City Moves Against Shopping Center Holdout

Suburban Journal- Southside Journal ^ | june 1, 2005 | Jim Merkel

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

A holdout in a developer's bid to acquire property for a shopping center is having her day in court.

A hearing on whether the city has the right to take the home of June Thompson by eminent domain was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon before St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Timothy Wilson.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

DESCO used all available means to acquire the property through negotiations, said Steve Houston, a DESCO spokesman. "The city was left with condemnation as their last resort," he said.

Now, it becomes their FIRST option. Take it or leave now becomes take it or WE take it from you.

[Yo-Yo]

May as well order up a U-Haul and hand over the keys, June. The SCOTUS have shreded the 5th Amendment for you.

[thoughtomator]

Shades of Mae MacGourik.

[Tall_Texan]

Your timing is impeccable June. Almost as horrific as mine.

[oblomov]

Whatever happened to Ms. MacGourik?

[agooga]

Welcome to the frickin' USSA.

We're all just damn peons, now.

[thoughtomator]

She died of natural causes.

[skip_intro]

May as well order up a U-Haul and hand over the keys, June.

Quite right.

And if you annoy the developers enough, they may get the Supreme Court to decide to give them your property gratis, just for standing in the way of progress.

[Eaglerage]

She dosen't stand a ghost of a chance in the socialist regime of the SCOTUS! America..what a country?

[Ladysmith]

I don't have a ping list on this subject, RSmithOpt, but figured you'd want to see this one.

[Saundra Duffy]

I am speechless. America has died.

[Ladysmith]

From the article:

The definition of blight in Missouri has become so qualified that it can be changed to mean condemnation authority can be used for economic activity, Wolff said. "We assert that's unconstitutional," he said.

The house in question isn't blighted so the definition has been twisted to mean the area is "economically blighted."

[NormsRevenge]

America has died.

Is that what I smell?

[Ladysmith]

I want to know - as a Representative Republic, who in the hell is representing the People anymore?

[Ladysmith]

We're all just damn peons, now.

"Subjects", agooga. I believe the old terminology that applies again is "subjects".

[doc]

Vote third party before it is to late.

[Sunshine Sister]

What's a Schnucks?

[savedbygrace]

"Take the Money and Run"

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

It's a large grocery store chain in St Louis- kind of like a Kroger's.

[RSmithOpt]

Thank you....it's started. Let's try and keep track of cases up to hear in the courts especially between now and when Congress reconvenes from their tax-paid summer break that includes automatic salary increases that are automatic now., etc.,etc., etc.,.It is going to be interesting to see just how many people get screwed.