Tennessee to use eminent domain to take farmers’ land for Ford EV campus

IT’S ANOTHER INSTANCE OF A STORY WE’VE TOLD YOU ABOUT BEFORE.

A STATE WITH PLANS TO USE EMINENT DOMAIN TO SEIZE LAND IN ORDER TO BUILD AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE PLANT.

FIRST — IT WAS NORTH CAROLINA SEIZING HOMES — BUSINESSES — AND A CHURCH SO THAT THE VIETNAMESE E-V COMPANY, VINFAST, COULD BUILD A FACTORY.

NOW — TENNESSEE PLANS ON SEIZING PRIVATELY-OWNED FARMLAND SO FORD CAN DO THE SAME.

IT’S ALL PART OF FORD’S PLAN TO BUILD A 5-POINT-6-BILLION-DOLLAR “MEGA CAMPUS” IN WESTERN TENNESSEE.

IT’S CALLED “BLUEOVAL CITY.”

FORD PLANS ON BUILDING BOTH ELECTRIC TRUCKS AND BATTERIES THERE.

THE TENNESSEE STATE GOVERNMENT HAS COMMITTED 884 MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE INCENTIVES TO FORD.

THIS INCLUDES THE FORMATION OF AN 11-PERSON BOARD — WHICH HAS THE POWER TO SEIZE LAND VIA EMINENT DOMAIN.

FARMERS WHO HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO COURT OVER THEIR LAND ARE EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER HOW MUCH THEY’RE BEING OFFERED FOR THEIR LAND.

A FARMER WHO SPOKE WITH THE TENNESSEE LOOKOUT SAID THE STATE WAS OFFERING HIM LESS THAN 4-THOUSAND DOLLARS PER ACRE — FAR LESS THAN FAIR MARKET VALUE.

ACCORDING TO THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – THE AVERAGE VALUE OF TENNESSEE FARMLAND WAS 47-HUNDRED DOLLARS IN 20-22.

QUOTE — “YOU CAN’T BUY NO LAND HERE FOR $3,500 AN ACRE. YOU CAN’T BUY A SWAMP HERE FOR $3,500… I TOLD THEM THIS IS THE BIGGEST RIPOFF THERE IS. THEY WANT YOUR LAND, BUT THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WEALTH.”

ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION — THE STATE IS SEEKING 35 SEPARATE TRACTS TO CONNECT THE CAMPUS TO I-40.

IT HAS TAKEN POSSESSION OF 15 TRACTS SO FAR.