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Originally Posted by Toby
It's called the Law of Emminent Domain and isn't really anything new. Govt's have been doing this for decades. I've seen this done to clear right of way for widening of freeways. Usually the state, county or city, as the case may be, try to negotiate a buyout with the owner of the property, and only when the owner refuses to negotiate do they resort to this.
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God forbid you don't move out of your house when the government tells you to.
The difference between the historical application of eminent domain and the case here is that it's not for a highway or a city building, it's for private development. So if you don't want to sell your house or business to a developer, this clears the way for the city to just take it from you and pay you whatever THEY determine is a fair price for it.
I've seen this happen for road projects, and the city basically says "we're taking X amount of your property, and this is how much money you're getting for it." If you don't like it you'll spend a shitload of money in court fighting them. This paves the way (sic) for developers to stop having to give you top dollar for your property if they want to build (to use this example) a hotel, health club, and casino. All it will take is a few kickbacks to the city council and you're homeless without even the ability to negotiate the price you'll get paid.
The following has mysteriously been in my cassette player quite a bit lately.
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Originally Posted by Suicidal Tendencies, "Give It Revolution"
Throughout all time and history
The world's been mauled tyranny
Now we're refusing to take it
The worst evil the world has saw
Were crimes defended by the "law"
Deny our rights and we'll break it
You got to break the chains that hold you down
Crush the tyrants to the groud
Freedom cannot be legislated
We'll bow down to no other one
The Father and His Son
They can't deny what he's created
Most wars never should have been thought
But this is a war that must be fought
We'll take a wrong and we'll right it
The greatest weapon of the fascist
Is the tolerance of the pacifist
We've got to stand up and fight it
We'll give it
You got to give it revolution, give it revolution
We're gonna give it revolution, give it revolution
You got to give it revolution, give it revolution
We're gonna give it revolution
Well you can put a bullet in my head
But you can't kill a word I've said
You got the disease, I got the solution
No matter how much or more you try,
you can never ever make this martyr die
I give it revolution
Revolution!
You could put a bullet in my head
But you can't kill a word I've said
Give it revolution
No matter how or what you try
You can never ever make a martyr die
Give it revolution
Revolution
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