This may be us someday. Think all is well, and...
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/13/zarrella.bts/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/13/zarrella.bts/index.html
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BobM said:
Yessiree; seein' the great job the govmnt and the Corps of Engineers did with the 'glades the last time they exercised eminent domain to do so, how dare we question their intent and liklihood of success this time.
I've been following this fellow's plight as reported by Zarella for some time. I can easily relate to his antipathy toward 5 million $$ in exchange for his way of life. One thing certain; there's no one simple answer; there's too many of them. The only problem, they're all mutually exclusive as regards personal/civil rights and society's growing (maturing?) awareness of the value of wetlands. As someone who has never been displaced by "eminent domain" I'll admit to occassionally having seen its merits; but let it begin to contemplate a "larger vision" of the "potential" of my property, and I can well imagine a rather sudden and major shift in my attitude therupon.
Maybe this article will help you decide on "eminent domain". It adds to my concern.
http://ktla.trb.com/news/la-me-deal14jan14,0,4383540.story?coll=ktla-news-1
Guy
http://ktla.trb.com/news/la-me-deal14jan14,0,4383540.story?coll=ktla-news-1
Guy
this type of stuff has been going on for years. a friend of mine who died several years ago owned a piece of land around old "vet stadium" in filthadelphia
the city took his property by "eminent domain" and gave him peanuts for it (i think this was in the 50's) he later traced owner and found it went into a relitive of a city politican then to a business for an outrageous price as compared to what the city gave him for it
he cosultated a laywer and was told his to foget it them was noting he could do
crooked poiticians and their business buddys do this out in the open without fear of of being prosicuted because it is not against the law, the politicans made sure of that when they made the laws !
now they are taking it to new levels !
the city took his property by "eminent domain" and gave him peanuts for it (i think this was in the 50's) he later traced owner and found it went into a relitive of a city politican then to a business for an outrageous price as compared to what the city gave him for it
he cosultated a laywer and was told his to foget it them was noting he could do
crooked poiticians and their business buddys do this out in the open without fear of of being prosicuted because it is not against the law, the politicans made sure of that when they made the laws !
now they are taking it to new levels !
BobM said:
Maybe he has tried before and found the law to be too concrete....as onehand mentioned the politicians made the law to be that way
I do think that the winds of change may be coming so we may see some cracking of that cement in the future. Then again, as land gets scarce you never know.
Guy
TeeGate said:
Yeah; mine too. I'm torn between seeing the rare need for exercise of the concept versus indignation over the incredibly common flagrent abuses that occur in its name. I think we are long past the time that our society should just be becoming aware of the need for legislative review and restriction of such an imperious exercise of governmental priorities in the name of "eminent domain."
I've spent the last hour or so in (an unproductive) search of my files for letters I wrote to my congressional Representatives and Senators (two different episodes of "activism" in two different states - New York and Pennsylvania). As I recall I was mystified both times that in spite of the (in my opinion...) consummately brilliant and closely reasoned arguments I put forth for requiring Congressional and Supreme Court review of the abuses of eminent domain, I might better have spent my time in some other endeavor - like making love or sampling single malts. At least those, in the end, would have left me with a greater sense of accomplishment than did my futile spates of letter writing!
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