[white trash redneck]

Same thing happened here in Denver. City of Denver took the property that the Ilios restaurant was sitting on using eminent domain and turned it over to a private developer who was tight with Mayor Wellington Webb.

[sauropod]

Sheila, did you see this?

'Pod

[Carry_Okie]

Abraham Lincoln was doing this for the Illinois Central before he was even elected. As far as I am concerned it is unconstitutional. Speculative value is just that. The property owner deserves every penny of it, even for dumb luck. The developer always has the choice of going elsewhere or writing contingency sale contracts where more than one seller is involved.

[Darth Sidious]

Same thing's happening in Greensboro NC. The city and county officials are stealing land around Piedmont Triad International Airport from homeowners, and giving it to Federal Express so they can build an air-cargo hub.