The court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled that cities may bulldoze people's homes or businesses to make way for shopping malls or other private development. The decision gives local governments broad power to seize private property to generate tax revenue.
"This is the last little piece of the puzzle to put the project together," Freeport Mayor Jim Phillips said of the project designed to inject new life in the Brazoria County city's depressed downtown area.
This guy's historical perspective leaves something to be desired.
What they want to build is something like the Kemah Boardwalk, problem is no one will come. Kemah has a lot of people near by, Freeport (from now on Fasistport) does not.
Time to get some Ridley Sea turtles and keep them around the house.