In the name of "economic development", some cities are willing to take away the property rights of 6,000 people. I knew that after the Supreme Court ruling of Kelo vs. New London, Connecticut, that there would be a flood of eminent domain cases. To quote the article referenced here, Kelo vs. New London "upheld the right of government to seize private properties for use by private developers for projects designed to generate jobs and increase the tax base." Now, Riviera Beach, Florida is doing the same thing. This sort of thing makes me livid.
Do politicians and town officials start "running on stupid" and get stuck there sometimes? How arrogant do you have to be to say that you have no regard for someone's property, their heritage, their life's work and discount it as insignificant compared to the alleged and purely speculative benefits of economic development in this manner?
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