Waste of the Day: Texas School District Tried To Take Senior’s Home For Parking
This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire
By Adam Andrzejewski
Real Clear Wire
In the name of building a parking lot, the Aldine Independent School District in Harris County, Texas tried to intimidate a 79-year-old man into selling his home, which his family has owned since 1916.
The school district is spending $50 million to redevelop its high school football stadium, which has parking lots on three sides of the one-acre property where Travis Upchurch’s house sits, Reason Magazine reported. The district has been trying to acquire Upchurch’s property to expand the parking.
When Upchurch indicated that he didn’t want to sell his property,
