Supreme Court rules cities may seize homes

charlotte.com - AP ^ | Jun. 23, 2005 | HOPE YEN

[Finger Monkey]

Just, wow. Unbelievable. Disgusting, really. Or perhaps you simply do not understand.

This is about the government seizing your property on behalf of a private individual (or group thereof). Do you understand how ominous that is? Do you own anything besides the clothes on your back and the matter in your colon?

[hocndoc]

I had forgotten about Jesse James, too.

[Tired of Taxes]

Won't be effective in my small corrupt town... lol. I can hear them now: What is that crazy homeschooler doing now?

[roses of sharon]

Most Amercians only want their gov retirement and medical bills paid for, low gas prices, and Blockbuster videos on Fridays.

They know nothing except what Peter, Dan, and Tom have told them for the last 40 years.

[Bear_Slayer]

I live in the Pacific Northwest. Plum Creek is the largest private owner of land in the US.

The land was given (cheap) to Burlington Northern to open up the west. BN, through Plum Creek, logged this land -(read: raped the land)

A century later, Plum Creek is running out of timber, so instead of replanting then harvesting the land responsibly, they are going to sale it to developers. Huge tract housing will go in. Those that bought near Plum Creek land, in hopes that they would always have wilderness around them, will soon find that their property tax is going up along with an army of new neighbors.

Private Industry, with the help of Government, was made rich, the public got screwed - once again.

[SerpentDove]

"Actually it is...any attempt to overthrow the government is considered a threat."

King George didn't like it, that's for sure.

[Humal]

This will be noticed in Florida too. There is a case right now of several businesses in Daytona Beach who don't want to sell their property to a developer. The developer(s) took the owners to court to make them sell. The judge's decision hadn't been handed down as of last night. Probably, it will today, and we know how he will decide.

There are ranches and groves in our area that have been pressured to sell for development (they are paving over Florida with developments). These ranches/groves have been in families for generations. Now, they will probably go "for the better of the community" -- read to line the pockets of developers.

What can be done about this travesty of a decision? Will it take a law from Congress to over-ride it? To get Congress to work together, how about a developer saying the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port should be turned into a golf course "for the betterment of the entire community"?

[Finger Monkey]

Might I suggest a little reading?

The entire Constitution is available on line for your edification.

[commonerX]

""This article leaves out a big essential and so do the comments thus far.

Maybe this has been said, but they do have to PAY for it, and pay fair market value. It is not seizure in the sense of theft. In the same vein, eminent domain is a seizure but the state has to pay for the property, and for your attorney to prove the value of that property, and for the appraiser, etc. etc.

Eminent domain is a great field. Everybody gets paid.""



What happens then if your attorney can prove your house is worth more then want the developer wants to pay for it.

Do you trust these people, the government and politicians, to make a decision that will suit you or the developer?

You might not get anything.

[SerpentDove]

""but what a bunch of liberal scumbags that voted for this."



Actually, 3 of the 5 who voted for it were appointed by Republicans."

The statement was right, however. Just because they are Republicans doesn't meant they aren't liberal scumbags.

[shellshocked]

"is there any limits to it?"

No. None. They can simply claim it benefits the government. Period.

[hocndoc]

It is stealing - just as abortion is murder. State authorized seizure now called "eminent domain" and therefore redefined. But, in your gut, you know it is stealing.

[Finger Monkey]

but none complained

Little broad in your statement, there. You are incorrect.

[dis.kevin]

I believe the time is coming closer and closer.

[blueberry12]

6/23 America will never be the same again.

[hocndoc]

Get to know the members on your local Zoning Board. If you live in an area that you suspect may be a gleam in some developer's eye...they could be your best friends.

And so, "Some of us are more equal than others." Life follows fiction, once again.

[vetvetdoug]

I fear for my life and property. I live in a very dishonest town with more than our share of crooked politicians and lawyers (Corinth, Mississippi...Alcorn County). This city with its Democrat Majority (a blue county in a red state)is going to go absolutely out of control when these crooks figure out how to use this ruling and start using this for their own benefit.

[blueberry12]

We need people in the Congress who will work together for what is best, not to get their side elected Stop dreaming.

[pollywog]

Devastating. Demoralizing. Despicable. Un-American. I am beside myself.

Revolution, anyone?

It is coming to this sadly. Who can we get to change it?? I mean the US Supremes are AT the TOP. Is there any authority that can unravel that decision???

[RedMonqey]

"Having participated in this process many times, I can assure you that most, if not all, agencies bend over backwards to avoid under appraising the value of the private property"


At WHICH end of the "appraisal process" were you participated.

My family is VERY much acquainted with the "sharp end of the appraisal process" and had it rammed up our A$$.