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To: mbarker12474

Thats what happened to the mountain folk in east Tennessee. They were displaced when they took the land for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Now the mountains are covered with cheap log cabins built practically on top of each other.


21 posted on 04/08/2010 8:21:00 AM PDT by beckysueb (January 20, 2013. When Obama becomes just a skidmark on the panties of American history.)
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To: beckysueb; mbarker12474; Thermalseeker

Same kind of thing happened — and is still happening — on the NC side of the Smokies. Lakeshore property taken for “public use” is being proposed or parceled out for private development. IMO, a proper definition of “taking for public use” is one of three sorely-needed Constitutional amendments. The other two are (1) abolishing the income tax and (2) specifying that only citizens are counted for the purpose of representation in Congress.


23 posted on 04/08/2010 9:26:24 AM PDT by jay1949 (Work is the curse of the blogging class)
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