You might also consider the Castle Coalition, which focuses on abuse of eminent domain
abuse.
--J
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "Georgie Hinklemyer"
<samoolives_at_y...> wrote:
> Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm also writing to complain to my
> Congresspeople, and to the Justices themselves.
>
> On the cheerful side, I heard on the radio today that someone has
> proposed to the mayor of Weare, New Hampshire that he Eminently Domain
> away Judge Souter's house to make way for a nice, tax-producing hotel
> to be dubbed the Lost Liberty Hotel and which will feature the Just
> Desserts Cafe.
>
> http://www.freestarmedia.com/hotellostliberty2.html
>
> --G.H.
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Joy McCann
> <jmmccann_at_s...> wrote:
> > 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:
> > >
> > > 1) there is no instance of urban blight identified whatsoever in the
> > > Connecticut case, and, more importantly,
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > Under the old system, even Donald Trump lost property (the old
> > > Ambassador Hotel in L.A.). This way, anyone can.
> > >
> > > --J
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jun 24, 2005, at 1:33 PM, David Coons wrote:
> > >
> > >> 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.
> > >>
> > >> dc
> > >>
> > >> 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
Received on 2005-06-29 15:42:23