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To: sageb1

Private property rights and alive and well in my state. Kelo means nothing to us. We did an end-run around the the city managers and developers and successfully pressed our state legislators to pass legislation that prohibits the taking of private property for economic purposes.


20 posted on 06/24/2005 10:59:09 AM PDT by JCEccles
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To: JCEccles
"our state legislators to pass legislation that prohibits the taking of private property for economic purposes"

What about other than economic purposes? I mean, we are talking about the "public good", now. Are there any loopholes?

22 posted on 06/24/2005 11:06:40 AM PDT by monkeywrench (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark)
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