eminent domain
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- blaw
how'd you like to lose your home to something as vital as a health club?
- anzelina0
eminem's domain?
probably eminem.com
- fate_redux0
I hate the direction this country is moving.
- TheTick0
I saw that earlier, along with the feds moving to bust all the medical marijuana growers in california...
It just sucks...
- arthur0
I hope they doze my house and put up a Wal-Mart! Progress!
- JazX0
that's how they built PNC Park blaw
- anzelina0
oh crap, new london is in my state.
i'm doomed!
- blaw0
i just can't believe the supreme court would be like, "yep, it's cool to take someone's house if it generates additional tax revenue."
- TheTick0
i just can't believe the supreme court would be like, "yep, it's cool to take someone's house if it generates additional tax revenue."
blaw
(Jun 23 05, 11:21)-----------
Shocked that a right leaning SCOTUS agrees with the principle to take property from small citizens and give it to monied interests?
Yeah. Me too. Totally shocked.
- todelete__20
"...to bulldoze residences for projects such as shopping malls..."
bill proposed by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. a woman. go figure. she wants more shopping malls.
no offense to women of course.
- tonx0
eminent domain is not a new concept.
'condemnation law' has been around since the louisana purchase. You as the owner have a right to be compensated for whatever you can prove your land to be worth.
Usually the landowner makes out big time. It is how most airports and stadium land aquisition take place.
Why this made it into the press now is stupid, the US and state gov't have always had this ability.
- blaw0
to build a highway or airport... sure.
to build a gym or an office complex... give me a fuckin' break.
- arthur0
to build a highway or airport... sure.
to build a gym or an office complex... give me a fuckin' break.
blaw
(Jun 23 05, 11:32)Exactly. It's supposed to be for public benefit, not private.
- -ryan_harrell-0
we need more gyms
- TheTick0
tonx - the ability for government to seize property for the public good has always been around. But now you have shopping malls, office complex's etc.. doing it with the local gov't say it ads to the tax base - which is totally bulls**t.
Happened in my hometown - seized houses, put up an entertainment complex (movie theater, arcade, hokey rink and three theme restuarants - whoopie...) - and they gave the developer a 25 year property tax moratorium. Great, so we don't get any tax revenue from the owner...and there isn't much shopping there to generate sales tax revenue..oh but MY property taxes have to go to the upkeep of the parking lot and the police force used to police it...we got screwed...
- zombiewoof0
Holy shit, I just read this and it makes me sick. And this is the *current* Supreme Court, imagine when some of those geezers start dropping and the ™Shrub starts placing real conservatives in their place..."honey, git me mah shotgun..the dozers from golds gym are-a comin'"
- tonx0
well who should decide what is best for the public? I guess the laws are okay it is the people adminsistrating them that need to go...
across the board...
- blaw0
good point, zombiewoof. i wasn't expecting prick rulings for another couple of years.
- TheTick0
For all intents and purposes this is a conservative court - I think all the judges where appointed under Republican administrations - please correct me if I'm wrong..
- todelete__20
wait wait wait.... they're putting up a gym!?! is it a globo gym cause if it is i'll go to those houses myself with a sledgehammer and tear the fuckers down.
- JazX0
I saw they should destroy all Section 8 housing.
Get out and get a f*cking job and while your at it pay attention in school.