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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — A new ultimatum has been set regarding one of Kirksville’s most anticipated projects.
At a special city council meeting last week, the council agreed to a hard date proposed by Donnie O'Haver, the owner of the mobile home park located at 909 West Gardner Street.
O'haver will now have until June 10, 2024, to remove the trailers and debris from the property.
After the city originally purchased the property back in October of 2023, O'Haver was originally given until the end of December to clear the property, but after very little progress had been made, that deadline was pushed back until the end of April.
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The city is partnering with Kirksville R-III School District and is planning to use the property to build four tiny homes.
So the city is tearing down a massive mobile home park in order to build only 4 tiny homes? I love the fact that – since a city owns the park and they are demolishing it – there is zero push back from the media on all the families being evicted. This makes me think we need to add to my earlier equation:
LOW LOT RENTS = REDEVELOPMENT = HAPPY CITY GOVERNMENT
Is that REALLY what rent control is all about? Wouldn’t shock me.