By Sean Ryan

staff writer

The debate over whether Oak Creek should take Earl Giefer’s farm was really about how much authority we the people give our government in the name of the greater good.

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By Jeff Moore Wisconsin folk hero Earl Giefer, 94 years cool, decided he’d like to be able to look himself in the mirror every morning rather than take an easy $1.2 million from the city of Oak Creek for his ...

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By Jeff Moore Wisconsin folk hero Earl Giefer, 94 years cool, decided he’d like to be able to look himself in the mirror every morning rather than take an easy $1.2 million from the city of Oak Creek for his ...

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By Sean Ryan The team trying to keep Earl Giefer on his Oak Creek farm is worried he will end up in the same situation as a Muskego contractor facing $18,000 in fines for zoning violations. The Oak Creek resolution ...

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By Sean Ryan Oak Creek officials on Tuesday dropped plans to acquire Earl Giefer’s farm to support new development after the plan was criticized as abusing the Wisconsin eminent domain law. The city’s Common Council unanimously voted to drop the ...

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By Chris Thompson

editor

The neighborly thing to do before ripping a farmer’s land out from under him through eminent domain would be to make him an official offer for the property.

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By Sean Ryan A dispute over what qualifies as blight is at the heart of Oak Creek’s possible use of eminent domain to take a farm and clear the way for development. “Some people may say the land should be ...

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