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Acquisitions fueled a rebirth (Blight For All approves of SCOTUS property rights decision)
The Baltimore Sun (Blight For All) ^ | 24 June 2005 | Lorraine Mirabella

Posted on 06/24/2005 9:50:28 AM PDT by sauropod

Baltimore, which for decades has relied on the power of condemnation to shape its much heralded renaissance, will continue to seize properties when necessary to assemble parcels large enough to attract private development, officials said yesterday.

Yesterday's Supreme Court decision backing localities' use of eminent domain to foster economic revitalization removes any lingering doubt about the future of Baltimore renewal projects that depend upon the city's ability to acquire private property, development officials said.

"We're pleased the court saw the purpose of using this power - a significant power - in a way to achieve public policy objectives and to create jobs and tax revenue," said M.J. "Jay" Brodie, president of the Baltimore Development Corp., the city's economic development agency. "But it should still be used judiciously."

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: baltimore; baltimoreeclipse; blightforall; eminentdomain; kelo; landgrab
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There's a reason we call this paper the Blight For All.

Welcome to the Land of Peasant Living.

1 posted on 06/24/2005 9:50:31 AM PDT by sauropod
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To: hellinahandcart; Carry_Okie; Trueblackman; AlwaysFree; tgslTakoma; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; shezza; ..

Pingaroonie!


2 posted on 06/24/2005 9:51:47 AM PDT by sauropod (De gustibus non est disputandum)
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To: sauropod

I about had a stroke when I saw this headline on the newsstand.

Bumperoonie.

Oh, and get me out of here, please. :D


3 posted on 06/24/2005 9:55:54 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: sauropod

you betcha!

the supreme court communist 5 are going to regret this decision.

it's big news all over. homeowners feel threatened. elderly feel threatened.


4 posted on 06/24/2005 9:58:05 AM PDT by ken21 (the u.s. supreme court just elected a republican president in 2008!)
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To: sauropod

Please add me to your ping list, thank you.

And for the record I think this was the second worse supreme court decision ever, second only to Roe V Wade.


5 posted on 06/24/2005 9:59:37 AM PDT by TXBSAFH (One man's Linux is another man's OS/2.)
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To: sauropod

If President Bush would actually stand properly in his office....this ruling does NOT make it law...the executive office can disregard it totally when it DOES NOT line up with our ORGANIC CONSTITUTION....


6 posted on 06/24/2005 10:02:40 AM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: shield

If President Bush would actually stand properly in his office....this ruling does NOT make it law...the executive office can disregard it totally when it DOES NOT line up with our ORGANIC CONSTITUTION....
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True, and the Congress does have Constitutional power to control the judiciary, if needed. Let us hope they stop these socialist activists from any more of this attempt to rewrite the Constitution and destoy American freedoms and rights.


7 posted on 06/24/2005 10:06:33 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: ken21
it's big news all over.

Really? They're done talking about Natalee Holloway?

8 posted on 06/24/2005 10:08:27 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: EagleUSA

"True, and the Congress does have Constitutional power to control the judiciary, if needed. Let us hope they stop these socialist activists from any more of this attempt to rewrite the Constitution and destoy American freedoms and rights. "




Sure. They'll get right on that....just as soon as they deal with this flag-burning amendment....I mean, you have to put this in perspective, right?


9 posted on 06/24/2005 10:16:29 AM PDT by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: EagleUSA

American Citizens throughout America are HOT HOT HOT over this un-constitutional ruling....it'll be interesting to see what steps are taken over this un-constitutional ruling...


10 posted on 06/24/2005 10:17:54 AM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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Blight For All approves of SCOTUS property rights decision

And New Jersey's happier than a pig in sh!t!

11 posted on 06/24/2005 11:08:43 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: sauropod

More barf - this time from my home. Surprised me Baltimore celebrating this wasn't the 1st headline I saw on this forum!

I am sick of this BS - repeated on the Pittsburgh paper - that "it'll create jobs". So that makes it right to take away the most fundamental natural right any1 has? To have possession of something and be able to do w/it as he wishes?

But oh no, in this selfish Marxist society hand-wringing so much about employment rates not being less than 2%, the "needs of the many" (jobs!) outweigh the *rights* of the few (owners).


12 posted on 06/24/2005 11:10:17 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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Jay Brodie is a socialist pig. Having him discuss this ruling is like asking Hannibal Lecter for an objective discussion of the merits of cannibalism.


13 posted on 06/24/2005 11:21:09 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (No government will EVER take my house from me!!)
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To: MineralMan

Sure. They'll get right on that....just as soon as they deal with this flag-burning amendment....I mean, you have to put this in perspective, right?
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They do have a severe problem with national priorities. Very severe. Washington fiddles while Rome burns...


14 posted on 06/24/2005 11:27:42 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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Could RSmithOpt and I be added to your ping list, please? Thanks.


15 posted on 06/24/2005 11:34:35 AM PDT by Ladysmith ((NRA) Wisconsin Hunter Shootings: If you want on/off the WI Hunters ping list, please let me know.)
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To: sauropod
It is the custom in England, as with other countries, for the nobility to have great power over the common people, who are serfs. This means that they are bound by law and custom to plough the field of their masters, harvest the corn, gather it into barns, and thresh and winnow the grain; they must also mow and carry home the hay, cut and collect wood, and perform all manner of tasks of this kind. (Written in 1395)

By the time of Henry II, the system of law in England had been improved because Henry sent out his own judges from London to listen to cases throughout all England’s counties. Each accused person had to go through an ordeal. There were three ordeals:

* Ordeal by fire. An accused person held a red hot iron bar and walked three paces. His hand was then bandaged and left for three days. If the wound was getting better after three days, you were innocent. If the wound had clearly not got any better, you were guilty.

* Ordeal by water. An accused person was tied up and thrown into water. If you floated you were guilty of the crime you were accused of.

* Ordeal by combat. This was used by noblemen who had been accused of something. They would fight in combat with their accuser. Whoever won was right. Whoever lost was usually dead at the end of the fight.

In 1215, the Pope decided that priests in England must not help with ordeals. As a result, ordeals were replaced by trials by juries. To start with, these were not popular with the people as they felt that their neighbours might have a grudge against them and use the opportunity of a trial to get their revenge. After 1275, a law was introduced which allowed people to be tortured if they refused to go to trial before a jury.

If you were found guilty of a crime you would expect to face a severe punishment. Thieves had their hands cut off. Women who committed murder were strangled and then burnt. People who illegally hunted in royal parks had their ears cut off and high treason was punishable by being hung, drawn and quartered. There were very few prisons as they cost money and local communities were not prepared to pay for their upkeep. It was cheaper to execute someone for bad crimes or mutilate them and then let them go.

Most towns had a gibbet just outside of it. People were hung on these and their bodies left to rot over the weeks as a warning to others. However, such violent punishments clearly did not put off people. In 1202, the city of Lincoln had 114 murders, 89 violent robberies and 65 people were wounded in fights. Only 2 people were executed for these crimes and it can be concluded that many in Lincoln got away with their crime.

16 posted on 06/24/2005 12:06:34 PM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: Ladysmith; RSmithOpt; TXBSAFH; backhoe; NMC EXP; cowpoke

Done.


17 posted on 06/24/2005 12:08:31 PM PDT by sauropod (De gustibus non est disputandum)
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To: sauropod
Thank you for the ping add......I hope several in this once great nation are going to keep tally on this disservice by those sworn to uphold The Constitution.
18 posted on 06/24/2005 12:10:32 PM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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Ping list test.


19 posted on 06/24/2005 12:11:34 PM PDT by sauropod (De gustibus non est disputandum)
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To: shield

This has nothing to do with the executive branch of the federal government. He has had no dog in this. These are local/state concerns not federal.


20 posted on 06/24/2005 12:14:59 PM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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