[the bottle let me down]

In my entire life, I have never ONCE seen this sequence of events.

I have seen Eminent Domain condemnations for roadways and widenings thereof, and for public parks. That is it.

I'd add schools to your list.

However, local government are increasingly using using eminent domain to assemble large parcels for sale to prive interests in the name of economic development. This is an abuse of the process.

Reason magazine has done a number of stories (example) and the Institute for Justice has helped the small owners in some of these cases.

[Lazamataz]

However, local government are increasingly using using eminent domain to assemble large parcels for sale to prive interests in the name of economic development. This is an abuse of the process.

Absolutely! This is nothing more than the Stalinesque-style destruction of the Kulak back in the 1930's!!! I would absolutely, heatedly fight such a step towards pure Marxism.