Waggoner Ranch residents getting booted

[Shane924]

LA Rams owner Stan Kroenke bought the $750mil Waggoner ranch and has given the long time residents until Jan 2017 to pack their things and leave. It's a tough spot. I feel for the residents who have raised generations there and are now served eviction letters, but at the same time if I spent $750m on a property I wouldn't want strangers on it. It also sounds like Kroenke made some promises that weren't kept.

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20160811-la-rams-owner-stan-kroenke-tells-longtime-waggoner-ranch-residents-to-get-off-his-trophy-land.ece

[spread5150]

If I spent that much I would tell them they had till sundown to get out.

[texasdeerhunter]

I have mixed feelings about that. He doesn't need the money, so why not just deed the properties to the owners and let them be. But in the other hand, I wouldn't want people on my land either. Tough situation, and I don't know if there is a right answer

[adam_p]

"We can't pick up a rock home that was built in 1926, that we poured our lifetime savings into, that was our retirement home,"

Don't build your home on land you don't own.

[8pointer]

Jan 2017 is more than generous!

[SmTx]

He doesn't owe them anything. If they want to feel slighted they should feel that towards the previous owners that sold.

[huntmaster]

sad deal, some of those families around the lake have been there for many,many years

[curtintex]

I have mixed feelings about that. He doesn't need the money, so why not just deed the properties to the owners and let them be. But in the other hand, I wouldn't want people on my land either. Tough situation, and I don't know if there is a right answer

If the previous owners didn't see a need to deed them the land around their houses before they sold it, why should a new owner with no connection to them be expected to do so? He owes them nothing.

[boy wonder]

There will be some very hard feelings and possibly some blood spilled over this. Say what you will, but there are a lot of people at the lake that never had any reason to think their lease would ever go away. And, some might have nothing else to lose, once evicted.

[Codie]

They chose to build their homes on land that they didn't own - that is the chance you take

[Slick8]

You guys are some heartless people...I really applaud they way you back a yankee buying the largest ranch in Texas.

It's his dirt and his call but I do hate to see those people displaced.

[Txjourneyman]

I feel for the people being evicted. Some of those families have raised generations there. But I could never build a house on land I didn't own unless it had a ridiculously long lease with a stipulation that I couldn't be evicted in the event of a change in ownership.

[texasdeerhunter]

If the previous owners didn't see a need to deed them the land around their houses before they sold it, why should a new owner with no connection to them be expected to do so? He owes them nothing.

Good point I guess. The Waggoners should have taken care of this prior to the sale. Still stinks for those people

[gander]

Is Lake Kemp included in this, I thought I remembered hearing that lake was on the Waggoner.

[jer_james]

I definitely feel sorry for the owners and the time they have had.

That being said, if he bought the property, it is his.

I still dont understand the thought process behind building retirement / permanent homes on a leased property.