse in the Gardens of Mount Holly


The township of Mount Holly, NJ, has been systematically destroying the Gardens—a close-knit community of over 300 garden-style row homes—for the past decade. Officials want to hand the property over to Keating Urban Partners, for luxury townhomes and apartments. This is what happens when eminent domain is abused for private gain.