We’ve all heard stories about this happening, many know of people who’ve had their property ‘condemned’ and ripped from beneath them only to have a strip mall put in its place shortly after being leveled and sold for pennies on the dollar to some developer. Now the highest court in the land is ruling that it’s legal for a city to say your house and land would better serve as an office building, parking lot, or whatever??
My response- now think about when the last time you participated in your ‘local’ elections, when was the last time you went to a ‘town hall’ meeting, do you know who’s got the authority in your community? If the answer is no, best get a move on and get a little more involved, you could be next.
See the below listed definition for the term asshat! I think thats a bit more fitting for the justices who decided this turd.
Excerpt from CNN
High court OKs personal property seizures,
As a result, cities have wide power to bulldoze residences for projects such as shopping malls and hotel complexes to generate tax revenue.
Local officials, not federal judges, know best in deciding whether a development project will benefit the community, justices said.
June 25th, 2005 at 11:05 am
Well another one bites the dust……
Our Bill of Rights has been worked over pretty throughly by the liberal supremes in black.
Don’t deceive yourself……the second admenment is in the cross hairs of these power hungry wolves. They won’t be stopped, how can we short of revolution? And we are too fat and lazy to consider that, and wimps mostly, and cowards.
We let them push us around any way they want.
We vote in our states for laws, they are overturned…..it happens over and over.
It is out of control…it is good to see others realizing the problem.
Remember next is the second admendment……