YOU thought 'KELO' was abusive...?

Santa Cruz Sentinel ^ | November 9, 2008 | Robert Vatuone

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...So YOU thought KELO was abusive...???

KLEPTOCRACY 201 - Today's Lesson
Today, class, we will learn how to exercise 'eminent domain' without that pesky need to
pay the owner ANYTHING for the property...

...and using this new method, you can not only strong-arm the property away from its rightful owner, but you STILL
get to keep shaking down the "property owner" for all those great  PROPERTY TAXES on the parcel, AS WELL!
...WHAT could be BETTER than THAT???!!!

...It's a Kleptocrat's DREAM!!!

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California Leads the Nation...

...in the deployment of every Left-wing-wacko scheme you can possibly imagine.

[OneWingedShark]

Wow.

[GladesGuru]

Also heard in California, probably from Pacific Legal Foundation headquarters, “”A sueing we shall go, a sueing we shall go, - - -”.

;-)

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“The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure.”—Albert Einstein

[BenLurkin]

Regulatory taking — often a good grounds for lawsuits.

[hedgetrimmer]

Short list ping for Santa Cruz interest.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Robert, Robert, Robert...get with the times. It is very selfish of the owner of Par 3 to not share their wealth. They should be ashamed of themselves. And as you, Mr. Vatuone, well, the Joe the Plumber investigators suddenly have a lot of free time on their hands. You’ve been warned.

[El Gato]

Wow.

I don't know what's to be surprised about, this is just "restrictive zoning" taken to it's logical conclusion. Not to mention "environmental" laws, which forbid filling a swampy spot on your land, without permission from some federal bureaucrat.

[KarlInOhio]

If it were my property, I would immediately turn it into a poison ivy farm. If I couldn't use it as I chose, then no one would. There would be no nice walks through my park. I might even plant an endagered species or two there just so no one else could ever try to offically take it for another use in a few years.

[Carry_Okie]

Mayhap the County should consider this precedent.

Half Moon Bay Grapples with $39 Million Dollar Judgment Against It

[BlazingArizona]

In Arizona now, such a regulatory downzoning would be treated as a taking, and would have to be compensated.

[skinkinthegrass]

...in the deployment of every Left-wing-wacko scheme you can possibly imagine.

yes..yes..yes..and in 16 years time, DEAREST LEADER RED OBAMBA, (deigns to end for his first...second..third...fourth glorious term as Cesare) shall have "in-place" a bureaucrats' dream...the Federal right-of-way, shall be 100 MILES on each side of every publicly financed road....well, they did it for the Railroads in 1863....if they did it once, why not again.

[Lovebloggers]

There is a difference between changing zoning maps to expand what it can be used for (many of town folks have been furious about the ever expanding business zoning) and restricting the use of property to NO USE.

Holy crap is this bad.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks SB! Yow.

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[martin_fierro]

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[AndyJackson]

In re the Half Moon Bay case:

Insurance providers don't offer coverage for such situations because a lawsuit is almost inevitable, said Marcus Beverly, director of the government association's insurance network.

Sounds like a hold my beer move on the part of the city council. What kinds of idiots did they have for attorneys?

[Blood of Tyrants]

I would turn it into a trash dump.

[potlatch]

Seadog, thank you for pinging and so nice to ‘see’ you!! I really like your “Thriller” graphic that you posted.

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RE: "In Arizona now, such a regulatory down-zoning would be treated as a taking, and would have to be compensated."

In stark contrast, misinformed/misled voters here erred about Prop 98 vs. Prop 99 in the last election.   They were told by various kleptocrat-friendly 'luminaries' that they didn't have to pass Prop 98, because Prop 99 would 'protect' them.     ...It doesn't.