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Court rules against homeowners in eminent domain case
WFSB ^ | 3/5/2004 | Associated Press

Posted on 03/05/2004 1:03:33 AM PST by yonif

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1 posted on 03/05/2004 1:03:33 AM PST by yonif
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To: yonif
I'll bet there was a lot of property not on the waterfront that could have been developed a lot easier and for a hell of a lot less money, and without stealing land from hard working people.

This rip-off of prime real-estate wreaks.
2 posted on 03/05/2004 1:21:08 AM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: yonif
I hope this is appealed to the federal courts.
3 posted on 03/05/2004 1:28:36 AM PST by longtermmemmory (Vote!)
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To: yonif
bump to read tomorrow. Or later today, as it were.
4 posted on 03/05/2004 1:37:00 AM PST by flashbunny (Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.)
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To: yonif
Local governments around the country have been illegally using their eminent domain powers to snatch property for development that will yield higher property tax revenues.

If we voters just read the stories and walk away in relief that it isn't happening to OUR neighborhood, we have no right to be surprised and indignant when the city or the county comes around and decides that OUR neighborhood would make a great Wal-Mart Supercenter.

I've seen too many of these stories and NO ONE can or will put the brakes on this type of illegal activity. It's time for us to show the so-called "Lawmakers" who owns the store. We are either going to put up or shut up; we can't have it both ways.
5 posted on 03/05/2004 1:37:09 AM PST by DustyMoment (Repeal CFR NOW!!)
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To: yonif
Will this go to the S.C. as the "Some are more equal than others case?" Stand by.......
6 posted on 03/05/2004 1:43:02 AM PST by Waco
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To: yonif
When I read of Judicial Injustices like this. I truly feel that sometime in the future (and it may be near). The people affected will refuse to go quietly or peacefully and there will be a fight and possible bloodbath. And it may be aimed at the lawmakers pushing such things.

Just another step toward anarchy or total police state.

May God have mercy on us all and show these lawmakers, officials and justices the light before that happens.
7 posted on 03/05/2004 1:48:08 AM PST by The Working Man (Any work is better than "welfare"!)
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To: yonif
This is seriously wrong.

Eminent domain was created for major public projects like roads and dams not private developement where the property is simply transfered to another private owner for profit.

This makes me very angry. Private property is the base element of freedom. When that is lost, all is lost.
8 posted on 03/05/2004 1:58:10 AM PST by DB (©)
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To: DB
Nobody really "owns" property anymore. They rent it from the government. Pay your taxes or lose it to the government.
9 posted on 03/05/2004 3:13:40 AM PST by NoControllingLegalAuthority
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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
Quiet, Serf!
10 posted on 03/05/2004 3:27:23 AM PST by Leisler (Whatever it is you're doing, it's illegal now.)
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To: Leisler
ROFL
11 posted on 03/05/2004 3:30:51 AM PST by Professional Engineer (I used to wear an IT hat. I got tired of the tinfoil attracting lightning strikes.)
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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority

This is exactly what Neal Boortz has been talking about on his radio show for the past year. People are being thrown off property their family has "owned" for generations because Walmart, or in this case Pfizer, wants to build on their property and the city councils want the biggest taxpaying entity to have the land. Our forefathers are rolling over in their graves when they see how the sheeple are being fleeced. King George III never tried anything like this and they fought the Revolutionary War over much less than what our local, state, and federal governments are doing every day.
12 posted on 03/05/2004 3:43:40 AM PST by kittymyrib
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To: yonif; farmfriend
Another shot through the wall of Private Property Rights.

IJ.org is a good outfit, stop on by:

Institute for Justice

13 posted on 03/05/2004 4:39:23 AM PST by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional.)
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To: Professional Engineer
"ROFL"

I see nothing there to laugh about, it is all too real!
14 posted on 03/05/2004 6:20:53 AM PST by RipSawyer (Mercy on a pore boy lemme have a dollar bill!)
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To: longtermmemmory
I hope this is appealed to the federal courts.

Does anyone believe that there is a federal court anywhere that believes "The Government" can be wrong when confiscating property?

15 posted on 03/05/2004 6:26:42 AM PST by FreePaul
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To: RipSawyer
The article no. The previous comment, definitely.
16 posted on 03/05/2004 6:28:50 AM PST by Professional Engineer (I used to wear an IT hat. I got tired of the tinfoil attracting lightning strikes.)
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To: FreePaul
There is a 1980's SC case where a similar case was shot down. There was another SC case where a change in environmental regulations to prohibit certain usages was declared a taking.

Taking from private citizens to give to another private citizen based on tax dollars would seem to be in line.
17 posted on 03/05/2004 7:32:01 AM PST by longtermmemmory (Vote!)
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To: The Working Man
PING!!!! My grandpa always said before he died,"If you kick the dog enough times, sooner or later he's going to bite you." These judges and municipalities can not continue to just rail road people and think they are continuously going to get away with it. I also predict a very bad incident. I am a Law Enforcement Officer, I can tell you one of the most dangerous things we face is to go to someone's house to remove them either for a domestic violence protective order, or a warrant, or some other legal reason. People are going to protect their homes. A man's home is his castle.
18 posted on 03/05/2004 7:58:49 AM PST by ChevyZ28 (We can make the plans of our heart, but the final out come is in God's hands.)
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To: wanderin; AAABEST
A few days back, you wanted proof that eminent domain was being used to give property to private businesses. Here ya go.
19 posted on 03/05/2004 8:01:20 AM PST by Nataku X (<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com">Miserable Failure</a>)
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To: DB
WE lost!!!
20 posted on 03/05/2004 8:02:05 AM PST by ChevyZ28 (We can make the plans of our heart, but the final out come is in God's hands.)
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