The Cincinnati Dealer - Residents Recoil in Horror from Open, Green Space

Residents Recoil in Horror from Open, Green Space

By Joseph Avery | Dealer staff writer

Wed, Jul 23, 2008

NORWOOD - Eleven acres of grass and dirt remain untouched since the Ohio Supreme Court finally ended the city of Norwood's abuse of eminent domain. "It's horrible, absolutely horrible," said Oakley resident Cassie Armstrong to the Enquirer.

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The horror. The horror.

Other agoraphobes concur. "If I want to terrify myself, I'll sit in the middle of my $400,000, 1/32 acre lawn," said Hyde Park resident Charles Finsworth. "The sky is too large! Make the horizon go away! I can't feel my teeth," shrieked Norwood resident Amy Elsington in agreement.

According to the Enquirer article, no plans have been made on what to with the site. "Nothing at all is happening," said Tracy Nemenz, representative of the site's owning company, the Rookwood Partners, as a lone tumbleweed wheeled through Nemenz's office. Among the plans not being considered is rehabbing the lone standing house into a museum which educates visitors about the abuse of government power.

Norwood Mayor Tom Williams remains wistful about his city's illegal seizure of private property for commercial gain: "The Rookwood Exchange obviously would have been a positive thing for the city," the Enquirer quoted Williams. He continued, "In time, we could have forced out all our residents, separated from the United States and its stupid laws, and built one of them floating tax havens." As his eyes misted, Williams softly said, "I would have been named Lord Commander."

Quick Poll

After Ike's damage to Cincinnati, how are you taking precautions against future hurricanes?

	Purchasing a windbreaker
	Cutting down every tree within 150 feet of my house
	Practicing dialing Duke Energy's phone number in the dark
	Looking for Duke Energy technicians who are willing to accept bribes
	Reading "Fixing Broken Power Lines For Dummies"
	Making sure my Bengals season tickets next year will be far away from the "wind tunnel" section
	Moving to the Gulf Coast, where people are actually warned in advance about hurricanes

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