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This is terrible. I did my grad work at Madison in Urban Planning no less.

• stevenwoo 9y ago
  Do the owners have any recourse that may work? If the state can do this here, why can't cities do something similar when they want to have higher density housing?
  • rootusrootus 9y ago
    They probably can, but I doubt the incentives are nearly as lucrative.
  • ada1981 9y ago
    The owners can try to sue or challenge it, in this case it may work. In other cases it's not so good. Check out the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and the fight that went down.
  • dqpb 9y ago
    The second amendment?
  • mkempe 9y ago
    If only Jefferson had kept the right to property in the Declaration of Independence, maybe the Bill of Rights would have had it too, "eminent domain" would be an archaic device reminiscent of royal tyranny, and we would all be a lot freer and wealthier. The future belongs to us, so we could get rid of such tyrannical power, ourselves.
    • kelnos 9y ago
      Eh, I'm not sure I agree. I think eminent domain is useful, if not essential, in cases where land is needed for public infrastructure projects. But allowing its use in order to give land to a private company is going too far.
      • mkempe 9y ago
        Eminent domain is a despotic power; to grant any legitimacy to the taking of property for "public use" is the abhorrent tip of a wedge, even with supposedly "just compensation." This should have become clear to all after the 2005 Kelo decision. [1] Recommended reading: Property Rights and Eminent Domain by Ellen Frankel Paul [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelo_v._City_of_New_London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelo_v._City_of_New_London [2] https://www.amazon.com/Property-Rights-Eminent-Domain-Frankel/dp/1412808677 https://www.amazon.com/Property-Rights-Eminent-Domain-Franke...
  • hvs 9y ago
    That's why the Institute for Justice is there. A lot of states have laws against this sort of abuse.