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To: RightWhale

I noticed you have mentioned on several threads that nothing has changed. Please bear with my ignorance, I am trying to catch up with the issue at hand and would appreciate any insight you can provide.

I recall hearing about a family in Coatesville, PA that was had a long battle over their property with the city of Coateville. Here is a link to their site - http://www.saveourfarm.com/index.htm

The city was trying to have the property condemned in order to develop a municipal golf course. The family fought the city for several years and eventually agreed to sell 5 acres of their 48 acre property.

Now, what has changed is that with the Supreme Court ruling, again, I am not up to speed on the details, but on the surface, it would seem that Coatesville could simply take the property they wanted and the Saha's would have no legal recourse.

Thank you in advance for your thoughts on the matter.


134 posted on 06/24/2005 9:51:58 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: new cruelty
No, they cannot simply take the property, and they never could simply take the property. Even the Constitution says that the gov't must pay the fair value when they take.

For further interest, possibly academic interest only, see Bentham, concept of Utilitarianism, which is commonly studied in Ethical Theory as it applies to the greatest good to the greatest number for the longest time. Utilitarianism was intended as a principle of operation for gov't, principle meaning literally first take.

136 posted on 06/24/2005 11:16:16 AM PDT by RightWhale (withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty)
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