Emails, notes, and text messages document collusion between a city and a developer according to attorneys for home owners.
The emails, notes, and text messages reveal that city inspectors were sent in to enforce city code, and in lieu of issuing fines, home owners were given the choice of selling their land to a developer.
The emails, notes and text messages go on to reveal that boarded up homes will drive down prices. The city can use eminent domain to acquire the homes and then the developer can step in and develop the area.
While this sounds like a movie or a good reminder of what not to do, attorneys for the Institute for Justice say they never expected to find the smoking gun.
WHAS11.com | New documents reveal collusion between city and private developer, attorneys say