So name some examples of the Netherlands doing that.
How so?
Hey, guys, let’s not hijack this into an abortion debate. Take your Netherlands argument someplace else.
ouryL, as I pointed out earlier, the money difference is not the issue. The issue is the county is trying to force her to sell her property to them.
She has a signed contract with someone else. The county is trying to buy the land for a park, but the Parks department says the land will not work for a park.
The Supreme Court says that “just compensation” IS “fair market value.” US v. Miller.
The question then is whether a single offer is enough to constitute “fair market value.” What if an entity makes an offer which is deliberately exorbitant? I refer you to BACKUS v. FORT ST. UNION DEPOT CO
…and from the story in the OP, neighboring property went for $7,000/acre more than the developers offer, which is $14,000/acre more than the county’s offer. Based on that it sounds like the developer’s offer was fair.
Somewhere in here there’s a joke about evil developers building retirement homes for the elderly* while the decent virtuous Netherlands euthanizes theirs, but I can’t figure out how to word it without sounding like I’m Netherlands-bashing**.
[sub]*Yes, I know they’re not doing it out of the goodness of their hearts.[/sub]
[sub]**Seriously. If there’s a society the US should emulate, it’s theirs.[/sub]
If the best we can do is spout trite and inflamatory Coulter’esqe cliches, we never will. 
That case is not remotely on point. In Backus, the jury had to decide the value of property taken when the property was a profitable business. The commentary you’ve quoted was from the judge’s instructions to the jury about calculating the valoue of the future profitability of the business. There is nothing in Backus about any entity making a phony, exorbitant offer.
Nor is there any evidence in the instant case. All the evidence indicates that “Walmart” (the developers, in this case), made an offer they fully expected to pay.
If they made the offer fradulently, of course it does not establish fair market value. But if they made it willingly, in an honest effort to buy the property, then it’s fair market value.
No link yet, but according to Neal Boortz’s website, the county is backing down.
She will be able to sell the land to a developer to build a retirement community.