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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PhiladelphiaPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PhiladelphiaPA</span></a>: ‘Beyond frustrating’: Sheriff’s Office problems prevent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LandBank</span></a> from buying lots for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityGardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CommunityGardens</span></a>, houses</p><p>Story by William Bender, Ryan W. Briggs, March 10, 2025</p><p>&quot;Last May, City Council passed a routine bill that amended the Philadelphia Code in order to preserve the Land Bank’s ability to acquire tax-delinquent lots at sheriff sales.</p><p>&quot;The bill was essentially a bit of legal housekeeping. It tightened up the city’s land-acquisition process in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court case in Minnesota over a property forfeiture.</p><p>&quot;The goal was simple: Enable the city’s Land Bank, a quasi-governmental agency, to protect 90 or so parcels of community gardens from development and continue with its overall mission of repurposing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vacant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vacant</span></a> or blighted land into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AffordableHousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AffordableHousing</span></a> and other projects that benefit the public.</p><p>&quot;The bill passed 17-0. Mayor Cherelle L. Parker — whose administration helped draft the legislation — promptly signed it into law in June 2024.</p><p>&quot;Yet, nine months later, the Land Bank has yet to acquire the garden parcels at sheriff sale.</p><p>&quot;In fact, it has been unable to purchase any properties through sheriff sale — for the last five years.</p><p>&quot;The reason: a problem in Sheriff Rochelle Bilal’s office. Again.&quot;</p><p>Read more:<br /><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/beyond-frustrating-sheriff-s-office-problems-prevent-land-bank-from-buying-lots-for-community-gardens-houses/ar-AA1AB9qk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/money/realestate</span><span class="invisible">/beyond-frustrating-sheriff-s-office-problems-prevent-land-bank-from-buying-lots-for-community-gardens-houses/ar-AA1AB9qk</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityGardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CommunityGardens</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicBenefit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PublicBenefit</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>&quot;If the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiTribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WabanakiTribes</span></a> were <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sovereign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sovereign</span></a>, they would need to be consulted on every land-use decision that might impact their territory. Potential harms to human health, water and air quality, or plants and animals would be grounds for blocking commercial activity. The influential <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineForestProductsCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MaineForestProductsCouncil</span></a> lobbies for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/timberland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>timberland</span></a> owners, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/logging" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>logging</span></a> companies, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mills" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mills</span></a>, including Maine’s largest landowner, the Canada-based <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JDIrving" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JDIrving</span></a> company, which controls 1.25 million acres in the state. It has also been one of the most forceful opponents of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TribalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TribalSovereignty</span></a>, arguing that any additional regulatory hurdles would stifle economic activity in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MaineWoods</span></a>.&quot; </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WabanakiAlliance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Degrowth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SevenGenerations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SevenGenerations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LandBank</span></a></p>
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