From: "steflink01@yahoo.com" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Hey, where did our "rights" go?
Date: 25 Jun 2005 07:02:42 -0700
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I thought the conservatives were supposed to be against the little man
and for big business---but the Dems are strangely silent on this.
Just another reason I'm proud to be a Libertarian.
Stephanie

"When the government's boot is on your throat, it matters not if it's a
right boot or a left boot."

http://www.lp.org

John A. Weeks III wrote:
> In article <42BC5D5C.7ED1486F@ix.netcom.com>, poboxdc@ix.netcom.com
> wrote:
>
> >  The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments may seize
> > people's homes and businesses, even against their will, for private
> > economic development.
> >
> > http://www.wusatv9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=40692
> > 
>
> Our rights went nowhere.  It has always been legal for
> government to use "eminent domain" to take property for
> the greater good.  Highways and downtown renewal projects
> get done like this all the time.  The only thing new here
> is that the Supreme Court validated the practice.  There
> have been a number of challenges over the years, but this
> is the first one that the court decided to hear.
>
> A famous one was the case of the City of Richfield that
> sized a car dealership to incorporate that property into
> a tract big enough give the land to Best Buy for a new
> building.  The car dealership argued that the land at
> the corner of I-35W and I-494 was the single best location
> in the midwest for a car lot, and the land was not
> replaceable at any price.  They lost in the state supreme
> court.
>
> -john-
>
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