[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.

[agooga]

Welcome to the frickin' USSA.

We're all just damn peons, now.

[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."

[Sunshine Sister]

What's a Schnucks?

[savedbygrace]

"Take the Money and Run"

[dfwgator]

"There's only one thing keeping me from that land, the rightful owners."

"There might be legal precedent! Of course, Landsnatching . . . land, land, Land, see Snatch. Ah, Hailie vs. United Sates. Hailie: 7, United States: nothing. You see, it can be done!"

[kitkat]

BUMP