Flight 93 Families vs PA Land Owner

Maybe so, he does have that right, but would it normally sell for that much? His asking price is pretty high. Even if hasked for a little over marketvalue, but that much ? Wow. I would be upset. I do not think he should donate it. He hould if wenated, sell it for a little bit above normal asking prices. After all it is part of history now. He might as well get a littlesomething out of it. But 10,000,000 sounds greedy.

I agree. It's not just a site where a tragic plane crash occurred; it's a family's home. I think he should ask for some monetary compensation and if I were him I'd be asking for the maximum amount that my land is worth. Personally, I don't like huge concrete monuments. I'd rather see that money go directly to the families of those being honored/remembered.

this site clams that it will cover 2000 acres. That is a lot of farm ground. not only is he losing his farm land he will have to find new farm land. and it might not be comparable. That’s not too much to be asking considering that he probably owes about that much to the bank. He probably had to barrow that much to be able to keep farming every year. Not only do they want all that land this monument is going to cost an arm and a leg to build and then maintain. I believe that there should be a monument but this is ridicules. go to thesesite to see what it will be looking like Memorial Feature $27,000,000 Visitor Information Center $6,000,000 Infrastructure (roads, parking, utilities) $11,700,000 Capital Campaign Costs $3,250,000 Land Acquisition $10,000,000 TOTAL ESTIMATED GROSS PROJECT COSTS: $57,950,000 http://www.honorflight93.org/site/c.8dJCKQNuFoG/b.1555703/k.BD7E/Home.htm http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05251/567702.stm

Do you realize just how much land that 1300 a acres is. A football field playing area is a acre. So 1300 equals 1300 football fields. Now that’s a h3ll of a lot of land for one memorial.

I agree, it's his land, and he has every right to ask for the fair market value. Just because this tragic event happened on his land doesn't mean he should give his land away. If that was the case, then they should give the Pentagon away to the families who lost loved ones in the plane that crashed there. These were horrible tragic and senseless deaths, and I do feel for the families who lost loved ones, but I don't think it's fair of them to expect someone to just give them his home, his land and his livelihood.

I think that the farmer has the right to ask market price. But at the same time, he probably could come down some to at least make it look like he's trying to be charitable. I feel for him though--he looks like a jerk for charging for the land, but he is going to be out of his livelihood. 1300 acres is a ton of land, especially for a commercial farmer (I'm assuming he's commercial) I wonder though where the money is coming from for the land and the momument--depending on who is footing the bill, he should be able to charge full market price. Especially since he may need to uproot his family to be able to continue to farm after the momument is built (with tourists and everything...no pun intended).

The PA Land Owner has every right to charge whatever he wants to charge for his land. That is a fair price that he is asking for it, but if it were me I would charge more. Currently his offer only factors in the price for the land itself. But the farmer should also take into account how much money he makes off that land in a year, and how many more years he would be farming on that land. Lets suppose he makes $50,000/year, and he is going to farm for 20 more years, he should charge another million dollars. Last time I checked this is America and we are ruled by the free market society, and he has every right to charge whatever he wants to charge.

Hey, I'm all about altruism, but we gotta' survive, and that land did come to him for free.