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VFW seeks cease-fire with Milwaukee (access required)

Published: November 24, 2010
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By Marie Rohde The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2874 faces bankruptcy if the city of Milwaukee collects on a $609,000 judgment over condemnation of the group’s former headquarters. “We have $258,000 in a CD,” said Gregory West, the post’s quartermaster, referring to the maximum the post can afford to pay the city. The judgment [...]

‘You can’t fight city hall’: VFW loses eminent domain battle

Published: June 22, 2010
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By Sean Ryan A Milwaukee VFW post lost $300,000 and a chance to tilt national eminent domain law toward property owners after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to accept a case. The lawsuit was over the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee’s 2001 acquisition of a building in which the Veterans of Foreign Wars [...]

Activists want U.S. Supreme Court to rule on eminent domain case

Published: May 18, 2010
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By Sean Ryan National organizations that focus on eminent domain law are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a lawsuit over the vacant property at 27th Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee. The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee acquired the property in 2001 from Maharishi Vedic University Inc. by declaring the [...]