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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:12 am
by Leisher
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:55 am
by TheCatt
Yes, and I really, really, really hope that the individuals win this thing.
I think this topic has been a recurring them for years. I remember my picture of Gordon's highway when he came out completely against eminent domain.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:50 am
by thibodeaux
Highways are one thing. What's happening now is that property is getting siezed so that private developers can build businesses.
Now, one may argue that this is the natural result of giving government the power of imminent domain, but I do think that it's possible to draw a line SOMEWHERE.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:06 am
by TheCatt
Hey Thib...
As for the rest of the issue... I'm in agreement with Thib; railways, roads, etc are fine; private development crap is not.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:08 am
by TheCatt
MSPaint goodness...
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:55 am
by thibodeaux
I knew it didn't look right, but Google didn't try to correct me.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:01 pm
by TheCatt
Well, the English language is malleable.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:07 pm
by thibodeaux
TheCatt wrote:Well, the English language is malleable.
Don't make me angry.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:29 pm
by GORDON
Oh yeah... I didn't remember "gordon's highway" until I saw the pic.
I read somebody last night who wrote, "Nothing you own is yours... you're just using it until the government takes it away."
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:03 pm
by DoctorChaos
HOLY CRAP!
In a few years, we will just be serfs to the great Corporate Kingdom.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:32 pm
by Leisher
Actually Catt, your drawing is a beautiful thing to people who like to spend time in their cars.
Oh, and oil companies.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:15 pm
by thibodeaux
GORDON wrote:I read somebody last night who wrote, "Nothing you own is yours... you're just using it until the government takes it away."
Billy Beck?
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:18 pm
by GORDON
Actually, no.... it must have been someone who quoted him.
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 5:39 pm
by Malcolm
--thibodeaux wrote:--TheCatt wrote:Well, the English language is malleable.
Don't make me angry.
Or maelleable?
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Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:38 am
by GORDON
I never knew the result of the Kelo decision was that the private properties were seized and destroyed... and then the plans of the private business fell through and those plots sit empty.
http://www.foxnews.com/us....in-case
But five years ago the United States Supreme Court ruled that communities could use the power of eminent domain to help private interests, if the result was for the public good. The case centered on New London, Connecticut, where a neighborhood was razed to make way for a private development that never came.
The main plaintiff was resident Susette Kelo, whose little pink house was move to another part of town and now stands as a symbol of regular citizens fighting the government's use of eminent domain. The blocks that were torn down remain largely empty to this day, save for the overgrown weeds and wild cats that roam the desolate area. The city's plans fell through. "In the wake of Kelo, we have learned about this abuse of power," notes Christina Walsh of the Institute for Justice in Washington, D.C., which has advised the Wards.
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Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:04 pm
by Vince
Oh yeah. I think it was Pfizer that was going to build there.