People sure are quick to label someone who doesn't want to sell their property a "greedy holdout". Perhaps you should consider that they may not want to sell their property for reasons other than money. If someone's family has owned the property for many, many years, they may want to continue to live there instead of moving to a new area. Even at the offer of 200%, in many cases around the old Brandon School area that is still very little money. I just did a real estate search for houses in Florence for less than $50,000.00 and the choices are very limited. Many of the homeowners are not in a position to spend more that the sale of their homes will bring. A lot of them are not able to get big bank loans or make large payments on a house. I would also suggest that anyone looking to sell and move investigate how much their property tax and insurance will go up. The increase in expenses will not end with simply making a cash payment for a house, even if they find something suitable for the amount they sell their house for.
If, as they said at the meeting last night, 100% participation is required, then I don't think the hospital will go in that area. I don't think all of the owners are willing to sell, and not just because they are greedy.