<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">YAHOOOOOOOO!!!!!<br><div><div>On Dec 23, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Linda Jupiter <<a href="mailto:jupiter@mcn.org">jupiter@mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">More towns are using their right of eminent domain to help save people's homes:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/16/new-jersey-town-vowstorescueforeclosedhomeowners.html">http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/16/new-jersey-town-vowstorescueforeclosedhomeowners.html</a><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">Linda</div></div><div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 12px; "><br></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; "><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Carrie Durkee <<a href="mailto:cdurkee@mcn.org">cdurkee@mcn.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">December 23, 2013 8:06:20 AM PST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; "><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Linda Jupiter <<a href="mailto:jupiter@mcn.org">jupiter@mcn.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; "><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Fwd: New Jersey town vows to rescue foreclosed homeowners</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">pass on to anyone you may think could benefit. <div>Carrie<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Annemarie <<a href="mailto:aweibel@mcn.org">aweibel@mcn.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>New Jersey town vows to rescue foreclosed homeowners</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">December 22, 2013 7:54:22 PM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Carrie Durkee <<a href="mailto:cdurkee@mcn.org">cdurkee@mcn.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div>Hi Carrie,<br>You probably saw these comments on mcn. If not, it is interesting to see that a New Jersey town vows to rescue foreclosed homeowners.<br>Annemarie<br><br><br><br>Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 20:45:55 -0800<br>From: John Fremont <<a href="mailto:john@cypresshouse.com">john@cypresshouse.com</a>><br>Subject: [MCN-Discussion]- eminent domain<br>To: discussion list <<a href="mailto:discussion@lists.mcn.org">discussion@lists.mcn.org</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:52899B83.6010202@cypresshouse.com">52899B83.6010202@cypresshouse.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br><br>There are empty stores and buildings in Fort Bragg. Hundreds of<br>transients sleep in alleys and on the streets. It's getting colder.<br>Do any city/county leaders see a solution to these interrelated<br>problems? New Jersey has one idea:<br>SEARCH<br><br><br><br> New Jersey town vows to rescue foreclosed homeowners<br><br>by E. Tammy Kim <<a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/profiles/k/e-tammy-kim.html">http://america.aljazeera.com/profiles/k/e-tammy-kim.html</a>><br>@etammykim <<a href="http://www.twitter.com/etammykim">http://www.twitter.com/etammykim</a>><br>November 16, 2013 9:00PM ET<br>Irvington may become second US city to use eminent domain to fight<br>foreclosures<br><br>Topics:<br> Housing <<a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/issue/housing.html">http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/issue/housing.html</a>><br> U.S. <<a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/categories/us.html">http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/categories/us.html</a>><br> Bank of America<br><br><<a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/organization/bank-of-america.html">http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/organization/bank-of-america.html</a>><br><br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br><br><br>Irvington, N.J. homeowner facing foreclosure, Lavinia Curry (right),<br>with her daughter Paulette McQueen and two grandsons.E. Tammy Kim<br><br>IRVINGTON, N.J. ? Their narrow, two-story house on Garwood Place, tan<br>with white trim, could use a fresh coat of paint and new plantings for<br>the sidewalk flowerbed. It sits in a quiet neighborhood not far from<br>Springfield Avenue, the retail thoroughfare connecting this<br>working-class township to nearby Newark.<br><br>Paulette McQueen, 60, and her mother Lavinia Curry, 86, have lived in<br>this house since 2003. ?My mother always dreamed of having a home,? said<br>McQueen, a solidly built woman with blonde hair and dark brown skin. But<br>since 2010 their home has been a source of consternation as much as pride.<br><br>?We were one month behind, and I took [two payments] to Wells Fargo the<br>next month," said McQueen. "They told me they wouldn?t accept it. Ever<br>since then, they?re harassing my mother. They want me to sell her house.?<br><br>A new program, though, could provide McQueen and Curry some relief. At a<br>press conference on Saturday, Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith announced the<br>township <<a href="https://www.irvington.net/">https://www.irvington.net/</a>>?s plan to ?take? and revalue<br>foreclosed homes at market rates for the public?s benefit, using the<br>legal doctrine of ?eminent domain.? Should the plan move forward,<br>Irvington could become the first municipality to seize and re-mortgage<br>foreclosed properties.<br><br>?When you hear (?eminent domain?), you usually think of people being<br>talked out of their homes (for corporate development), but what we?re<br>trying to do is recast it so that people can stay in their homes,? said<br>Smith.<br><br><br> Experiment and backlash<br><br>It?s a strategy spreading to cities and towns across the country. In<br>late July, for example, Richmond, Calif.<br><<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/business/in-a-shift-eminent-domain-saves-homes.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/business/in-a-shift-eminent-domain-saves-homes.html</a>> made<br>national news when it notified a group of banks that, barring their<br>renegotiation of existing mortgages, the city would consider taking<br>foreclosed properties by eminent domain.<br><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 10<br>Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 05:03:41 +0000<br>From: Penelope Ashe <<a href="mailto:cassandrapenelopeashe@gmail.com">cassandrapenelopeashe@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [MCN-Discussion]- eminent domain<br>To: <a href="mailto:discussion@lists.mcn.org">discussion@lists.mcn.org</a><br>Message-ID:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><<a href="mailto:CAAZqs8WNt8hcJwiqfXJNAbAwua1cwQOhu8yUSsJpts2TOaav=w@mail.gmail.com">CAAZqs8WNt8hcJwiqfXJNAbAwua1cwQOhu8yUSsJpts2TOaav=w@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>What gave you the impression that the city or county was interested in<br>solving this problem? FB is an inactivist agency. They are at the back of<br>the back of cities on modern efforts like localization and in fact, appear<br>opposed to it. They dont even try to give any contracts to local<br>businesses. They had 10 years to prepare for the demolition of the mill<br>buidlings, had they wanted local involvement. They dont, at least in my<br>opinion.<br> The county is even more inactivst. They are not interested in any program<br>that takes staff time. They don't want to provide mental health services.<br>They are in reverse on everything, apparently trying to undo mistakes<br>rather than do new things.<br>Many government agencies in many parts of the country are doing new things<br>to promote their local economies, not so here, from what I can tell. We<br>have mysteriously given the city a progressive image... Huh? Where? When?<br> We were better off with Dominic running the town. He's back with a chain<br>store that Linda Ruffing loved up in her column<br><br><br>On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 4:45 AM, John Fremont <<a href="mailto:john@cypresshouse.com">john@cypresshouse.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">There are empty stores and buildings in Fort Bragg. Hundreds of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">transients sleep in alleys and on the streets. It's getting colder.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Do any city/county leaders see a solution to these interrelated<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">problems? New Jersey has one idea:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">SEARCH<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> New Jersey town vows to rescue foreclosed homeowners<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">by E. Tammy Kim<br></blockquote><<a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/profiles/k/e-tammy-kim.html">http://america.aljazeera.com/profiles/k/e-tammy-kim.html</a>><br><blockquote type="cite">@etammykim <<a href="http://www.twitter.com/etammykim">http://www.twitter.com/etammykim</a>><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">November 16, 2013 9:00PM ET<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Irvington may become second US city to use eminent domain to fight<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">foreclosures<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Topics:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Housing<br></blockquote><<a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/issue/housing.html">http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/issue/housing.html</a>><br><blockquote type="cite"> U.S. <<a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/categories/us.html">http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/categories/us.html</a>><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Bank of America<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/organization/bank-of-america.html">http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/organization/bank-of-america.html</a><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Irvington, N.J. homeowner facing foreclosure, Lavinia Curry (right),<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">with her daughter Paulette McQueen and two grandsons.E. Tammy Kim<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">IRVINGTON, N.J. ? Their narrow, two-story house on Garwood Place, tan<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">with white trim, could use a fresh coat of paint and new plantings for<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the sidewalk flowerbed. It sits in a quiet neighborhood not far from<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Springfield Avenue, the retail thoroughfare connecting this<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">working-class township to nearby Newark.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Paulette McQueen, 60, and her mother Lavinia Curry, 86, have lived in<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">this house since 2003. ?My mother always dreamed of having a home,? said<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">McQueen, a solidly built woman with blonde hair and dark brown skin. But<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">since 2010 their home has been a source of consternation as much as<br></blockquote>pride.<br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">?We were one month behind, and I took [two payments] to Wells Fargo the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">next month," said McQueen. "They told me they wouldn?t accept it. Ever<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">since then, they?re harassing my mother. They want me to sell her house.?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">A new program, though, could provide McQueen and Curry some relief. At a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">press conference on Saturday, Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith announced the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">township <<a href="https://www.irvington.net/">https://www.irvington.net/</a>>?s plan to ?take? and revalue<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">foreclosed homes at market rates for the public?s benefit, using the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">legal doctrine of ?eminent domain.? Should the plan move forward,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Irvington could become the first municipality to seize and re-mortgage<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">foreclosed properties.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">?When you hear (?eminent domain?), you usually think of people being<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">talked out of their homes (for corporate development), but what we?re<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">trying to do is recast it so that people can stay in their homes,? said<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Smith.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Experiment and backlash<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">It?s a strategy spreading to cities and towns across the country. In<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">late July, for example, Richmond, Calif.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/business/in-a-shift-eminent-domain-saves-homes.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/business/in-a-shift-eminent-domain-saves-homes.html</a>><br><blockquote type="cite">made<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">national news when it notified a group of banks that, barring their<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">renegotiation of existing mortgages, the city would consider taking<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">foreclosed properties by eminent domain.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">__________________________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">__________________________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The Mendocino Community Network (MCN) provides the MCN Discussion list.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Use of the list is subject to the terms of service at<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.mcn.org/email/dtos.html">http://www.mcn.org/email/dtos.html</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">TO UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send an email to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:discussion-leave@lists.mcn.org">discussion-leave@lists.mcn.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">(To complete the process you must reply to the email you receive in<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">response)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">For listserv technical problems please contact: <a href="mailto:listmanager@mcn.org">listmanager@mcn.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 11<br>Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 21:56:02 -0800<br>From: Marinela Miclea <<a href="mailto:marinela@alumni.ucla.edu">marinela@alumni.ucla.edu</a>><br>Subject: Re: [MCN-Discussion]- eminent domain<br>To: <a href="mailto:discussion@lists.mcn.org">discussion@lists.mcn.org</a><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:E86C3AB4-911D-4EDB-9381-C52A97059927@alumni.ucla.edu">E86C3AB4-911D-4EDB-9381-C52A97059927@alumni.ucla.edu</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes<br><br>Why? Why would the city or the county not want to encourage local<br>businesses? Aren't they shooting themselves in the foot by their<br>inactivity? And why don't people w/ initiative run for city/county<br>office?<br><br>Marinela<br><br>On Nov 17, 2013, at 9:03 PM, Penelope Ashe wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">What gave you the impression that the city or county was interested in<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">solving this problem? FB is an inactivist agency. They are at the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">back of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the back of cities on modern efforts like localization and in fact,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">appear<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">opposed to it. They dont even try to give any contracts to local<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">businesses. They had 10 years to prepare for the demolition of the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">mill<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">buidlings, had they wanted local involvement. They dont, at least<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">in my<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">opinion.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> The county is even more inactivst. They are not interested in any<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">program<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">that takes staff time. They don't want to provide mental health<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">services.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">They are in reverse on everything, apparently trying to undo mistakes<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">rather than do new things.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Many government agencies in many parts of the country are doing new<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">things<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">to promote their local economies, not so here, from what I can<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">tell. We<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">have mysteriously given the city a progressive image... Huh? Where?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">When?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">We were better off with Dominic running the town. He's back with a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">chain<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">store that Linda Ruffing loved up in her column<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 4:45 AM, John Fremont<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><<a href="mailto:john@cypresshouse.com">john@cypresshouse.com</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">There are empty stores and buildings in Fort Bragg. Hundreds of<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">transients sleep in alleys and on the streets. It's getting colder.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Do any city/county leaders see a solution to these interrelated<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">problems? New Jersey has one idea:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">SEARCH<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> New Jersey town vows to rescue foreclosed homeowners<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">by E. Tammy Kim<br></blockquote></blockquote><<a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/profiles/k/e-tammy-kim.html">http://america.aljazeera.com/profiles/k/e-tammy-kim.html</a><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">@etammykim <<a href="http://www.twitter.com/etammykim">http://www.twitter.com/etammykim</a>><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">November 16, 2013 9:00PM ET<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Irvington may become second US city to use eminent domain to fight<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">foreclosures<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Topics:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Housing<br></blockquote></blockquote><<a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/issue/housing.html">http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/issue/housing.html</a><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> U.S. <<a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/categories/">http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/categories/</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">us.html><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Bank of America<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> <<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/organization/bank-of-america.html">http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/organization/bank-of-america.html</a><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Irvington, N.J. homeowner facing foreclosure, Lavinia Curry (right),<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">with her daughter Paulette McQueen and two grandsons.E. Tammy Kim<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">IRVINGTON, N.J. ? Their narrow, two-story house on Garwood Place, tan<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">with white trim, could use a fresh coat of paint and new plantings<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">for<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the sidewalk flowerbed. It sits in a quiet neighborhood not far from<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Springfield Avenue, the retail thoroughfare connecting this<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">working-class township to nearby Newark.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Paulette McQueen, 60, and her mother Lavinia Curry, 86, have lived in<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">this house since 2003. ?My mother always dreamed of having a home,?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">said<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">McQueen, a solidly built woman with blonde hair and dark brown<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">skin. But<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">since 2010 their home has been a source of consternation as much as<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">pride.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">?We were one month behind, and I took [two payments] to Wells Fargo<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">next month," said McQueen. "They told me they wouldn?t accept it.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Ever<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">since then, they?re harassing my mother. They want me to sell her<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">house.?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">A new program, though, could provide McQueen and Curry some relief.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">At a<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">press conference on Saturday, Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith announced<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">township <https://www.irvington.net/>?s plan to ?take? and revalue<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">foreclosed homes at market rates for the public?s benefit, using the<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">legal doctrine of ?eminent domain.? Should the plan move forward,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Irvington could become the first municipality to seize and re-<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">mortgage<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">foreclosed properties.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">?When you hear (?eminent domain?), you usually think of people being<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">talked out of their homes (for corporate development), but what we?re<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">trying to do is recast it so that people can stay in their homes,?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">said<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Smith.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Experiment and backlash<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">It?s a strategy spreading to cities and towns across the country. In<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">late July, for example, Richmond, Calif.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/business/in-a-shift-eminent-domain-saves-homes.html <br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">made<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">national news when it notified a group of banks that, barring their<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">renegotiation of existing mortgages, the city would consider taking<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">foreclosed properties by eminent domain.<br></blockquote></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send an email to <a href="mailto:occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org">occupymendocino@lists.mcn.org</a> put "Un-Subscribe me" in the Subject line.<br>For listserv problems please contact: <a href="mailto:listmanager@mcn.or">listmanager@mcn.or</a></blockquote></div><br></body></html>