myfox.com/AP
by Nicholas Riccardi
February 17, 2014

The view from the deck of the small, century-old cabin was a dream come true for Andy and Ceil Barrie -- a sweeping panorama of 13,000 and 14,000-foot peaks towering above the forest of centuries-old bristlecone pines.

It convinced the couple to buy a 3-bedroom home in a subdivision below, where they could live year-round, and the 10-acre parcel surrounding the cabin in the midst the White River National Forest.

Now the county government, alarmed that the couple drives their ATV up a 1.2-mile old mining road to the cabin, wants to take the Barrie's land - and it's doing so by claiming eminent domain. Rather than using the practice of government seizure of private property to promote economic development, the county is using it to preserve open space.

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http://www.myfoxny.com/story/24740672/a-...n#ixzz2taBQBReA

"Summit County Attorney Jeff Huntley said the county had to act after the Barries insisted on being able to use motorized transport to get to the cabin. "People in this community are very intent on preserving the back country," he said."

Sounds to me like somebody with local and maybe even national political connections wants their land to add to some he or she already has,or is planning on buying. Having political connections makes it easier and cheaper for them to buy control,and we are talking about an area with a LOT of 2nd and 3rd generation trust fund "kids" living in the area.