Posted on 10/03/2005 4:02:13 AM PDT by FortRumbull
Florida's Riviera Beach is a poor, predominantly black, coastal community that intends to revitalize its economy by using eminent domain, if necessary, to displace about 6,000 local residents and build a billion-dollar waterfront yachting and housing complex. "This is a community that's in dire need of jobs, which has a median income of less than $19,000 a year," said Riviera Beach Mayor Michael Brown. He defends the use of eminent domain by saying the city is "using tools that have been available to governments for years to bring communities like ours out of the economic doldrums and the trauma centers." . . . Mr. Frederiksen said people with yachts need a place to keep and service them. "And we want to develop a charter school for development of marine trades." . . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Here's a chance for conservatives to play the race card to defeat the use of eminent domain for business purposes. I can't imagine a better opportunity to use the politics of the left to achieve a conservative goal.
You didn't excerpt your thread, that is why it was pulled (I think).
Yeah. But this one did not quote the proper title and so it could not be properly searched on FR. If you post an article, it should have the correct title so people don't accidentally waste their time reposting.
Incorrect article title.
Menudo gumbo?
I'll pass.
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