Chesepeake Master Plan Revealed

[Midtowner]

Your implication that people were being "displaced" indicated that you thought there was some eminent domain involved. Sorry about the misunderstanding. Also, eminent domain has been used in Oklahoma in the past to acquire private property for private use. It's actually a fairly new idea that this is now unconstitutional. (by new, I mean it has only been unconstitutional since around June)

I'm a big fan of people being able to make the best use of whatever land they own or want to own. For what it's worth, I think that an energy company employing a lot of people at very high wages is better than a neighborhood.

Consider this: When people get paid 2-6 times what their property is worth, and they relocate, what are they doing with that money?

-- buying an even nicer home than they had before!

These people don't go away, they just take their newfound money and improve another part of the metro. I really see no problem with that.

[amy]

Our neighborhood WILL be changing, we can't stop that. We just hope to get in on the RIDE. Our neighborhood was not listed on the Oklahoman's map, yet we know that Chesapeake owns the other side of the street. Does anybody know how to get more information about Chesapeake's plans? If the offer is right, we will sell.

[metro]

Yeah, sell it for several times it's value and buy your next house in cash and pay off your old mortgage. If nothing else, you can contact them and see if they're interested......