Posted on 02/08/2006 10:05:29 AM PST by Small-L
The nation's Republican mayors, in a closed-door White House meeting last week, nearly unanimously supported the U.S. Supreme Court's Kelo decision permitting local governments to force property owners to sell or give way to private developers.
The GOP mayors, in Washington for the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting, heard a report on the Kelo decision by Dearborn, Mich., Mayor Michael A. Guido. Chairman of the conference's advisory board, Guido opposed undermining the Supreme Court's ruling.
Anaheim, Calif., Mayor Curt Pringle, a former speaker of the California Assembly, objected with arguments that reflected widespread Republican abhorrence of Kelo. Guido insisted the mayors support local government's authority, and not a single additional mayor rose in support of Pringle.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Curt Pringle is one of the good guys. I hope he will consider doing a piece on this for the OC Register.
BTW, you might find this interesting. An editorial written in the WSJ on Jan 12, 2005 named "Ownership Society"
(Hope this link works)
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110549340876823621,00.html?mod=todays_us_opinion
"On the campaign trail last year, President Bush said a priority of his second term would be to "build an ownership society, because ownership brings security, and dignity, and independence." Sounds good to us. But the rhetoric doesn't square with news that the Administration may file an amicus brief against property owners in an upcoming Supreme Court case concerning eminent domain."
"Worried that a Bush Administration brief against land owners is in the works, the National Taxpayers Union, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and other free-market groups signed a missive sent to the White House in October. No doubt, Business Roundtable-types are pressuring Mr. Bush on the other side, along with states and localities that feel that private property can be taken and then parceled out to maximize tax revenues. The letter urges the Administration to "affirm its support for property rights and refrain from filing a brief in Kelo." So far, the response has been a troubling silence."
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I dont think they ended up doing it, but the fact that it was considered is VERY VERY troubling.
ping to #22
Print. Save. When the Republican Party sends you a begging letter, send back a copy with a check for ZERO DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS... and a memo line reading "Subject To Change After Guido's Visit To The Woodshed".
The problem wiht an "Ownership Society" is who they want to own us. Without secure property rights freedom anc capitalism can not exist for long.
we need that pic of the maid sweeping up... LOL
All great democracies eventually devolve into fascist police-states.
Ours is no different.
Sadly true.
The only reason to vote Republican is the federal judiciary.
"For G_D'S Sake! I NEED WATER!!!!! Stop Voting For The Lesser Of The Evils, And Start Reclaiming Your Country FROM The Evil! The LETTER In Parenthesis After A Name (-) Isn't As Important As The Character and Principles Of the Person Named!"
But right now, we have to many Chalice Drinkers to realize the truth!
I quit the respendican party in 2003, I am now a Conservative independent.
OK, and when was the Republican Party actually conservative? Since circa the 1960s they are more conservative then the Democrats but that's all. At least there are fewer liberal Republicans these days and even major RINOs like Chafee, Snowe, Collins and Specter are more conservative then the old Rockefeller Republicans (like Percy, Brooke, Javits or Rockefeller himself).
So, it is long past tiem for conservatives to take the respendican party to the wood shed. If that mean withholding support and letting a few go down in flames as an example to the rest so be it. Socialism fast or socialism slow what is the big difference.
I have the 2nd Amendment: evict me at your own peril.
Power corrupts.
The only problem with the 2nd Amendment is that the SCOTUS didn't incorporate/apply it to the states (let's hope that it finally does in some foreseeable future), so theoretically the states don't have to respect it.
Good idea, will do!
"I have the 2nd Amendment: evict me at your own peril."
Uh-huh. Thing is, that can be arranged, if those in power think it needs to be. If you truly believe you can stand off a SWAT team, then go for it.
Or, maybe you can get a bunch of other people whose property isn't being confiscated to come over and stand with you...
It will serve you better to work on getting your local and state legislators to write the necessary laws to protect your property. If they won't, then it's time to get some new ones.
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