Okay. One more resource for you: Reason has the ultimate set of
articles and links for understanding and fighting eminent domain.
http://www.rppi.org/emdomain/index.shtml
I'll stop now. Maybe.
BTW, would someone e-mail Margaret? I'm sure she'd want to know about
this. (Joking. JOKING.)
--J
On Jun 24, 2005, at 5:37 PM, Joy McCann wrote:
> The differences in this decision are:
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> 1) there is no instance of urban blight identified whatsoever in the
> Connecticut case, and, more importantly,
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> 2) in this instance the public good is not a school, road, park, or any
> such thing. The public good is simply higher taxes from ANOTHER PRIVATE
> BUSINESS. In other words, if someone else could make more money doing
> something else with your land, the city can take it away.
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> Under the old system, even Donald Trump lost property (the old
> Ambassador Hotel in L.A.). This way, anyone can.
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> --J
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> On Jun 24, 2005, at 1:33 PM, David Coons wrote:
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>> This reminds me of a small predominantly black
>> neighborhood in Manhattan Beach many years ago
>> that was bulldozed to make a public park,
>> as it remains today. Excuses were made, health
>> hazards were identified. They were just trying to
>> clean up their white bread community.
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>> dc
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>> Susan Oudiz wrote:
>>> Eminent domain is scary. I never quite understood how
>>> this could be justified.
>>>
>>> Not to mention the outrage of people being kicked out
>>> of mobile homes because the landowner wants to develop
>>> the area for something more lucrative. In addition,we
>>> need rent control. My mom's rent went up by 25% here
>>> in the South Bay a couple of years ago so that the
>>> landlord could "renovate", so everyone had to move
>>> out.
>>>
>>> Susan
>>>
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