I made an attempt to acquire a piece of property similar to this. I found that in Utah, eminent domain can be used by anyone to condemn property that is not bei

I made an attempt to acquire a piece of property similar to this. I found that in Utah, eminent domain can be used by anyone to condemn property that is not being used for a public purpose, if you are going to use it for a public purpose. An abandoned 65k square foot jail in my town had been unused for years, and I sought to turn it into a huge public Makerspace. I fought for years to get it, but the judge finally just refused. He didn't read the actual law. There was a huge conflict of interest, and the mayor at the time(John Curtis, who is now a congressman) had other plans. He sold the property to an insider only netting the city $100k. I lost the case, and my faith in politics and the rule of law. I'm so sick of people getting away with fraud and corruption. I've seriously lost all motivation to build things.