[Choose Ye This Day]

Although "prororoped" does have a nice ring to it. And it catches the eye--it may bring more people to the thread. :o)

I don't often agree with Justice O'Connor these days, but she nailed it here:

"the specter of condemnation hangs over all property. Nothing is to prevent the state from replacing any Motel 6 with a Ritz-Carlton, any home with a shopping mall, or any farm with a factory."

[fortheDeclaration]

What would prevent this from being abused is the fact that it these are private industry, and having good public relations is important to them.

Let a business tear down an elderly persons home and see how much business they can expect from that community.

The purpose of these acts is to build a tax base, which means that business must generate a profit.

No business can enter and survive by creating such ill will with the community it exists in.

And then there is the vote against the city officials who approve of such actions.