@PigeonForgeEminentDomain, please take notice that this video is only 8 days old and already has 41k views. I have always loved Pigeon Forge, but this is tainting your reputation with me and only God knows how many thousands and thousands of individuals not even counting their families and the people they have influence with. You stand to lose a lot more than giving this family the right price for this property. PLEASE show the ones of us watching this that you are the wonderful place we have been led to believe. Thank you.

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for such an encouraging comment. It has amazed our family the show of support strangers has shown to us.

@theclarksvillepiper9202

3 ай бұрын

Pigeon Forge is such a wealthy town. They could afford to pay a fair market value for that house. Or better yet, bulldoze the campground and let the house stand.

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. We appreciate it.@@theclarksvillepiper9202

@charliegriffin8195

3 ай бұрын

This county has been poisoned with external state influence as well.. too many dirty Sheriff Deputies. All this county wants is your money and talks about you behind your backs.. The current Mayors don't want to lose their power, believe nothing can happen to them politically as long as they blackmail or acquire different forms of influence and if anyone of you want to pushback in the right way consider a recall of that elective. If you own no business here you have no legs to stand on. If you want to live here you better have a lawyer on retainer that's how bad it's become in Sevier County as of 2024. God relishes righteousness and continue to speak the Truth.

@mrmyth5846

3 ай бұрын

I’m hoping this story gets out to the people of PF and they vote this guy out.

The simple fact that one of the people invested in the campground is a political individual, then votes to condem your house , say corrupt all day long.

@jeffbramblett4421

3 ай бұрын

Praying for you.

@jonathanmeywes1425

3 ай бұрын

There's similar people on the County Board up in Asheville ,N.C. Tourist towns are the worst when it comes to consideration of its local tax payers who support it year round.

@user-gp6dt9qr6f

3 ай бұрын

The worst vacation ever was to Gatlinburg and Pigon Forge Tennessee nothing but a money pit rip off

@markmajka1877

3 ай бұрын

There are some charges in there for the mayor.

@Freedom-dq8rn

4 күн бұрын

These victims are from Ohio, They purchased PF as an investment. How do you spell, “Good ol boys”.

So, the Mayor is part-owner of the Campground property... Sue his pants off!

@NadeneBeach

3 ай бұрын

She never revealed the campground owner. Did you research and can you verify the mayor is part owner?

@markmajka1877

3 ай бұрын

​@NadeneBeach, why is there a problem making public the name of one of the owners of the campgrounds ? If it is the mayor, then it should be made public. He made public of his moral obligations to the family concerning their property. It shows where his moral obligation truly is. He holds a position in the town to protect the people and their rights. That is where his moral obligations is.

@philup6274

3 ай бұрын

If you have a freemason lodge in your town. This is how they operate..... Free to build what they want wherever ,whenever or however.

@thejakefromstatefarm6768

3 ай бұрын

He’s owns the majority of the now resort and it’s well known and well documented.

@AmyC37217

3 ай бұрын

@@NadeneBeach titlesearch database

Stand your ground, so sick of corruption in this country.

@69spanks

3 ай бұрын

I agree. This is dirty.

@papadrake442

3 ай бұрын

Swamp is deep all around not just in D.C.

@lyndamclean6786

28 күн бұрын

Difficult to stand your ground when the corruption is at your feet and in the air u breathe. I say a movie. Glad u are on utube. I subscribed to u Hoping someone will grab onto it who makes movies

"FOLLOW THE MONEY"!!!! Says it all!!!!

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment. We appreciate it.

@cvbluegrasspatriot9157

3 ай бұрын

@@mikarace Very sad how rotten people have become! NO JESUS!!!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Agree. @@cvbluegrasspatriot9157

@victoriamartin1032

3 ай бұрын

So true!!! 9 times out of 10 places like this are all about the money

The fact that the mayor feels like he has no moral obligation to tell you about this, says a lot about him. Hope the voters see this as well. We love Pigeon Forge and love the kindness we are always shown. Keep the faith! You will prevail.

@noammo892

3 ай бұрын

I wish I had been in that meeting, I would have ask; Mr. Mayor, what do you consider to be moral then. A statement like that comes from a man that has no morals...

@nancybrouse5070

3 ай бұрын

I am sorry, if this is allowed, pushed by the community and mayor, this is Satans' Hollow.

@gb123-ej8wh

3 ай бұрын

This is the kind of thing that makes vacation towns dry up. It’s also the kind of thing the Feds get off on. Citizens robbed at gunpoint so a politician can get rich off insider deals and trading, and a pleb gets screwed over in the process? They have wet dreams about it. Bug them but expect them to laugh in your face while telling you they tried.

@garyrucker1071

3 ай бұрын

Well he is one sorry ass person he should not in office

@alexandercove1194

3 ай бұрын

😊rent month to month

I am not sure of the laws of Tennessee, but the realtor is on the hook. They knew the state of the property. That information should have been disclosed

@bigal5255

3 ай бұрын

I think she knew and was playing the speculation market and lost.

@Malactha15

3 ай бұрын

Not likely. If it was know a local would have bought it, no folks two states away.

@jakeshallow4068

3 ай бұрын

@@Malactha15 I think that’s correct, and it would have been zoned years ago. The realtor should be on the hook if that’s not disclosed.

@GT-43

3 ай бұрын

The only thing realtors are responsible for is collecting a check at the closing.

@jakeshallow4068

3 ай бұрын

@@GT-43 incorrect

Pigeon Forge has turned into a real tourist trap. My grandparents home was there. It has really changed over the last 30 years and not in a good way

@TheBDD1970

3 ай бұрын

Asheville and Hendersonville used to be nice too. It seems inevitable.

@ronball81

3 ай бұрын

My family lives in Knox county. Pigeon Forge was just the gas stations and little stores before you went up the hill to Gatlinburg. I hadn't been there in 30 or so years and a few years ago I went back and couldn't believe it.... go carts and T-Shirts is all it is.... such a shame.

@cherylmorefield7951

3 ай бұрын

We live around 80 miles away from here, and I no longer want to go there anymore because of the tourism destruction going on. It is not what people thinks it is there.

@RobinBoBobbin

3 ай бұрын

@@ronball81 Much like Branson. And that's not a compliment. We have been vacationing yearly in the Pidgeon Forge area since 2019. I can't believe the changes!

@playdohsrepublic3562

3 ай бұрын

Here in my county in Arkansas a line item vote on casinos in our nearby town resulted in 80 percent AGAINST the casino. Not long after a casino company opened an office up. Can you believe it? Now two casinos are vying for occupancy in our county after literally almost no one wants it here. We have a lot of church going people here, no desire for a casino. Yet the attorney general is going along with the squabbling between the two casinos, as if it matters! The vote happened about 5 years ago and I STILL see the casino vans and cars driving all over town, even in our parades!!!! Sickening! But so far, no casino. But they are sure in your face about it.

Crooked local politicians and city councils can be the worst kind. Keep up the fight.

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you we intend to do just that. Bless you.

As a east Tn resident we all need to gather at the mayor's home till he changes his mind. If this can happen to this family it can happen to anyone. I'll stand with you guys

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. We are organizing a rally. We will let everyone know the date.

@Hamasisfilthytrash

3 ай бұрын

@@mikaracerally won’t do shit, bundy ranch is all I gotta say

@LazyLlamaDrama

3 ай бұрын

I’m reporting you to the TBI

@ETCarbonSlinger

3 ай бұрын

@LazyLlamaDrama they don't have enough agents for a entire county

@mikebroome7373

3 ай бұрын

​@@LazyLlamaDrama You're not very smart, are you?

If the officials get a kickback of course your property is a problem. Expose them to the world.

This Mayor should be voted out! Im praying 🙏 for you ❤. God bless you through all of this.

@PigeonForgeEminentDomain

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. We appreciate it

@floridagirl5250

3 ай бұрын

I'm getting the video hint that the mayor without a conscience is ONE of the campground owners. Conflict of interest, anyone? Next they may d. E. W. like Maui. It's rumored the big fire several years ago was not the teenager story we got. Mountain dew, anyone? You certainly have my sympathy and I hope God takes care of it for you! Our world is run by wicked people.

@iloveschicken6527

3 ай бұрын

He should be in prison! Period!

I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to serve on a jury in Anderson county TN in a case very similar to this. We awarded the "little guy" a huge amount of compensation. The City of Oakridge ran roughshod over a property owner, and he sued. Most jury's in Tennessee see imminent domain being abused by government officials and can't wait to stick it to them.

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. God bless you.

I don’t know what “morals” that guy has if he didn’t feel obligated. Speaks volumes about him and how he was raised.

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. We appreciate it.

@playdohsrepublic3562

3 ай бұрын

That's what is taught in public schools. Moral relativity. Didn't you know that?

I would stand my ground. The government local, state or federal needs to remember they work for us. Total BS!!

as a local. I'm absolutely disgusted with all of seveir county .all these new places new roads new rentals et. I'll be glad when the wilderness takes it all back

@mikarace

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. We appreciate it.

@katieviazcan2298

3 ай бұрын

Right but she is part of the problem. People coming here to buy up tn and then complain about new roads needing to be built.

@jasonyeager2718

3 ай бұрын

​@katieviazcan2298 yep. Families that have been here for generations are getting pushed out because they no longer afford housing. Everyone came in and bought everything up at stupid prices and turned hundreds of residences into rental properties. And that's what happened here. It just back fired on them. I wanna be empathetic but I can't. Unfortunately you have to deal with the problem you helped create.

@johnhartley4721

3 ай бұрын

I don't feel the least bit sorry for these folks!

@dustycoward7615

3 ай бұрын

I really don’t enjoy going there anymore because of the things they have made it into

Welcome to the "good ol boy" system of TN. I grew up in a town in TN where the Mayor, Judges, DA, Sheriff, Attorneys and Commissioners are ALL related.

My husband and I were in Gatlinburg last week and we drove over to Pigeon Forge a couple times for dinner. I've always been struck and saddened by Pigeon Forge's suburban sprawl and at the number of abandoned buildings when there are always so many new buildings being erected. We live in the suburbs of Nashville so suburban sprawl, massive tourism and decay are nothing new to our eyes but the Pigeon Forge strip really is an eyesore, in my opinion. It's like the mountains' version of Panama City Beach. Just one attraction/restaurant/store after another, with tons of congestion and one big eyesore that detracts from beauty of beach and ocean. Same for Pigeon Forge, you can't appreciate the surrounding scenery when you're there. As someone who resides in TN and therefore does not pay state taxes I feel guilty when I b!tch about the tourists in Nashville...and also I complained about them last week....even though my husband and I were technically tourists in that area. It's a total love/hate relationship. I felt the same when I lived in St Petersburg, FL. Riding around the Smoky Mountains National Park last week my mind became focused on all of the families and communities that once lived in that area and had their homes and livelihoods taken by the government. Same for the TN Valley Authority and all of the areas that were flooded to create lakes a few generations back. My heart is very heavy for you and I pray this situation turns for your favor somehow.

@1OFGODSOWN

3 ай бұрын

It’s a Tourist Trap and it’s all about the money.

@Deadgoat865

3 ай бұрын

It's a shit hole.

@ritadyer9295

3 ай бұрын

Agreed. We used to make several trips to Pigeon forge every year but it is so over developed I don’t enjoy it anymore. We aren’t going back. It’s ugly now. And all of the distilleries take away from the family atmosphere.

@deborahhuey8437

3 ай бұрын

Just like what happened to Branson Missouri.

@craig5222

3 ай бұрын

Pigeon Forge is a social cesspool disguised as a down home, feel good, country folk vacation spot. I moved here from a much more rural area due to the job market. Worst decision I ever made. I’ve got my ducks in a row and will be out of here soon. Chances are I will never come back here to visit. I hope this family gets some sort of justice.

My family and I are from Oklahoma and will be vacationing in Pigeon Forge for 10 days in May. This Mayor is a disgrace to that town. God the Father has a way that he deals with these kind of people. I wouldnt want to be in his shoes.

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

@tedhicks5431

3 ай бұрын

Avoid the area of campground

@reneerupert5830

3 ай бұрын

I wouldn't go, I would boycott Pigeon Forge. I used to live there and all the glamor and glitz you see is a front. The high prices you pay for everything 95% goes into the pockets of the four families that own P.F. The works aren't paid very well and living standards are low for those workers. Oh yeah, and good luck with NOT getting bed bugs from the hotel you're going to stay in. Even the high end hotels have them, just fyi.

@tedhicks5431

3 ай бұрын

I'll pass to all my RV friends bout campsite

@staceybennett294

3 ай бұрын

Change your plans to Townsend, if you want more of the peaceful mountains.

We are praying for you. My Mom, Dad and myself went through an Eminent Domain lawsuit 20 plus years ago. The County, wanted our downtown Noblesville property for a parking lot expansion. We fought, and in a rare decision we won. There was also some political connections as well. Keep the faith and we hope for the best. Thanks for exposing the corruption that exists in so many towns and cities. And remember, one our most fundamental rights we have is property ownership. Please stay after your legislators to task on any laws pertaining to property rights. And please get out and VOTE ,it starts at the local level.

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this comment. God bless you.

Its so awful that this has happened to the American dream. This is todays Pidgeon Forge. Tennessee Should be Ashamed! Pidgeon Forge should REALLY Be Ashamed! Don't Stop until you get to the Supreme Court if it takes that much! God Bless You and your family.

So sorry to hear about the dirty politics of you’re situation. All government for the most part is outright sleazy. Thought people around Pigeon Forge had more integrity than that! When courts discover that the owner of park property has vested interest, hopefully justice will fall your way. Prayers for you and your family that righteousness will prevail!

Talk to whistling diesel. He just so happens to have a solution for people who are screwed over by local government! 😁

@sog4646

3 ай бұрын

I'm in the process of being screwed over. Who is whistling diesel?

@BalotelliFan713

3 ай бұрын

@@sog4646 Cody Cut Eyes

@sog4646

3 ай бұрын

@@BalotelliFan713 i'm not finding that. I found a whistlindiesel page, but it looks like a bunch of trucks.

@brianashley8761

3 ай бұрын

Whistling diesel is mostly a truck channel. But he has dealt with local government

@sog4646

3 ай бұрын

@@brianashley8761 ok. Thanks. Let me scroll through some of his videos.

All I can say is good luck fighting the most corrupt entity in our country. Our government. I am so sorry you are going through this.

@mikarace

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. We appreciate it.

I’m just a few counties over, and as a BORN AND RAISED East Tennesseean this really churns a burn inside me that a family a few towns over is being disrespected in this way. Praying for you and your family. It doesn’t matter if you moved here from another state or no, if the land is yours and you bought it, then it’s yours. This is probably happening everywhere, but when it starts happening in Tennessee, you know something bigger is going on in the spiritual realm of things. Especially when it starts happening in Tennessee

@yvettenoland5500

3 ай бұрын

I am a Tennessean, as well. But this family never intended to live in this house. They were going to rent it out. These are the very type of landowners who have made Tennessee too expensive to live in for the locals. These people made an investment in a tourist town, fully intending to eventually sell it and "turn it into a gas station, a boutique, anything." All about the money for the Ohioans. What about the locals who are priced out of their hometown? All her horsecrap about God this and that, but this property never was her "family's inheritance."

@jerrygundrum1

3 ай бұрын

​@@yvettenoland5500 exactly these people are trying to play the victim and yet they are displacing a local family to turn a profit on tourism

@yvettenoland5500

3 ай бұрын

@@jerrygundrum1 You said it much better than I did. Amen, Brother.

@markferguson5652

3 ай бұрын

@yvettenoland5500 I was born and raised in Nashville. I'm way beyond sick and tired of seeing this play out. Here it's the californians. They buy an affordable starter home tear it down and build an ugly multi story, modern style monstrosity. They've completely changed the feel and character of the town. Disgusted.

@yvettenoland5500

3 ай бұрын

@@markferguson5652 Yup. Rutherford County and Coffee County have become the same nightmare of unaffordability.

I worked in and around pigeon Forge for roughly 7 years and the corruption in that town knows no bounds.

@michellemonet4358

3 ай бұрын

Can you elaborate??😊

I’m so sorry this is happening to your family. The corruption that has invaded this nation is heartbreaking. Prayers.

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. God bless you.

As soon as you said the Mayor said he seen you all fixing up the home and didn't say anything I immediately thought he must be an investor in the Campground. Disgusting, I live in Pa but we go to Pigeon Forge a lot to vacation but I think I need to reconsider this because that's not how you treat people. If they really want that road to go where your house is then they need to value it correctly and pay you or put the road where it makes sense, through the campground. This is as wrong Pigeon Forge, make it right!!

It seems God is exposing a lot of evil these days and putting warriors in place to fight it💯 My prayers are with you and your family, and I have faith that you will prevail🙏🏼 This country was founded on biblical principal and we the people are standing together stronger every day. Have no doubt that is the locals find out what is happening to you. They will stand right by your side.!

When it comes to small town politics, like this, so many things have to be considered. The contractor doing the assessing , the contractor that's doing the road, everyone that's in on the plan, are usually part of a good old boys club, where it's "you scratch my back, ill scratch yours. There is more than likely kick backs for the people doing hiring. That's more normal than it's not in small town politics, so once the ball gets rolling, it's pretty hard to stop it

@eddiemclean7011

3 ай бұрын

Step one is simply finding out who is related to who. After that, the whole scheme is often exposed.

@drop830

3 ай бұрын

@@eddiemclean7011 yep, old brother in law Ben, that own the assault and paving company, miraculously get the bid over everyone else, even though his bid was the highest, as long as he kicks a little back to the mayor. That's literally how it works a lot of the times

With all the negative things happening in the USA and the world, I keep thinking about that song that goes, "We paved paradise and put up a parking lot". Then my mind lingers to, "You don't know what you've got till it's gone". Tons of farmland and trees are currently being destroyed in order to erect "solar sewers". Planning one near me that will take 1,127 acres for "green energy". They are very inefficient which, I guess, is why they have to be so large. No farms, no food.

@markferguson5652

3 ай бұрын

@diydame7863 The Eagles song, "The last resort" speaks of the same thing.

@diydame7863

3 ай бұрын

@@markferguson5652 Thank you. I used to love the Eagles. Will have to look that one up again for a mind refresher.

I really feel what you're going through. My grandparents were threatened with Eminent Domain back in 1965. My ancestors moved to Eastern Kentucky right after Daniel Boone opened up the Cumberland Gap. They received land grants for service in the American Revolutionary war--that's how long this property was in my family's ownership. It was divided over generations between the sons and by the time my grandfather inherited his portion of the land, he received 158 acres along the Big Sandy River in the back hills of Pike County. But someone decided there should be a dam built to control flooding along the river banks. So the Army Corp. of Engineers came in and offered my grandfather a fraction of what the property was worth, being it had a large waterfront edge. My grandfather asked for time to call his grown children and seen their advice, and they countered with, "If you don't accept this offer right now and move within 30 days, we will invoke Eminent Domain and you won't see a penny. We will condemn your property and you'll get nothing for it." So my grandfather signed the document, and my grandparents found a tiny cabin on a 2 acre lot--if it was that big, which I doubt. He not only lost his business, he lost all the income from his crops and his barber shop equipment. I was only ten years old, but I was spitting mad! My relatives looked into it, but because they forced him--threatened him--into signing the contract, there was nothing to be done after that. My grandfather's house was a large, two story building that he and his sons built together before the Depression, and it looked just like the house on The Waltons. And what happened to us, happened to one of the Walton Characters--Aunt Martha Corinne Walton. I've actually shown the actors pictures of my grandparents' home, and they were amazed at how similar the two houses were. The area where my grandparents lived was a productive coal mining area and many of the mine executives rented rooms at my grandparents' house and Mamaw cooked delicious meals for them. This was not a wooden shack--it was the best home in the area. Then they decided not to build the dam, and sold it to a frozen vegetable company to grow greens. I saw it with my own eyes. So said.

@mikarace

4 ай бұрын

Oh my this is heartbreaking. They tried to do us the same way. This is our offer take it or leave it. Obviously, we didn't take it and hired a lawyer. I wish I could roll back time for your grandfather and help him. So , so sad. I believe God is going to use our family in some way to change some laws about Eminent Doamin. My fear is exactly what happened to your grandfather. They scare the elderly and take advantage of them because they do not know what to do. Thank you for sharing your story with me. What state do you live in may I ask?

@dianestevenson4996

3 ай бұрын

💔💔Did it to my Aunt who owned a liquor store and Outdoor camping canoe and kayak Center on the River. 😢

Have you considered contacting your congressional representative Diana Harshbarger and your two senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty? Maybe they have more horsepower and will feel compassionate to your situation. It is an election year.

@mikarace

4 ай бұрын

Great idea. Thank you so much for that and your comment.

@FWMCBigFoot

4 ай бұрын

You should create an email account to provide in your description. I have a similar experience to share, but a bit too verbose for a KZread comment. ​@@mikarace

@reenakemp9132

3 ай бұрын

Marsha Blackburn owns lots of properties and is in deep with the Ogles and lots of families around here. She won't help at all. Trust me on that one. In fact, she was a donor to a lot of sevier county politicians. DONT reach out to Blackburn.

@jladams61

3 ай бұрын

Our state and local politicians are the root of the problem, not a part of the solution.

@vhswan3833

3 ай бұрын

Marsha Blackburn is the queen of the corrupt. If you reach out to her, she’ll make your situation worse, not better. She’s a punchline in our state.

Welcome to Sevier County TN. It was once a simple wide spot in the road, and a beautiful place. Read Wilma Dykeman's "Return the Innocent Earth".

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you.

Imminent Domain is legalized theft, opinion. It should, nationally, be outlawed. If states or cities want property, it should be a starting offer to landowners, which must be current and/or future price value/market price appraisal, which ever is the highest, AND an additional 5x of value onto of that. Good luck and God bless.

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. We appreciate it.

Deep in the heart of Texas and soon to move to Tennessee, and we are praying for you and yours and proclaiming God's glory on your situation. The enemy be revealed and cast out and will repay 7 times the amount. Not just financial but also time and heartache.

@slappy8941

3 ай бұрын

LOL no 😂😂😂

@davidwalker7383

3 ай бұрын

Please do not move to Tennessee. We will not welcome you here. We are full and overwhelmed with outsiders. Schools, Hospitals, roads, and even our grocery stores can't keep up. The crime is coming with all of the new move heres. Homeless problems through out due to people moving here and causing the cost of living to double. Please stay right where you're at and deal with your own problems. Don't run from them and bring them here.

@tn_heels

3 ай бұрын

Please don't move here with that dogmatic God's glory B.S. We're done playing nice with colonizers, especially these kind.

@craig5222

3 ай бұрын

You’d be better off staying in Texas. This place sucks.

@donnastratton8397

3 ай бұрын

Why are you moving to Tennessee?

I live in east Tennessee Pigeon Forge has to be one of the worst tourist traps in the country it's all about the almighty $

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. We appreciate it.

God bless you and continue to protect you.

This happened to my granparents in Wentzville Mo. Huge farmhouse on 20 acres that wouldve been left to me. The state came in and said We're putting the interstate here so either take this offer or we just take the property. So they took the offer and died with nothing to leave behind which broke my grandma's heart. She wanted me to continue farming and sharing the homestead life. Im ok Grandma I got 200 acres in Florida now but they'll be coming for that soon too. Its already started with the "conservation" easements. God help us all!

I live up in these mountains as well. Not far from pigeon forge. The old mountains community that i live in has started to grow. Its all for the tourists. But we all lived here long before all the people started coming to see the beautiful place we call home. We were fine then and would be fine now without them.

This happened with a guy in Greenville,SC with a guy who owned a bookstore. They still took his store, built the Rd. But, after the fact, he was awarded 5million for the property. It was only valued at 300,000 dollars. Keep up the fight, til you're awarded. Have lawsuits on all involved, city, real estate company, everyone involved. They may do what they're gonna do, but you will win. It took the guy in Greenville I think 3 yrs after the Rd was built. Also if you run out of funds to fight, bigger investment firms will front you the money, like kg Wentworth. Good luck

@stevenoshields8829

4 ай бұрын

Also, the mayor is a jackleg. He may have had no moral obligation, but he definitely had a civic obligation.

@mikarace

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for that info. We greatly appreciate it more than you know.

@katieviazcan2298

3 ай бұрын

Yes another outsider costing Tennesseans. SMH

That mayor watched you upgrade for 7 months knowing his campground would not be touched. He said he " didn't know how to make it right." He does know how to make it right but your loss is so little to him as his financial gain will be huge. Keep after the counsel and the mayor to do the right thing. I hope they loose sleep over thier guilt. They are disgusting as leaders. I pray for your continued strength to fight this. Never give up!

I’m a life long Tennessean! I love my state and what our state stands for, but this is a prime example of small town good ole boy politics! I’m hoping for the best, but money moves policy. I’m glad to hear that y’all are relying on God, because he is ultimately in charge of every move in our lives no matter the evil that supersedes us on earth.

It's time in this whole country that they need to care what the community says.

Been going to Pigeon Forge for 30 yrs for Rod Runs and for the last few years we have noticed some of those who run the town are nothing but money grubbing monsters ruining a once great town. For ex this year because of someone who bought a lot and turned it into a car coral mistakenly thinking everyone would just stop doing what we have always been allowed to do and buying, selling and trading cars on the strip to instead pay him extremely high fees to do so out of his lot , now those in his pocket have passed an ordinance making it illegal to sell, buy or trade anywhere but his lot! I hope you get the justice you deserve against these crooks but sadly unless you take it outside PF those now in power there will likely make certain they get what they want no matter who they commit injustice against They have ruined PF .We refuse to go spend thousands in the town this Rod Run and many who have been going for decades will not be there either because of dirty politics and money grab by a few

So many families here in Sevierville who were born and raised here who have had the same experience with their only home being sold or auctioned off to overnight rentals or for some type of expansion for tourism . These are homes and/or land that have been passed down through generations. It is nearly impossible to find a decent monthly rental to live in and grow our families while preparing to buy a home is a major issue at this time. What’s really hard is just praying for a home somewhat close to where we work here and school as well. It’s almost to the point that all of the locals who were living and working in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg have had to relocate to surrounding counties and commute to work daily. It’s really sad. Your videos have answered questions several have had pertaining to this subject 😊 thanks so much for sharing!

I'm a Sevier County resident & so ashamed of PF's Mayor... No moral obligation!! He can't be serious! James 4:17 states: "...to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin." He needs to make it right! Shame on them all!!🙏

All property in TN is considered eminent domain eligible. The TN government can take a property as long as three things are in play. 1. The property acquired must be taken for a “public use;” 2. The state must pay “just compensation” in exchange for the property; 3. No person must be deprived of his/her property without due process of law. Now in this case you stated that the property was zoned as commercial. That should have been your first red flag. A commercially zoned property with a house on it seems like the prior owner new the road was going in and they rezoned the property and then found out that the location of the road was going to be moved and sold the property before the official word. I purchased a house here in NC about 7 years ago. When I was looking I found a very nice house in a gated community that surrounded a large lake and had a amazing golf course on it. The price was great and I started to think something was up. After a little research I found that the spillway on the lake was in need of repair and that no one wanted to repair it and there was a possibility that the lake would have to be drained in order to avoid a down river flood if the spillway failed. I passed on the property and a year later they had to drain the lake. This resulted in the house around the lake loosing 50 to 60 percent of their value. So $800,000 lake front properties were now worth $300,000 to $400,000. A lot of people decided to abandon these house and have them foreclosed on rather than pay a $800,000 mortgage on a $400,000 on swamp land now. The point is, do your research before buying.

I'm sorry for what you and your family are going through. Stick with it and fight as long as you have it in you. God bless,

@PigeonForgeEminentDomain

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate that very much

I am glad you are fighting this and I am glad that you are making it public and I have shared it with my friends.

I am coming in agreement with you guys , in Jesus name and praising God for making a way better than anyone could of dreamed in Jesus mighty name !!!

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

God bless you

I'm sorry you and your family are having to go through this. The real problem you have though is the corrupt officials that we have not only in your state and county but running our entire country! All the 3 letter agencies are corrupt and it goes all the way to the top! They are all buddies and scratch each other's backs so be careful. They will try to break you financially and emotionally. Glad to hear about your religion and we are praying for you! Stand your ground to these corrupt, greedy officials! Prayers to you and your family!

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

We appreciate your comment. Thank you

Stand firm and Do Not Back Down! Know your rights. We The People!!! As soon as you said campground I knew that one or more of the council members had their hands in it!!! As far as I’m concerned 90% of all city council’s are dirty especially in small towns because no one really shows up for the meeting and when something pops up the the residents don’t approve of it’s already to late because it has been approved by the board! My city council hates me and they have the cops Watching me. My little town had the same thing happen involving a camp ground and it really pissed me off that they threw alittle over a million bucks at this place and the city has a covered bridge and it’s 1 of 9 left standing on the state of Ga. Beside that bridge is the foundation of a grist mill. What idiot builds a Campground when you have history that needs preserved like that??? What really got the board unglued is when I found a track of land across the street from me that the city owns and the appraisal wasn’t even in the ballpark of what it was worth! Not only that the track next door to it was less than one acre than the city’s but the appraisal difference was $900K less for that track! It blew their mind when ask about the bogus appraisal, not only that I got in contact with the owner of that property and informed him about the goings on with the corrupt city council. Stay Strong and Don’t back off them!

@mikarace

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. We appreciate it.

Incredible skill with the stringed instruments. Hauntingly beautiful to celebrate the last of the Mohicans. Thanks for sharing😊

So looking at property line maps it appears the Mayors property would become commercial potential if the road comes thru as planned

@mikarace

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. We appreciate it.

I' ve been coming to pidgeon forge since 1996 and I love it. but please don't let them cheat you out your property, fight them with every ounce of your strength, and good luck!!!!!!!!!

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words. We appreciate very much.

Great video, Mrs. Race, I indeed caught that!!!! Good luck going forward, God bless!!!!

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. We appreciate it

I know how it is here in this area, big pockets have gotten bigger and do not care about anyone else. I been here for 55 years now ,it has happen to me, my family and friends has well. All they care about is then selfs, I have lost so much my self, because of people like this. Go and fright all the way do not give up, I stand behind you all the way and God Bless You n Yours. Sent Dollywood has moved in all the big pocket people have been this way. Good luck to you n Yours!.

Not much help I can offer but liking and sharing your situation and prayers!

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much.

With God all things are possible. God can make a way when there is no way. I have seen it first hand. Hang in there.

@mikarace

4 ай бұрын

Amen. Thank you for your comment. We appreciate it very much.

@kaylamson5161

3 ай бұрын

Matthew 21:22 Claim this verse! God is in control! God bless u, John 3:16🙏

I would find out if the prior owners of the property knew that the house was going to be taken by eminent domain. Perhaps they had the inside scoop from the planning commission, and if they did, and that was not disclosed at the time of the sale, then you are entitled to compensation. Also, perhaps the mayor knew the prior owners of that property because he lives right above it, and he told you that he felt terrible watching you renovate the property. He may have warned them to sell that property before they lost it to eminent domain. It’s worth investigating the relationship between the mayor and the prior owner. Trust me when I tell you, the planning of that road has been in the works for a long time, and the mayor knows exactly when the project was going to start, and where.

This is unreal but not surprising. We'll be following your story. The more eyes on this the better!

God bless you and family,

I’ve just recently ran across this and feel for you. I hope you get the resolution soon! Are you on other social media outlets? I feel with more social media awareness of this it could “persuade” the odds in your favor

@PigeonForgeEminentDomain

4 ай бұрын

Yes, we are. You can follow Mika's IG or TT @Mika Race. Thank you for your comment.

AMEN! I will be praying also. Godbless y'all from Harlan,ky

I recommend getting ahold of Bill Lee or maybe the state senator. The governor or the state senator should be able to get something done about this. I hope yall get some resolve to this issue! God bless you and your family!

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. God bless you.

As someone who owns property in rural Kentucky and Ohio we wish places like pigeon forge didn’t exist at all. We wish all these people from out of state buying up property to rent it out to other out of state people would just go somewhere else, buy your property in Florida, Virginia Beach , the Carolina’s. Leave Kentucky, Tennessee and southern Ohio alone

@Aprilmomof2

3 ай бұрын

I'm having a hard time feeling bad for her. She is in Ohio. She bought up affordable housing that LOCALS need in PF. They use it for S-T-R profit. Now, possible small-town corruption has declared imminent domain over the property (that they don't live in). Personally, I think both parties are wrong in different ways. Also, a little hypocrisy showing. I mean, the reason for the growth is because of people like her. Native Tennesseans are getting priced out. Native Georgians are getting priced out. Native Hawaiians are getting priced out. Same in AL, FL, etc etc etc. My small town has become a tourist town. They are trying to price us out. Know what's happening? Businesses close because they don't have workers. Why? Because they can't afford to live close by anymore. They can't afford to commute either. So they leave. Then, rent for the small businesses keeps climbing because everyone is running on GREED these days. Karma.

@markferguson5652

3 ай бұрын

@aprilmomof2 Yep. This is happening all over the country. The god of America is mammon. I've seen people change completely in my lifetime. A spell has been cast on America.

@playdohsrepublic3562

3 ай бұрын

@@markferguson5652 And that's a fact.

@playdohsrepublic3562

3 ай бұрын

@@Aprilmomof2 Good point.

I was lost at investment property and Ohio.

@playdohsrepublic3562

3 ай бұрын

Understandable.

@adampender2482

3 ай бұрын

Me too. She wants sympathy bc her greed was cloaked in Christianity

Keep praying! God is faithful. Blessings!

Praying and standing with this family!

Get ahold of Dolly Parton She’s gotta a ton of influence

@pking5429

4 ай бұрын

We said the same thing!

@mikarace

4 ай бұрын

We have. Thank you for your comment. We appreciate it.

@PigeonForgeEminentDomain

4 ай бұрын

We've tried. Haven't been successful

@luvjesuslee2033

4 ай бұрын

​​@@PigeonForgeEminentDomainyou won't be successful because if you know the name of the Commissioner it's non other than Ogle!! Dolly's life long friend who she has helped buy property, cabins, & more! Government is ALWAYS INVOLVED IN EMINENT DOMAIN! FBI AS WELL. THE INVESTOR'S IN THIS HWY HAVE THE $ TO PAY OFF WHOEVER THEY NEED TO. YOUR BEST BET IS TO RESEARCH PAST HIGH PROFILE EMINENT DOMAIN STANDOFFS & UNDERSTAND THE TRUE NATURE OF THIS EVIL GOVERNMENT PRACTICE. THEY ALSO BURN OUT PEOPLE & LAND TO BUY LAND CHEAP!!! THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT LOSS OF LIFE, OR WILDLIFE.

@akinsgb1967

3 ай бұрын

Dolly will absolutely help you. No doubt. Tennessee politicians are family members in the good Ole boy network. These folks totally forgot about God and went straight for the wealth.

plant endangered plants on your property

@inharmonywithearth9982

3 ай бұрын

EPA has been overhauled and corrupted years ago in favor of the corporations and imminent domain. They are all Monsanto /Bayer/ Syngenta men sitting in the big chairs now. They even gave our biggest wildlife refuges to private oil companies

I happened upon this video because I look at lots of videos from the Smokies and surrounding areas. Me and my family absolutely love the Smokies. We are a Christian family as well, and I want to stand with you in prayer. Your investment is your family's legacy, and this is a chance for you to be able to pass it on down to future generations of your family if this political stunt can be defeated. This Christian family from Alabama is agreeing with you in prayer for God to intervene. 🙏🏼✝️✊️❤️

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for your prayers. God bless you.

Will be praying God's will in this. It's time God vindicated his people. He said he will and he can't lie. I am believing God is already moving in this matter. He knows the end from the beginning! Keep the Faith!! You are on the winning side!!

@PigeonForgeEminentDomain

3 ай бұрын

Amen. Thank you so much. Bless you

Always check the local 10, 20 30 year plans. It's public record.

@dsgb7316

3 ай бұрын

Took me 5 minutes to find articles about this road planning from back in 2021 - a year before they purchased the property. Something isn't adding up........

Good video

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much.

One wild guess... the mayor..lol.. I've lived 90mins from Piegon Forge for decades.....I felt the energy there changed some time ago... it started feeling wrong going.. so I stopped going..... this confirms it for me.. GOD knows.. so glad you're standing your ground.. I'm gonna share this and ask all to pray with you about this !!!!

thank you mayor. im boycotting pigeon forge and gatlinburg and will never be back along with my smith family who is in 17 states total. weve discussed it and we wont be back so you have lost a lot of business for how you treat your locals. truly sad that money is more important to you than people. i used to love it there but not now the greed has taken over. bless this family

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. We appreciate it.

@fire7029

3 ай бұрын

Gatlinburg is a completely different city. And boycotting may on the surface look like it's hurting the government but at the end of the day it hurts the small business owners who have been there for generations.

@tn_heels

3 ай бұрын

And stay out!

Commenting, praying from OH and hoping for a good outcome. Take care and march forward!

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. God bless you.

Just curious did you buy this house to live in or to rent out? It sounds like the plan was to use it as a rental. Not justifying whats happening to you but if you had plans to use it as an income stream then thats not any different than what the campground is doing.

@mandgsmith1

3 ай бұрын

Maybe I’m a bit jaded but… their realtor should have known all about and disclosed the proposed road placement before they bought this house. My guess is she was planning on benefiting from the “ skyrocketed property value” for the rental property. The local political corruption is not fair but it sort of seems like a bit of Karma

The simple question to "the person " , in a public forum therefore recorded, would be will they benefit financially from the continuation of this project.

Real estate disclosure statements are required annually by law in the state of Virginia for anyone holding public office. If by chance a public official has a conflict of interest on a rezoning case, they are required to disclose it prior to voting or recuse themselves from voting altogether.

My prayers are with you & your family. Isaiah 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Happy I found your story. I really hate this is happening to you.

@mikarace

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your support.

This is so very sad. Unfortunately the world we live in centers around money more than doing the right thing. You have laid it out. The people with the most money win 99% of the time because they pad the pockets of the decision makers. You’re the little people and they don’t care. I live in Virginia and when I was growing up we went to Pigeon Forge just about every year. It’s gotten way too big now and after the way they are treating you I will probably never return. Please keep us informed on what’s going on there. I will pray for you and your family.

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. We will give updates weekly. God bless you.

Unbelievable !!!! Don't give up !!!!

When you buy property gotta check with zoning plans sorry lesson learned.

@dsgb7316

3 ай бұрын

Took me 5 minutes to find articles about this road planning from back in 2021 - a year before they purchased the property. Something isn't adding up........

Part of my inheritance is at the bottom of Kentucky Lake. Happened many years ago. Different times, same situation. TVA sucks.

Stand firm. Praying for your family and this situation. As a resident of the neighboring county, this is truly disheartening.

Really praying they don't turn this into another Ruby Ridge type situation. Keep your voices loud and eyes / ears open.

@mikarace

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words. We appreciate it.

Hate to see this , we got relocated from eminent domain in Gallatin , TN. However , you’re lucky you found out in a year. Try 15 years !!! We bought our house in 1995. In 1999 they announced the road project. We had plans to move in 2000. It took years before they began meetings and we were stuck in that house until 2014. Then took almost a year to get us bought out. We didn’t get to move until January 2015.

@skipjenn

4 ай бұрын

The negotiations are ran by companies hired by the state or city so obviously they don’t have your best interest in mind. In our case , we had gotten word that it was going to be a few years. So we added on - turned a 3 bedroom into a 5 bedroom home , not that big but worked great for what we thought would be a few years. Years dragged on and on until almost 2012 when the state of TN finally got the project going , so nearly 12-13 years of waiting and attending meetings.

@skipjenn

4 ай бұрын

The negotiations weren’t anything more than a “ take it or leave it “ with an attitude. The most comparable house they could find was a 3 bedroom with a finish room in the basement. Their appraiser deemed our house to only be 4 bedrooms and not 5. Luckily , home values had gone up considerably since 1999 and 2002 when we added on. So we did make out pretty good and got extra for moving expenses. It took the state 2 more years to begin , so around 2017 maybe , then a few years of construction for a 1 mile connector. It finally opened a few years ago.

@skipjenn

4 ай бұрын

Keep up the fight ! Super disappointed to hear they dropped the ball so badly. And obviously they are protecting the campground since local leaders are part owners.

@skipjenn

4 ай бұрын

Lastly Did you have to get permits and inspections ? There might be some issues there as well being that inspectors allowed you to do work.

@skipjenn

4 ай бұрын

If you did get permits - you could try to do a FOIA request for any paperwork and Emails pertaining to your property. Might get lucky and find some internal emails that showed they knew about the road.

Such are the mayor's morals. Em Domain is a legal process; you should have a skilled attorney working for you.

@PigeonForgeEminentDomain

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. We appreciate it. Yes, sir, we have a great lawyer.

@davidpeiffer8989

3 ай бұрын

Ditto from sue Jersey,our tax collector and politicians think they can impose taxes on religious entities,ones that have existed tax free for 75 plus yrs,we are also 501-c-3 . This doesn't seem to matter to these godless men . They want more taxes to pay family who happen to work for the townships involved. They also would want our land for themselves. Don't be surprised that some will be financially ruined just to see creepo mayor or his / her family buy up what's left

if this was for their dream home it would be much easier to feel sympathy for your situation. i do think the mayor should have given you a heads up before you invested 7 months of your time and money. but i have to agree that investors trying to get in on the rental business have greatly congruent to the need for more roads in that area. it is so congested now that it's not as much fun to visit. i went for the access to the park, if you want coasters and all that touristy arcade type stuff, go to Florida.

Keep fighting!!!!

What’s the name of the campground, I want to make sure to never go there and to tell people the same.

@mikarace

4 ай бұрын

Appalachian Springs. It"s on Ogle Dr.

So sad. Eminent Domain SUCKS! Total bull shit. Missouri has the same laws. They took my grandparents property to reroute a road too. Our family sued to no prevail. Gave us a low ball figure too. After years in the courts we finally just settled. I am so sorry u all have to deal with this. Hugs!

@mikarace

4 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry that happened to your grandparents. Thank you for taking time to comment. We appreciate it.

Maybe Dolly will see this and hopefully stand up for y'all. Fingers crossed!

They have completely destroyed what pigeon forge used to be. It used to be so wholesome and family oriented. Now it's commercialized and all about greed 😢

Get as much media in it as you can they don't want bad publicity

@mikarace

4 ай бұрын

That is the GOAL. Thank you for your comment. We appreciate it.

@homewiththehowards

4 ай бұрын

Share it on every platform send it to anyone with any influence to Tennessee celebrities and all. Get this viral they'll start to crack and hopefully everything will work out for you and yours. Praying for your situation ❤

@kellijohnson2355

4 ай бұрын

@@mikarace I agree!! Get this on as much social media as you can ;) call the local news stations and then go national news

@mikarace

4 ай бұрын

Thank you. @@homewiththehowards

Take it to Dolly!!!